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American football player

Robert Lee Griffin III (born February 12, ), nicknamed RGIII or RG3, is an American former professional footballquarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for eight seasons, most notably with the Washington Redskins.

He played college football for the Baylor Bears, winning the Heisman Trophy as a senior, and was selected second overall by the Washington Redskins in the NFL draft.

Griffin set league records for the highest rookie passer rating and touchdown–interception ratio, while leading the Redskins to their first division title since , earning him Offensive Rookie of the Year and Pro Bowl honors.

Following a severe knee injury he suffered in the playoffs, Griffin was unable to duplicate his success and lost his starting position in to Kirk Cousins. He signed with the Cleveland Browns in , but his tenure was also afflicted by injuries, resulting in his release at the end of the season. After a year in free agency, he joined the Baltimore Ravens in and played his last three seasons as a backup.

Early life and background

Griffin was born in Okinawa, Japan, where his parents, Robert Griffin Jr. and Jacqueline, both U.S. Armysergeants, were stationed. The family later lived at Fort Lewis near Tacoma, Washington,^[1] and then moved to New Orleans, Louisiana. They finally settled in Copperas Cove, Texas in after retiring from the military.^[2]

Griffin's paternal grandfather, Robert Griffin Sr., was a foreman for a New Orleans construction company.

He suffered from glaucoma for several years, and died in at age 43 from a brain aneurysm.^[1][3] Financial hardship caused the family to move to the Desire Projects neighborhood. Griffin's father was a basketball player at Kennedy High School and enlisted in the Army before he graduated.^[3] He met his wife Jacqueline (née Ross) while stationed in Fort Carson, Colorado.^[1]

High school

Griffin attended Copperas Cove High School in Texas, where he was a three-sport star in basketball, football, and track for the Bulldogs.^[4] He started at quarterback for two seasons.

During his junior season, he passed for 2, yards and 25 touchdowns with 2 interceptions, while compiling rushing yards for 8 touchdowns. He received first-team All-District A honors after the season. As a senior, he recorded 1, rushing yards, posting 24 touchdowns, and passed for 1, yards for 16 touchdowns with 7 interceptions.

In his senior season Copperas Cove finished with a record of 13–2, but lost in the championship game of the Class 4A Division I state playoffs. Over the two seasons, he rushed for a total of 2, yards and 32 touchdowns while passing for 3, yards and 41 touchdowns with 9 interceptions. He went to and lost 2 state championships.^[5]

Track

In track, Griffin broke Texas state records for the meter and meter hurdles.

He ran the meter hurdles in seconds and the meter hurdles in seconds. The hurdles time was 1/ of a second short of tying the national high school record at the time. He was also a gold medalist in the and meter hurdles on the AAU track and field circuit. In , as a junior, he was rated the No. 1 high school meter intermediate hurdler in the country, and was tied at No.

1 for the meter sprint hurdler in the nation. His personal best in the meter hurdles, sec, ranked fifth in the world among junior athletes in (behind Artur Noga, Ryan Brathwaite, Johnny Dutch, and Vladimir Zhukov),^[6] while his best time in the meter hurdles, sec—his personal best until —led all juniors worldwide for that year.^[7] Also as a junior, Griffin received the Gatorade Texas Boys Track and Field Athlete of the Year award,^[5] and was named to USA Today′s All-USA Track and Field team.^[8] His personal best in the meter hurdles was achieved on May 18, , with a time of seconds.^[9]

College recruitment

, a college football recruiting service, ranked Griffin the fourth-best dual-threat quarterback in the nation and the 42nd-best player in Texas in the high school prospect class of ^[11] During the college recruiting period, Griffin was pursued by Stanford, Tennessee, Kansas, Nebraska, Houston, Tulsa, Illinois, Washington State, and Oregon.

