Marcus Griffin
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| Minnesota Vikings — No. 35 | |
| Safety | |
| Date of birth: January 4, 1985 | |
| Place of birth: Austin, Texas | |
| Height: 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | Weight: 201 lb (91 kg) |
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| No regular season or postseason appearances | |
| Career history | |
| College: Texas | |
| Undrafted in 2008 | |
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Marcus Kevin Griffin was born on January 4, 1985 in Austin, Texas. He is currently a safety for the Minnesota Vikings. He entered the 2008 NFL Draft, but was not chosen and was signed after the draft with the Minnesota Vikings. He has a twin brother Michael who formerly played with him at Texas.
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[edit] High school career
Griffin attended Bowie High School where he was coached by Jeff Ables. As a senior he earned Austin American-Statesman All-Central Texas honors as a defensive back and was first team All-district on both offense and defense. He made 82 tackles-including 62 solo, 3 interceptions, and 1 fumble recovery. He also played quarterback. As a quarterback he threw for 1028 yards and rushed for 560.
[edit] College career
Marcus Griffin was a walk on at UT in 2003. The 5th year strong safety had a great first year as a starter as he earned UT’s Outstanding Defensive Newcomer Award. In all 5 years in college he had 227 tackles, 6 interceptions and 91 yards.
[edit] 2004
Griffin started his career with the Longhorns as a redshirt freshman with the 2004 Texas Longhorn football team. That year, he played in all 12 games and made 10 tackles, including 7 on special teams.
[edit] 2005
In 2005, he played in all 13 games for the 2005 Texas Longhorn football team at free safety and on special teams and recorded 32 tackles.
[edit] 2006
In 2006 he appeared in 11 games for the 2006 Texas Longhorn football team , starting 10, all at strong safety. The two missed games were against Rice and Baylor and were due to injury. He was named a second-team Academic All-Big 12 honoree and well as UT’s Outstanding Defensive Newcomer.
[edit] 2007
Griffin had a great senior season, in which he led the Longhorns in tackles (99) and interceptions (5). He really stepped up as a leader after being known as the “other” Griffin throughout his college career.
[edit] Personal
Marcus' twin brother, Michael Griffin, was also a defensive back at UT. Micheal was a first rounder for the Tennessee Titans in the 2007 NFL Draft. Their parents, Ronald and Mae, are both retired from the United States Armed Services.
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