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Safety
6-0 · 202
Austin, Texas (Bowie)
#26
· 2007 season highlights video
· 2006 season highlights video
An athletic and hard-hitting fifth-year safety who has played in 49 career games, starting 23 ... also was a special teams standout ... posted 231 tackles, a sack, three TFL, six INTs, eight PBU, three forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries ... recorded eight 10-tackle games ... started all 13 games in 2007 ... led the team in tackles with 99 to go along with a TFL, five INTs, five PBU, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery ... tabbed first team All-Big 12 ... played in 11 games, starting 10, at strong safety in 2006 ... started alongside twin brother, Michael Griffin, who is now with the Tennessee Titans ... finished second on the team in tackles with 90 ... played in all 13 games as the backup at free safety and on special teams in 2005 ... posted 32 tackles ... played in 12 games at safety and special teams in 2004 ... gained valuable experience as a redshirt in 2003 ... a second-team Academic All-Big 12 honoree and a two-time member of UT's Athletics Director's Honor Roll.
SENIOR (2007)
Started all 13 games ... tabbed first team All-Big 12 by the league's coaches ... helped Texas rank sixth nationally in rush defense (93.4 ypg) ... led the team in tackles with 99 to go along with a TFL, five INTs, five PBU, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery ... notched 10 tackles in the season opener versus Arkansas State ... posted 11 tackles and a PBU against No. 19 TCU ... recorded 12 tackles and a PBU while adding a forced fumble and a fumble recovery at UCF ... added five tackles, a pressure and an INT in a victory against Rice ... recorded four tackles versus Kansas State ... posted seven tackles against No. 10 Oklahoma ... added one tackle at Iowa State ... recorded five tackles and two INTs in a 31-10 victory over Baylor ... his 91-yard interception return for a touchdown against the Bears is the third-longest INT return in UT history and the longest return in 71 years ... posted seven tackles and a PBU against Nebraska ... recorded 12 tackles at Oklahoma State ... notched nine tackles and a PBU against Texas Tech ... tallied a season-high 14 tackles to go along with a TFL and a PBU at Texas A&M ... added two tackles and two INTs against Arizona State in the Holiday Bowl.
JUNIOR (2006)
Appeared in 11 games, starting 10, at strong safety ... missed the Rice and Baylor games due to injury ... a second-team Academic All-Big 12 honoree ... named UT's Outstanding Defensive Newcomer ... helped UT give up only 61.2 yards rushing per game (third NCAA), 297.4 yards per game (22nd NCAA) and 18.3 points per game (26th NCAA) ... the 61.2 yards rushing per game ranks second on UT's all-time list ... finished second on the team in tackles with 90 to go along with an INT, three PBU, two forced fumbles and a fumble recovery ... made eight tackles and recorded a PBU against North Texas ... recorded 12 tackles against No. 1 Ohio State ... notched four tackles versus Iowa State ... recorded six tackles and an INT against Sam Houston State ... collected six tackles and a forced fumble against No. 14 Oklahoma ... notched eight tackles, a PBU and a forced fumble at No. 17 Nebraska ... recorded 14 tackles at Texas Tech ... added five tackles and a PBU against Oklahoma State ... posted six tackles and a forced fumble at Kansas State ... set a career-high with 16 tackles, including a TFL, against Texas A&M ... added five tackles and a sack in the Alamo Bowl versus Iowa.
SOPHOMORE (2005)
Played in all 13 games at free safety and on special teams ... posted 32 tackles on the season ... part of a defense that ranked 10th nationally in total defense (302.9 ypg), eighth in scoring defense (16.4 ppg), fourth in pass efficiency defense (96.7) and eighth in passing defense (172.0 ypg) ... set a career-high with seven tackles against La.-Lafayette ... added four stops against Rice ... made two tackles versus Oklahoma ... notched six tackles against Texas Tech ... posted three tackles against Oklahoma State and Baylor ... made two tackles versus Kansas ... added one tackle at Texas A&M ... made four tackles in the Big 12 Championship.
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2004)
Appeared in 12 games on defense and special teams ... recorded 10 tackles ... tallied seven special teams tackles ... made two tackles against North Texas, Colorado and No. 22 Texas A&M ... had one special teams tackle versus No. 13 Michigan in the Rose Bowl ... redshirted in 2003.
HIGH SCHOOL
Coached by Jeff Ables at Bowie H.S. ... named first-team all-district 25-5A on offense and defense as a senior ... earned All-Central Texas honors as a defensive back ... made 82 tackles, including 62 solos, while making three interceptions and a fumble recovery in 2002 ... also recorded 1,028 passing yards and 560 rushing yards while helping Bowie to a 9-2 record ... played in the same backfield as his twinbrother, Michael ... named first-team all-district on defense as a junior ... recorded 78 tackles, including 56 solo stops, with five interceptions and two forced fumbles that year ... helped Bowie to an 8-3 record in 2001.
PERSONAL
Born 1/4/85 in Austin, Texas ... full name is Marcus Kevin Griffin ... his parents, Ronald and Mae, are both retired from the military ... majoring in government ... a two-time member of UT's Athletics Director's Honor Roll ... active in UT's community service program ... is part of a group of Longhorns that regularly visits patients at the Austin Children's Hospital ... was a member of the National Honor Society as a prepster.
CAREER STATISTICS
Defense
Year G/GS TT (Solo) Sacks TFL INT (Yds-TD) PBU FC FR High
2007 13/13 99 (65) 0-0 1 (-3) 5 (91-1) 5 1 1 14/TA
2006 11/10 90 (54) 1 (-11) 2 (-12) 1 (0-0) 3 2 1 16/TA
2005 13/0 32 (11) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0-0) 0 0 0 7/LL
2004 12/0 10 (7) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0-0) 0 0 0 2/3x
2003 Redshirted
Career 49/23 231 (137) 1 (-11) 3 (-15) 6 (91-1) 8 3 2 16/TA
Special Teams
Year G TT (Solo) FC FR PBLK KBLK
2007 13 2 (1) 0 0 0 0
2006 11 1 (1) 0 0 0 0
2005 13 4 (2) 0 0 0 0
2004 12 7 (4) 0 0 0 0
2003 Redshirted
Career 49 14 (8) 0 0 0 0
High Games
Tackles: 16 vs. Texas A&M (Jr.)
Tackles for loss: 1 at Texas A&M (Sr.); vs. Texas A&M (Jr.); vs. Iowa (Jr.)
INTs: 2 vs. Arizona State (Sr.); at Baylor (Sr.)
PBU: 1, eight times