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Griffin initially committed to play for Houston under head coach Art Briles. When Briles left Houston to take the head coaching position at Baylor, Griffin switched his commitment and eventually signed a letter of intent to play for Baylor,^[12] in part because the university also had a top track and field program.^[13]

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	40‡	Commit date
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	Star ratings:Scout:&#;&#;&#;Rivals:&#;&#;&#;Sports:&#;N/A &#;&#;&#;ESPN grade:&#;77
Overall recruiting rankings:Scout: 12 (QB) &#;&#;Rivals: 4 (Dual-threat QB)&#;&#;ESPN: 40 (QB)
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College career

Griffin graduated from high school a semester early, after serving as class president and ranking seventh in his class.^[13] He began attending Baylor University during the spring semester when he was 17 years old.

As a member of Baylor's track and field team, Griffin finished in first place in the meter hurdles at both the Big 12 Conference Championship and the NCAA Midwest Regional Championship meets; he also broke the NCAA Midwest Regional meter hurdles record. He placed third in the NCAA meet and also participated in the U.S.

Olympic Trials, in which he advanced to the semifinals. Griffin graduated in three years with a bachelor's degree in political science and a GPA, while appearing on the dean's list twice.^[13] During his final year of college sports eligibility, he was studying for a master's degree in communications.^[14] In , Griffin was named an Arthur Ashe, Jr.

Sports Scholar by Diverse: Issues In Higher Education.^[15]

season

See also: Baylor Bears football team

As a true freshman playing for the Bears, Griffin earned Big 12 Conference Offensive Freshman of the Year honors.^[16] He started 11 of 12 games his freshman season.

He made his collegiate debut in a loss to Wake Forest, where he was 11 of 19 for passing yards and had 29 rushing yards and a rushing touchdown.^[17] In the upset 41–21 victory over the Texas A&M Aggies, he recorded 13 of 23 passes for yards and two touchdowns.^[18] Griffin garnered Big 12 Freshman of the Year honors from the league's coaches (who are not allowed to vote for their own players) as well as the media.^[19]

The team finished the season with a 4–8 record (2–6 Big 12).^[20]

season

See also: Baylor Bears football team

Griffin sat out for the remainder of the season after sustaining an isolated tear to his ACL in the first half of the third game against Northwestern State.^[21][22]

Baylor finished the season with a 4–8 record (1–7 Big 12).^[23]

season

See also: Baylor Bears football team

Griffin was granted redshirt status so he entered the season as a sophomore.

According to the bylaws, players who are injured after playing less than 30 percent of the season may be eligible (Griffin was injured during the third game of the season, with 25 percent of the season completed).^[24] Overall, he finished the season with 3, passing yards, 22 passing touchdowns, eight interceptions, and had rushes for rushing yards and eight rushing touchdowns.^[25]

Baylor finished the season with a 7–6 record (4–4 Big 12).^[26]

season

See also: Baylor Bears football team

Coming into the season, the Baylor Bears were not expected to do well, being picked 6th in the Big 12 preseason poll.^[27] The Bears opened the season against 15th-ranked TCU.

The Bears took a 47–23 lead into the 4th quarter, and were able to fight off a comeback after the Horned Frogs gained the lead 48–47 briefly, only for Baylor to kick the game-winning field goal and win 50– They pulled off the upset in large part due to Griffin's performance; he passed for yards, with 5 touchdowns and a % completion percentage.

On the game-winning drive, Griffin also caught a key pass.^[28] Following the win, Baylor entered the AP Poll rankings for only the third time in the previous 15 seasons, at 20th,^[29][30] and Griffin was considered by many to be a Heisman Trophy candidate.^[31] After a bye week, Baylor shut out Stephen F.

