Player Career

Zyell Griffin Career Story

Career story, signature performances, transfer context, and season arc are grouped for biography-style searches.

Player Story

Zyell Griffin story

Zyell Griffin built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Vancouver, WA wearing No. 6, spending time with Eastern Michigan and UNLV. The clearest part of Zyell Griffin's career was his receiving role: 28 catches, 539 receiving yards, and 4 touchdowns across 18 career games in the available record. That gives Zyell Griffin's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    UNLV

    2020-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Eastern Michigan

    2024-2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

202020212022202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonUNLV11896.78.5
2021 Regular SeasonUNLV22386.211.7105
2022 Regular SeasonUNLV2376.77.7-200
2023 Regular SeasonUNLV2456.77.61
2024 Regular SeasonEastern Michigan15178.48.2127
2025 Regular SeasonEastern Michigan0-151

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2024UNLV to Eastern MichiganG5/FCS to G5/FCS77Mar 27, 2024

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ San José State

Week 11 · L 17-34 · Conference game

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

68

Receiving Yards

84.2 takeover

68 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

@ Air Force

Week 13 · L 14-48 · Conference game

55

Receiving Yards

80.6 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

55 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

vs San Diego State

Week 12 · L 20-28 · Conference game

55

Receiving Yards

77.2 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

55 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

vs St. Francis (PA)

Week 4 · W 36-0

89

Receiving Yards

74.6 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

89 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#5

@ UTSA

Week 5 · L 17-24

46

Receiving Yards

74 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

46 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Regular Season · UNLV

223 primary output · 86.2 efficiency · 11.7 usage

69.5

#2

2024 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan

55

151 primary · 78.4 efficiency · 8.2 usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · UNLV

53.6

118 primary · 96.7 efficiency · 8.5 usage

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

0

8+ catch outings

0

2+ TD games