Ryan Griffin in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Tight end, UConn, 2008–⁠12

Ryan Griffin

Number
No. 94
Height
6′6″
Hometown
Londonderry, NH
Born
Jan 11, 1990, in Londonderry, New Hampshire

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Ryan Griffin played tight end at UConn (2008–⁠12). The Houston Texans took Griffin in round 6, No. 201 overall in the 2013 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
499
Receiving yards, 2011 (UConn, 5–⁠7)
Drafted
No. 201
Round 6, 2013 NFL Draft (Houston Texans)

Career highs

6catches, best game on filethree times; last vs. Pittsburgh, 201297receiving yards, best game on filevs. Fordham, 2011

Team titles: Big East champions, 2010

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2009UConn2327211.8028
2010UConn312457.9118
2011UConn3349915.1355
2012UConn2948416.7674
On file (2009–⁠12)1161,50012.91074

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTkl
201012224
201112202
201212134
On file5510

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2009UConn94TE
2010UConn94TE
2011UConn94TE
2012UConn94TE6′6″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2012 UConn 11 games, 29 catches, 484 yards, 6 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Aug 30vs.MassachusettsW 37–⁠0134034
Sep 8vs.NC StateL 7–⁠101404
Sep 15atMarylandW 24–⁠211202
Sep 22atWestern MichiganL 24–⁠30340117
Sep 29vs.BuffaloW 24–⁠17136136
Oct 6atRutgersL 3–⁠19331016
Oct 13vs.TempleL 14–⁠17267142
Oct 19atSyracuseL 10–⁠40672132
Nov 3atSouth FloridaL 6–⁠13229026
Nov 9vs.PittsburghW 24–⁠17684123
Dec 1vs.CincinnatiL 17–⁠34385174
2011 UConn 11 games, 33 catches, 499 yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 3vs.FordhamW 35–⁠3397155
Sep 10atVanderbiltL 21–⁠24447030
Sep 16vs.Iowa StateL 20–⁠24111011
Oct 1vs.Western MichiganL 31–⁠38473028
Oct 8atWest VirginiaL 16–⁠43557016
Oct 15vs.South FloridaW 16–⁠10338032
Oct 26atPittsburghL 20–⁠35444114
Nov 5vs.SyracuseW 28–⁠21113013
Nov 19vs.LouisvilleL 20–⁠34243026
Nov 26vs.RutgersW 40–⁠22331022
Dec 3atCincinnatiL 27–⁠35345125
2010 UConn 12 games, 31 catches, 245 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 11vs.Texas SouthernW 62–⁠31505
Sep 18atTempleL 16–⁠30118018
Sep 25vs.BuffaloW 45–⁠211616
Oct 2vs.VanderbiltW 40–⁠2141406
Oct 8atRutgersL 24–⁠2742609
Oct 23atLouisvilleL 0–⁠26440015
Oct 29vs.West VirginiaW 16–⁠1331707
Nov 11vs.PittsburghW 30–⁠281909
Nov 20atSyracuseW 23–⁠6325010
Nov 27vs.CincinnatiW 38–⁠1721609
Dec 4atSouth FloridaW 19–⁠16321011
Jan 1 ✦vs.OklahomaL 20–⁠48448015
2009 UConn 9 games, 23 catches, 272 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 5atOhioW 23–⁠16226014
Sep 12vs.North CarolinaL 10–⁠12113013
Oct 10atPittsburghL 21–⁠241808
Oct 17vs.LouisvilleW 38–⁠25235022
Oct 24atWest VirginiaL 24–⁠28327017
Oct 31vs.RutgersL 24–⁠28680028
Nov 7atCincinnatiL 45–⁠47221018
Nov 21atNotre DameW 33–⁠30333021
Dec 5vs.South FloridaW 29–⁠27329015

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillPro day 2013
Height6′6⅛″
Weight261 lb
Arm length33¼″
Hand size9⅞″
40-yard dash4.87 s
10-yard split1.68 sW
Vertical jump34½″
Broad jump9′5″
Bench press21 reps
3-cone drill7.01 s
20-yard shuttle4.43 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

10 seasons, 112 games with a stat; latest team: Chicago Bears.

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2013Houston Texans11192441
2014Houston Texans1010911
2015Houston Texans9202512
2016Houston Texans16504422
2017Houston Texans6131581
2018Houston Texans13243050
2019New York Jets13343205
2020New York Jets109860
2021New York Jets14272612
2022Chicago Bears104260
NFL career1122102,18414

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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