Austin State University 48–0, and Griffin went 20 of 22 (%) for yards and three touchdowns and ran for 78 yards.^[32] In week 4, Griffin ushered Baylor to their third win, beating Rice University 56–31; Griffin completed 29 of 33 passes (%) for yards with 51 yards rushing and a touchdown.^[33] In week five against Kansas State, Griffin almost brought the Bears to their fourth win, going 23 out of 31 (%) for yards and 5 touchdowns with only 1 interception, but they lost 36–35 to the Wildcats.^[34] In week six against Iowa State, Griffin took Baylor to Iowa for their fourth win, completing 22 out of 30 (%) for yards, 1 touchdown, and no interceptions.^[35] He won the Heisman Trophy, becoming the first player from Baylor to win it.^[36] Griffin also led Baylor to a 10–3 record, including a 67–56 win over the Washington Huskies in the Alamo Bowl.^[37][38] With a combined points, it stands as the highest-scoring regulation bowl game in NCAA history.

Due to the Alamo Bowl, Griffin became the first player since Tim Tebow in to win the Heisman and not appear in the National Championship (#1 LSU faced #2 Alabama). Overall, he finished the season with 4, passing yards, 37 passing touchdowns, and six interceptions to go along with rushes for rushing yards and ten rushing touchdowns.^[39]

Griffin, who graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science with a grade point average in December , began pursuing a Master's in communications in ^[40][41] On January 11, , Griffin announced his intention to enter the NFL draft.^[42]

College statistics

Season	Team	GP	Passing							Rushing					Receiving				Punting				Total Yards
			Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	TD	Int	Rtg	Att	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Pun	Yds	Avg	Lng
	Baylor	12				2,	15	3					63	13	1	0		0	—	—	—	—	2,
	Baylor	3	45	69			4	0		27	77		17	2	—	—	—	—	1	59		59
	Baylor	13				3,	22	8					71	8	1	9		0	—	—	—	—	4,
	Baylor	13				4,	37	6					49	10	1	15		0	3	99		39	5,
Total		41		1,		10,	78	17			2,		71	33	3	24		0	4			59	12,

College awards and honors

School records

Griffin set or tied 8 single-game, 26 single-season, and 20 career Baylor records.^[46]

• Rushing yards by a freshman:
• Rushing yards by a QB:
• Rushing yards (Game): ^[47]
• Rushing yards Per attempt (Game): ^[47] vs.

  Washington State, (11 for yards; also a conference record)

• Rushing TDs (Season): 13 (tied)
• Rushing TDs by a QB (Season): 13
• Most passing yards (Season): 4,
• Most touchdown passes (Season): 37
• Highest passing efficiency rating (Season):
• Highest completion percentage (Season):
• Most total offense (Season): 4,
• Most passing yards (Career): 10,
• Most touchdown passes (Career): 78
• Highest passing efficiency rating (Career):
• Highest completion percentage (Career):
• Most total offense (Career): 12,
• Rushing TDs by a QB (Career): 23
• yard Rushing games by QB (Season): 4
• yard Rushing games by QB (Career): 5

Professional career

Pre-draft

Griffin was not perceived as a first-round draft pick prior to his junior season.^[51][52][53] By midseason, however, he had drawn the attention of NFL scouts and analysts, and some started projecting he would be an early first round selection.^[54][55] Towards the end of his junior season, Griffin had established himself as the No.

2 quarterback prospect for the NFL draft, behind the unanimous first pick projection Andrew Luck.^[56][57]

Griffin was widely projected to be the No. 2 pick of the draft, but the St. Louis Rams—the team originally holding the pick—had already selected Sam Bradford to be their long-term starting quarterback with the No.

1 overall pick in the NFL draft. Wanting to stick with Bradford, the Rams decided to deal the pick prior to the draft, with the Cleveland Browns and Washington Redskins perceived as the most interested bidders. After a brief bidding process, the Redskins acquired the pick by giving the Rams four high-value draft picks over three years: their first-round picks in (No.6 overall), (No overall), and (No.2 overall), as well as their second-round pick (No overall) in ^[58]

Washington Redskins

season

As expected, the Redskins selected Griffin as the second overall pick,^[59] making him the second Baylor Bear to be drafted that high in four years (after Jason Smith in ), but the first Baylor quarterback to be chosen second overall since Adrian Burk in ^[60][61][62]

Griffin wore number 10 for the Redskins, with "Griffin III" on the back of his jersey.

