An athletic defender who will see the field for the first time this fall.
2011: Redshirt.
High School: Ran for 1,017 yards as a senior quarterback ... Also passed for 1,418 yards while completing 61 percent of his attempts ... Team MVP and all-district pick as a senior ... Rated by Texas Football as a state top 20 prospect at quarterback and one of the top 300 players in Texas ... As a junior he ran for 1,200 yards and passed for more than 2,400 yards ... Earned all-district honors as a junior ... A nominee for the Dallas Morning News offensive player of the year ... Recruited by Texas Tech, SMU, Wyoming and UTEP, among others.
Personal: Born Sept. 5, 1992, in McKinney ... Son of Maria O'Connor and Brent Griffin ... Has three brothers and two sisters ... Undecided on a major.
