6′2″ · Buford, GA · Mill Creek
Kelsey Griffin: DL · South Carolina · #94.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Kelsey Griffin
Wins his gap play after play. One game to point at: 6 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against Florida — Week 11, 2016.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
32 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | South Carolina | 32 | 16 | 2.5 | 0.0 |
| Career | 32 | 16 | 2.5 | 0.0 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 13-10@ Vanderbilt | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 14-27@ Mississippi State | 6 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 20-15vs East Carolina | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 10-17@ Kentucky | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 13-24vs No. 9 Texas A&M | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 14-28vs Georgia | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 34-28vs Massachusetts | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 24-21vs No. 18 Tennessee | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 31-21vs Missouri | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 7-20@ No. 22 Florida | 6 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 44-31vs Western Carolina | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 7-56@ No. 4 Clemson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 39-46vs No. 25 South Florida | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 32 | 16 | 2.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
8%2 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksHurry rate
6%2 hurries32 tackles · 2.5 for loss.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 4.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Will Muschamp
Pass share
46.2%
402 pass / 468 run
Plays / game
66.9
13 games
Team sack rate
9.1%
452 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2016
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
One season at South Carolina — his college career is complete.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2013–2016
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Steve Spurrier, Shawn Elliott, and Will Muschamp. Multi-era developmental context.
