Player Dossier

2018-2021

USC

Olaijah Griffin

CB • 6'0" • 175 lbs • Long Beach, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Olaijah Griffin shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Usage / Role

41%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

57

Solid production for a corner

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Reliability

65

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

59

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · USC

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
USC
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Stanford

Player Story

Olaijah Griffin built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a cornerback from Long Beach, CA wearing No. 2, spending time with USC. The clearest part of Olaijah Griffin's career was his defensive production:...

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5★

Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.9849

Mission Viejo · Mission Viejo, CA

Committed To
USC
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

Olaijah Griffin, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · USC. Olaijah Griffin shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
63
TFL
2
Passes defended
12

Quick Answers

Olaijah Griffin quick answers

Latest team and position
USC · CB
Career Tackles
63
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 21 games
Best season
2019 Postseason · USC
Top game
Stanford
Recruit profile
5-star · Mission Viejo · USC
High school pipeline
Mission Viejo · 62 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 2 · Junior

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonUSC5810-1015.6
2019 PostseasonUSC113-0--045.1
2019 Regular SeasonUSC11340.50-9045.1
2020 Regular SeasonUSC5180.50-2039.7
2021 Regular SeasonUSC00-0--0-

Related Context

Olaijah Griffin played CB for USC. Across 4 tracked seasons, Olaijah Griffin recorded 63 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with USC.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason

USC paired 9.5 primary output with 22.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 22 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2021 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Washington State

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2020 Regular Season · USC

Games

5

Havoc Plays / G

0.7

Efficiency

22

Usage

3.9

Consistency

67.6

Best Game by takeover score

Washington State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Arizona State: 1. Arizona: 1. Washington State: 1. UCLA: 0.5. Oregon: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Arizona State: 4 by 26.7. Arizona: 4 by 26.7. Washington State: 1 by 14.2. UCLA: 6 by 30. Oregon: 3 by 12.5

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins0.9 · Games = 4 · +0.9 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · -0.9 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

5 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Washington State

Best efficiency game

30 vs UCLA

Result
Sat 12/19vs OregonL 24-3132000
Sun 12/13@ UCLAW 43-38630.5000
Mon 12/7vs Washington StateW 38-13110010
Sat 11/14@ ArizonaW 34-3043001
Sat 11/7vs Arizona StateW 28-2742001

Player Story

Olaijah Griffin story

Olaijah Griffin built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a cornerback from Long Beach, CA wearing No. 2, spending time with USC. The clearest part of Olaijah Griffin's career was his defensive production: 63 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 1 interception, and 12 passes defended across 21 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2019 with USC. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Olaijah Griffin's production has multiple signals. His career also includes 50 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 21 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across USC.

The arc is straightforward: Olaijah Griffin moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    USC

    2018-2021

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20182019201920202021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonUSC210.72.1
2019 PostseasonUSC9.522.72.87.5
2019 Regular SeasonUSC9.522.72.80
2020 Regular SeasonUSC3.5223.9-6
2021 Regular SeasonUSC0-3.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Stanford

Week 2 · W 45-20 · Conference game

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4

Havoc Plays

60.6 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 60.6 takeover score.

#2

@ Texas

Week 3 · L 14-37

1

Havoc Plays

55.3 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 55.3 takeover score.

#3

vs Washington State

Week 14 · W 38-13 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

54.2 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 54.2 takeover score.

#4

vs Arizona State

Week 10 · W 28-27 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

51.4 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 51.4 takeover score.

#5

@ Arizona

Week 11 · W 34-30 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

50.3 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 50.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Postseason · USC

9.5 primary output · 22.7 efficiency · 2.8 usage

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#2

2019 Regular Season · USC

45.1

9.5 primary · 22.7 efficiency · 2.8 usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · USC

39.7

3.5 primary · 22 efficiency · 3.9 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

2

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games