Archie Griffin
Archie Griffin was born in Columbus, Ohio, United States on August 21st, 1954 and is the Football Player. At the age of 69, Archie Griffin biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Archie Mason Griffin (born August 21, 1954) is a former American football running back.
Griffin played seven seasons in the NFL with the Cincinnati Bengals.
He is college football's only two-time Heisman Trophy winner.
Griffin won four Big Ten Conference titles with the Ohio State Buckeyes and was the first player ever to start in four Rose Bowls.
High school career
As a senior fullback at Eastmoor High School (now Eastmoor Academy) in Columbus, Ohio, Griffin rushed for 1,787 yards and scored over 170 points in 11 games, including 29 touchdowns. In the championship game against Linden-McKinley High School, he led Eastmoor to the Columbus City League championship, passing for 267 yards on 31 attempts. Griffin also ran for over 1,000 yards in his junior year.
Griffin was inducted into the High School Hall of Fame in 1996. In his honor, Eastmoor Academy's playing field was renamed "Archie Griffin Field."
College career
Griffin appeared for the Ohio State University Buckeyes from 1972-75. Many sophomores were dissatisfied because Griffin took their spot when he was in a starting position his freshman year. Woody Hayes, the former head coach of Ohio State, said of Griffin, "He's a better young man than he is a football player," he said of him.
Griffin was a T-formation halfback in 1972, and he was the team's I-formation tailback from 1973 to 1975. He led the Buckeyes in rushing as a freshman with 867 yards, but his numbers increased the following year with the team's move to the I-formation. He ran for 1,428 yards in the regular season, 1,620 as a sophomore, and 1,357 as a senior. Griffin was the first to lead the Big Ten Conference in three years until Jonathan Taylor did so from 2017-2019. Griffin had rushed for 5,589 yards on 924 passes in his four seasons with the Buckeyes (1972–1975), then a NCAA record. He had 6,559 all-purpose yards and scored 26 touchdowns. The Buckeyes held a record of 40-5-1 in their four seasons as their starting running back. Griffin is one of just two players in collegiate football history to start four Rose Bowl games, the other being Brian Cushing.
In the second game of the 1972 season against North Carolina, Griffin introduced himself to OSU students as a freshman by rushing for 239 yards in the second game of the season, smashing a school single-game record set for 27 years. A fumble was his only carry in his first game. In a game against the Iowa Hawkeyes, he tied for his first appearance as a sophomore with 246 passing yards. Griffin rushed for at least 100 yards in 34 games, including an NCAA record 31 games in a row.
Griffin finished fifth in the Heisman vote in his sophomore year and was crowned both as a junior and senior. He has been the only NCAA football player to win the award twice to date. Griffin also received numerous other college honors in addition to his two Heisman Trophies. He is one of four players to win the Chicago Tribune Silver Football, the Big 10's Most Valuable Player Award, twice (1973–1974). He was named Player of the Year twice (1974-1975) by United Press International, and Sporting News named him Man of the Year (1975).
In 1986, Griffin was enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame. In 1981, Ohio State enshrined him in their own Varsity O Hall of Fame, and in 1999, he officially retired his number, 45. In 1990, he was inducted into the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame. He was ranked No. 1 in 2007 and was ranked No. 1 in 2007. On ESPN's Top 25 Players in College Football History list, 21 players appear on the list. During the 100th Rose Bowl Game's commemoration and participation in the Rose Parade on January 1, 2014, Griffin was named All-Centure Player of the Rose Bowl Game.
Professional football career
He was the first-round draft pick of the Cincinnati Bengals in 1976, ranked as the 24th overall pick in the draft. Griffin played 7 seasons in football, most with the Bengals (1976-1982). Pete Johnson, a college fullback for the Bengals and his brother, Ohio State defensive back Ray Griffin, who was drafted by the team in 1978, was drafted in the backfield. He went for 2808 yards and 7 touchdowns in seven NFL seasons and recorded 192 passes for 1607 yards and 6 touchdowns. Griffin appeared in Super Bowl XVI with the Bengals during the 1981 season.
Griffin spent a brief time with the Jacksonville Bulls of the United States Football League when his time with the Bengals came to an end.
Career after football
Griffin is the former president and CEO of the Ohio State University Alumni Association. He is also the current spokesperson for Wendy's High School Heisman award program. He served as Assistant Athletic Director for The Ohio State University, and he still speaks with the football team before every game.
Griffin also serves on the Board of Directors for Motorists Insurance, which has offices in downtown Columbus, Abercrombie, and Fitch, as well as the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame, which is headquartered in Irving, Texas.
Griffin, along with former NBA basketball player Magic Johnson, was one of the owners of Mandalay Baseball Properties LLC, a minor league baseball team affiliated with Major League Baseball's Cincinnati Reds, prior to the team's sale in 2014 to Palisades Arcadia Baseball LLC.