Usage / Role
4%
Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2022Northern Illinois
Jeffrey Griffin Jr.
DT • 6'0" • 301 lbs • Homewood, IL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Jeffrey Griffin Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 5.6 disruption score.
Impact Production
12
Developing production for a defensive lineman
lowelite
Reliability
5
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
20
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Northern Illinois
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Toledo
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- Committed To
- Northern Illinois
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2018
Jeffrey Griffin Jr., DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Northern Illinois. Jeffrey Griffin Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 5.6 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 28
- TFL
- 0.5
- QB hurries
- 1
Quick Answers
Jeffrey Griffin Jr. quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Northern Illinois · DT
- Career Tackles
- 28
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 17 games
- Best season
- 2020 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
- Top game
- Toledo
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Homewood-Flossmoor · Northern Illinois
- High school pipeline
- Homewood-Flossmoor · 18 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 8 · Junior
- 2022 Tackles rank
- 3 tackles · DT 170th (top 84%) · Mid-American 361st (top 66%) · National 3,858th (top 66%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 5 | 7 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.2 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 4 | 11 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 42.7 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 3 | 7 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 23 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 4 | 3 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 32.7 |
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Jeffrey Griffin Jr. played DT for Northern Illinois. Across 4 tracked seasons, Jeffrey Griffin Jr. recorded 28 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2020 with Northern Illinois.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season
Northern Illinois paired 0 primary output with 11.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 5.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2022 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Boise State
Game with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2022 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
Games
4
Havoc Plays / G
0.3
Efficiency
5.6
Usage
2
Consistency
8.3
Best Game by takeover score
Boise State
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All Games0 · Games = 1
Game Log
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1 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Boise State
Best efficiency game
4.2 vs Boise State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 9/16 | @ Boise State | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
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Northern Illinois
2019-2022
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2019202020212022
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 0 | 5.8 | 1.1 | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 0 | 11.5 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 0.5 | 11.4 | 2.4 | 0.5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 1 | 5.6 | 2 | 0.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Toledo
Week 6 · L 32-52 · Conference game
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
54.2 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 54.2 takeover score.
#2
@ Buffalo
Week 12 · W 33-27 · Conference game
0.5
Havoc Plays
37.8 takeover
Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 37.8 takeover score.
#3
vs Central Michigan
Week 11 · L 10-40 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
16.7 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 16.7 takeover score.
#4
@ Eastern Michigan
Week 15 · L 33-41 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
10 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 10 takeover score.
#5
@ Miami (OH)
Week 8 · L 24-27 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
7.8 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 7.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
0 primary output · 11.5 efficiency · 2 usage
42.7
#2
2019 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
38.2
0 primary · 5.8 efficiency · 1.1 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
32.7
1 primary · 5.6 efficiency · 2 usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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