This made him the first player in the history of the "Big Four" professional sports leagues (NFL, MLB, NHL, and NBA) to have a Roman numeral on the back of his jersey, as the NFL changed the rule in to allow players to include generational titles in their names.

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Griffin previously had "Griffin III" on the back of his jersey while in college, which was necessary in order to distinguish him from the other Robert Griffin on the Baylor team.^[63] On July 18, , the Redskins signed him to a four-year, $ million contract with a $ million signing bonus.^[64]

On September 9, , Griffin became the NFL's first starting quarterback who was born in the s.^[65] In his debut as a starting quarterback in the NFL, Griffin opened the Redskins' season by completing 19 of 26 passes for yards and two touchdowns while adding 10 carries for 42 rushing yards in a 40–32 victory over the New Orleans Saints.^[66][67] He was named NFC Offensive Player of the Week for his performance^[68] – the first time in NFL history that a rookie quarterback has been given that honor for his debut game.^[69] Griffin's debut performance was further rewarded after he was named NFL Rookie of the Week,^[70] and he was given that honor once again after the Redskins' win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 4.^[71] On October 4, he was named September's NFL Offensive Rookie of the Month.^[72] The next week against the Atlanta Falcons, he left the game late in the third quarter after suffering a mild concussion after receiving a blow to the head by Sean Weatherspoon.^[73] He was cleared to play in the next game against the Minnesota Vikings, where he had another impressive performance that included a yard rushing touchdown.

The Redskins ended their home-game losing streak and Griffin was named NFL Rookie of the Week for a third time.^[74][75]

On November 14 during the Redskins' bye week, the team voted Griffin an offensive co-captain.^[76] Following the Redskins' 31–6 victory against the Philadelphia Eagles, he was named NFC Offensive Player of the Week for a second time.

Griffin's performance – passing for yards with 4 touchdowns, rushing for an additional 84 yards, and finishing with a perfect passer rating – made him the first rookie in NFL history to pass for yards, pass for 4 touchdowns and rush for more than 75 yards in a single game.^[77][78] Along with that achievement, his performance against the Eagles made him the youngest player in NFL history, at 22 years and days old, to achieve a perfect passer rating in a game.^[79] This record stood until when Tennessee Titans quarterback Marcus Mariota threw for a perfect passer rating at 21 years and days old in his debut.^[80]

In the Week 14 game against the Baltimore Ravens on December 9, the Redskins would suffer another injury scare when defensive endHaloti Ngata hit Griffin directly at his right knee, twisting it in the process.^[81][82] On the final drive of the fourth quarter, Griffin was tackled after rushing for 13 yards and hopped on one leg for several plays before leaving the game.^[82] Backup quarterback Kirk Cousins would come in the game and lead the Redskins to a 31–28, overtime victory.^[83] The next day it was confirmed that Griffin had sustained a Grade 1 LCL sprain.^[84] It was decided that Griffin would sit out the next game against the Browns to give him more time to heal and avoid the chance of further injuries.^[85] He returned the next game and led the Redskins to another victory over the Eagles in Week The knee injury emerged as a controversy on January 6, the day the Redskins faced the Seattle Seahawks in the NFC wild card game, when USA Today reported that – contrary to a previous statement made by head coach Mike Shanahan – Dr.

James Andrews had not cleared Griffin to return for the post-injury plays in the December 9 game.^[86] Griffin then re-injured his knee in the wild card loss to the Seahawks.^[87] Griffin underwent surgery on January 9 and both his LCL and ACL were repaired.^[88]

For the season, Griffin set records for highest passer rating by a rookie quarterback () and highest touchdown to interception ratio () (both since broken by Dak Prescott).

