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Two-Time All-Big Ten

University of Illinois Graduate

2023 Senior

• All-Big Ten Honorable Mention (coaches and media)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Starting kicker for all 12 games
• 14-for-19 on field goals on the season
• 12-for-15 on field goals inside of 50 yards on the season and 25-for-31 over the last two seasons
• Game-winning field goals to lift Illinois to 27-24 win at Maryland (10/14/23) as time expired and a 30-28 win over Toledo (9/2/23) with 5 seconds left in game
• First Illini kicker with two game-winning field goals in the final two minutes or overtime in a single season
• First Illini kicker with a walk-off game-winner on the road since Mike Bass at Wisconsin in 1982
• Hit career-long 53-yard FG at Purdue (9/30/23), tied for the longest Illini field goal ever in a road game, and tied for the sixth-longest overall in program history
• Athlon Preseason All-Big Ten third team
• Phil Steele Preseason All-Big Ten third team
• PFF Preseason All-Big Ten second team

2022 Junior

• All-Big Ten honorable mention (coaches)
• Illinois’ Dike Eddleman Special Teams MVP
• Academic All-Big Ten
• NFF Hampshire Honor Society
• Played in 10 games and started nine games at kicker
• 14-for-19 on field goals on the season
• 13-for-16 on field goals inside of 50 yards on the season
• Made all 32 extra point attempts
• 51 kickoffs averaged 62.1 yards with 34 touchbacks
• Third in the Big Ten in kickoff touchback percentage (66.7%)
• Fifth in the Big Ten in field goals per game (1.27)
• Career-long 52-yard field goal in the ReliaQuest Bowl against Mississippi State 1/2/23

2021 Sophomore

• Academic All-Big Ten
• Played in two games
• Played kicker and wide receiver during 2021 spring practices
• Illinois' SAAC President

2020 Sophomore

• Played in four games and started two at kicker
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
• 1-1 on field goals and 5-5 for extra point attempts on the season
• Made first career start and went 1-1 on field goals and 3-3 on PATs against Purdue 10/31/20
• Primary punt returner against Iowa 12/5/20
• University of Illinois Student-Athlete Advisory Committee Vice President

2019 Redshirt Freshman

• Back-up kicker, did not kick in a game

2018 Freshman

• Redshirted the 2018 season

High School

• Lettered four years in football in high school
• Played for head coach Marcus Forrest at Danville
• Three-time All-Big 12 kicker
• Four-time Commercial News All-Area
• Two-time News-Gazette All-Area first team
• Kohl's Kicking Player of the Week 10/23/17
• 2017 all-state honorable mention
• Four-sport athlete at Danville (football, baseball, basketball, soccer)
• Four-year letterwinner in baseball
• Four-year letterwinner in soccer
• Three-year letterwinner in basketball
• Three-time All-Big 12 in baseball
• Two-time all-state in soccer
• Two-time all-area in basketball

Personal

• Born Oct. 20, 1999
• Son of Chris and Erin Griffin
• Older brother, Cameron, and younger sister, Kedzie
• Brother played soccer at Quincy University for one year
• Father played soccer at Illinois College for two years
• Wore No. 38 as a true freshman because his home is 38 miles from Memorial Stadium
• Chose Illinois because, “The relationship I was able to build with all of the coaches.”
• Plans to work in sports following his playing career
• Graduated with a degree in marketing
• Enrolled in the management master's program