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Justin GriffithHeight: 5-11 Weight: 232 Position: FB College: Mississippi State Drafted: Pick 24 of the 4th round by Atlanta
All-Southeastern Conference first-team choice by The NFL Draft Report...Started eleven games at fullback, leading the team with a career-high 471 yards on 91 carries (5.2 avg) with a pair of touchdowns...Snatched 19 passes for 199 yards (10.5 avg). Oregon...Cleared a rush lane used by tailback Dontae Walker for a 1-yardscoring run and rushed 4 times for 14 yards. Jacksonville State...Ran 7 times for 43 yards and a 5-yard touchdown and made 2 catches for 14 yards. Auburn...Followed with 46 yards on 8 attempts and 15 yards on 2 grabs. Louisiana State...Rushed 7 times for 38 yards and cut blocked linebacker Bradie James on Walker's 2-yard scoring run. South Carolina...Gained 35 yards on 4 receptions, 30 yards on 7 runs and took down defensive end Dennis Quinn on a 1-yard touchdown run by MSU tailback Fred Reid. Troy State...Carried 9 times for 34 yards and hauled in 5 passes for 52 yards. Memphis...Collected 61 yards on 17 attempts and had a 24-yard catch. Kentucky...Had a 29-yard rushing attempt and a 16-yard reception before leaving the game with a high ankle/foot sprain. Alabama...Did not play (ankle). Tennessee...Bounced back to rush 5 times for 67 yards and a 3-yard touchdown. Arkansas...Ran for a season-high 72 yards on 13 tries and made 2 catches for 30 yards. Mississippi...Closed out his career with 13 rushes for 40 yards and an 18-yard catch. 2001 Season Played in five games, starting three contests at fullback...Finished with 40 yards on 13 carries (3.1 avg) and 10 receptions for 118 yards (11.8 avg)...Also recorded a solo tackle. Memphis...Made a solo tackle, rushed 4 times for 8 yards and caught a pair of passes for 32 yards. South Carolina...Totaled 29 yards on 6 runs and 14 yards on a reception. Florida...Caught 4 passes for 14 yards. Auburn...Grabbed 2 passes for 27 yards. Troy State...Had a 27-yard reception, but suffered a neck stinger that would require surgery (bone spurs), forcing him to miss the final six games of the season. 2000 Season Member of the SEC's Academic Honor Roll...Reserve at both tailback and fullback, starting vs. South Carolina at fullback...Gained 136 yards with two touchdowns on 44 carries (3.1 avg)...Fourth on the team with 19 catches for 240 yards (12.6 avg) and two scores...Recorded a solo tackle. Middle Tennessee...Rushed 10 times for 37 yards with touchdowns of 1 & 2 yards, adding 9 yards on a pair of grabs. Auburn...Had a 41-yard touchdown reception. Louisiana State...Followed with 2 catches for 11 yards, including a 5-yard score that forced the game into overtime. Alabama...Carried 9 times for 33 yards and snared 4 passes for 46 yards. Texas A&M (Independence Bowl)...Totaled 17 yards on 2 runs. 1999 Season Started every game at fullback, gaining 196 yards with five touchdowns on 62 carries (3.2 avg)...Second on the team with 37 receptions for 380 yards (10.3 avg) and a pair of scores. Preseason...Suffered a hairline fracture in his right leg prior to fall drills.
Memphis...Followed with a 3-yard scoring scamper, gaining 29 yards on 6 tries.
Vanderbilt...Ran for a 2-yard score, but re-injured his right leg. Kentucky...Added a 1-yard touchdown plunge. Alabama...Caught 6 passes for 37 yards. Arkansas...Snatched 6 more passes for 34 yards and rushed 3 times for 27 yards.
Clemson (Peach Bowl)...Had a pair of catches for 14 yards. 1998 Season Only appeared in the Vanderbilt game, carrying three times for 9 yards and a 1-yard touch- down. Injury Report Suffered a right leg hairline fracture prior to 1998 fall drills (7/31)...Re-injured the right leg in the 1998 Vanderbilt contest...Missed the final six games of the 2001 season after having bone spurs removed from a neck injury suffered vs. Troy State...Sat out the 2002 Alabama game after spraining his ankle and foot vs. Kentucky. Campus Agility Tests 4.59 in the 40-yard dash...460-pound bench press...545-pound squat...285-pound power clean...30 3/4-inch arm length...9 3/8-inch hands...Right-handed...11/30 Wonderlic score. COMBINE AGILITY TESTS ARM HAND TEST 40 20 10 225 VJ BJ SHUTTLE CONE 30 1/2 9 1/2 14 4.62 2.66 1.61 29 32 9'5" 4.68 7.73 High School Attended Magee (Sanatorium, Miss.) High...USA Today All-American honorable mention and rated the second-best fullback in the Southeast by The Collegiate Football Experts recruiting service...Orlando Sentinel All-Southern team, adding All-State honors twice, as he led the team to the Class 3A state title as a senior...Ran for over 5000 yards and 66 touchdowns in his final two seasons, gaining 2533 yards on 323 carries (7.8 avg) and 30 scores in his senior season and 2261 yards and 36touchdowns as a junior...Played in the Mississippi/Alabama all-star game. Personal Teaching/Coaching Education major...Nicknamed "Cokey"...Son of Reverend and Mrs. Lowery Griffith...Fraternal twin brother, Julius, was a teammate and cornerback at Mississippi State (2000-2001)...Cousin, Slovakia, was a teammate and cornerback for the Bulldogs (2000-present)...Born Justin Montrel Griffith on 7/21/80 in Magee, Mississippi. RUSHING STATISTICS YEAR GP GS NO YARDS AVG TD LONG GM/AVG 1999 01 00 3 9 3.0 1 6 9.00 1999 11 11 62 196 3.2 5 25 17.82 2000 11 01 44 136 3.1 2 15 12.36 2001 05 03 13 40 3.1 0 14 8.00 2002 11 11 91 471 5.2 2 56 42.82 TOTAL 39 26 213 852 4.0 10 56 21.85
YEAR NO YARDS AVG TD LONG TK SO AS FR FC 1999 37 380 10.3 2 58 1 1 0 0 0 2000 19 240 12.6 2 41 1 1 0 0 0 2001 10 118 11.8 0 27 1 1 0 0 0 2002 19 199 10.5 0 27 TOTAL 85 937 11.0 4 58 3 3 0 0 0
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