Thor Griffith

HISTORY — from college profile

2023

AFCA All-America Second Team…FCS Football Central All-America Second Team…Stats Perform FCS All-America Third Team…Phil Steele Midseason FCS All-America Third Team…Phil Steele All-America Fourth Team…Buck Buchanan Award Finalist…Gridiron Club of Boston Bulger Lowe Award…FCS Football Central Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year…Phil Steele All-Ivy League First Team…All Ivy League First Team…FCS Football Central All-Ivy League First Team…New England Football Writers All-New England Team…FedEx Ground FCS National Defensive Player of the Week Honorable Mention (Nov. 12)…Senior Bowl Watch List…Phil Steele Preseason FCS First Team All-America…HERO Sports Preseason FCS All-America…STATS Perform FCS Preseason All-America Second Team…Bluebloods Preseason Second-Team FCS All-America…Phil Steele Preseason Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year…Phil Steele First Team All-Ivy League…Started in all 10 games…Had 55 tackles with 11 for loss…Season high of 10 tackles vs. Penn…Ranked first on the team in sacks (3.5) and fourth overall in tackles…Credited with eight quarterback hurries…Season high two quarterback hurries vs. Cornell and at Yale.

2022: Phil Steele Preseason First-Team All-Ivy League... Bluebloods Preseason All-Ivy League... Honorable Mention FedEx Ground FCS National Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 19)... Buck Buchanan Award Watch List... First-Team All-Ivy League... Phil Steele First-Team All-Ivy League... Bluebloods First-Team All-Ivy League... FCS Phil Steele Third-Team All-America... New England Football Journal First-Team All-New England... Saw action in all 10 games... Ranked second on the team in sacks (5) and tackles for loss (12), and tied for third in tackles (46)... Credited with three quarterback hurries... Had nine tackles, including 4.0 for a loss, 2.0 sacks and one QB hurry vs. Merrimack College... Tallied 1.0 sack vs. Princeton, Columbia and at Penn... Recorded five or more tackles six times (vs. Merrimack College - 9; vs. Yale - 8; vs. Holy Cross - 7; at Brown, at Cornell, vs. Princeton - 5).

2021: Finalist for Jerry Rice Award, given to top freshman in the country... Phil Steele FCS Freshman All-America Second Team... HERO Sports FCS Freshman All-America Team... Phil Steele All-Ivy League Third Team... Played in all 10 games... Recorded a strip sack that led to a scoop-and-score touchdown in a win over Brown... Recorded two tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss in a win at Holy Cross... Tallied two total tackles as well as 1.5 tackles-for-loss and one sack for 12 yards...Three tackles including 1.0 sacks for five yards in a win over Lafayette... Posted two tackles at Princeton...Totaled four tackles against Dartmouth... Named to the Jerry Rice Award Watch List in October... Tallied a team-high seven tackles including 3.0 tackles-for-loss for 18 yards and a sack for a loss of 12 yards... Posted three tackles and 2.0 tackles-for-loss in a win over Penn... Had five tackles and a sack in the win in The Game at Yale... For the season, tallied 31 tackles including a team-high 10.5 tackles-for-loss for a total of 60 yards and 5.0 sacks, as well as a forced fumble.

2020: Did not compete due to season cancelation by the Ivy League.

High school: Played defensive tackle on varsity for three years at Portsmouth High… Was a two-time first-team all-state selection (2018-19) and Portsmouth High MVP in 2018… Nominated for the 2018 Seacoast Football Player of the Year honor… An All-American and team captain on the wrestling team in 2018… Named the 2018 PHS MVP and Seacoast Wrestler of the Year… Crowned the Division 2 wrestling state champion… Placed in the top 10 at the 2018 New Hampshire Meet of Champions (2^nd), New England Wrestling Championship (4^th) and NHSCA Virginia Beach Nationals (7^th)… Competed on the indoor track and field team (shot put) in 2016, 2017 and 2019, and for the outdoor squad in 2017, 2018 and 2019 (shot put/discus)… Won the 2017 Division 2 outdoor track and field state title… Made the Honor Roll all four years and was a Pease Greeter from 2016-18… Enjoys exotic fish keeping, weightlifting and medieval samurai history… Considers himself a Star Wars enthusiast.