Aside from the week 15 game against the Cleveland Browns where he did not play, Griffin played a vital role in helping the Redskins finish the regular season on a 7-game winning streak after starting the season 3–6, leading the team to its first playoff appearance since the season.^[89][90]

On December 26, Griffin was named to enter the Pro Bowl in recognition of his successful rookie season.^[91] Due to injuries on his ACL and LCL ligaments in his right knee, he was negated from the Pro Bowl roster and replaced by Drew Brees.^[92] Griffin also won the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year award.^[93] He was named to the PFWA All-Rookie Team, becoming the second Redskins quarterback to receive this award, joining Heath Shuler in ^[94] Griffin was ranked 15th by his fellow players on the NFL Top Players of ^[95]

season

After some controversy over whether Griffin would be ready for the season opener (he did not play a single preseason game), he debuted in the loss to Philadelphia Eagles.^[96] Griffin failed to replicate his success during the first half of the season and remained statistically below expectations until Washington's Week 7 game against the Chicago Bears.

Leading the Redskins to a 45–41 victory, Griffin recorded passing yards and two touchdowns,^[97] including a yard touchdown pass to Aldrick Robinson.^[98] The Redskins' 27–6 loss against the San Francisco 49ers in Week 12 was the first game in Griffin's collegiate and professional career where he failed to score a single offensive touchdown.^[99] On December 11, head coach Mike Shanahan announced that Griffin would be inactive for the last three games of the season and that Kirk Cousins would finish the season as the starter.

He claimed that it was done in order to eliminate risk of further injury to Griffin.^[] He finished the season with 3, passing yards, 16 passing touchdowns, and 12 interceptions to go along with 86 carries for rushing yards and no touchdowns.^[]

season

On September 14, , in Week 2 against the Jacksonville Jaguars, Griffin was carted off the field after suffering a dislocated left ankle.^[] X-rays and MRIs revealed no fractures in the ankle.

On October 29, it was reported that Griffin was set to return against the Minnesota Vikings in week 9.^[] The Redskins then dropped their next three games, falling to the Vikings, Buccaneers, and 49ers.^[] On November 25, it was reported that Griffin would be benched for Colt McCoy, heading into Sunday's game against the Indianapolis Colts.

After McCoy went down with a neck injury against the New York Giants, Griffin came in and looked impressive in a loss to the Giants, throwing for yards and 1 touchdown passing.^[] Griffin was named the starter for the rest of the year when the Redskins put Colt McCoy on injured reserve.

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Griffin responded to that with a winning performance in a 27–24 victory over the Eagles. He threw for yards and had one interception.^[] In the final game of the year against the Cowboys, Griffin showed signs of his rookie year form. He threw for a season-high yards and had 2 touchdowns (one passing, one rushing) in a 44–17 loss.^[] Griffin was 2–5 as a starter in and the Redskins finished 4–12 and last place in the NFC East.^[][]

season

During Week 2 of preseason in a win over the Detroit Lions, Griffin fumbled the ball and recovered it but had a defensive lineman fall on top of him.

Griffin suffered a concussion in the process and was questionable for the next game against the Ravens. Griffin was medically cleared for the game by a physician, but a few days later the same physician declared Griffin not ready for the game, thus giving backup Kirk Cousins the start. After the win over the Ravens, Cousins was named the starter for the regular-season opener and onward.^[]

On September 13, , it was reported that Griffin was practicing as a safety with the scout team.^[] He ended up third on the quarterback depth chart, behind Cousins and Colt McCoy, and remained inactive for the entire regular season.^[]

On March 7, , Griffin was released by the Redskins.^[][]

Cleveland Browns

On March 24, , Griffin signed a two-year, $ million contract with the Browns.^[][] On August 8, , Browns head coach Hue Jackson named Griffin the team's starting quarterback for the season.^[] Griffin was placed on injured reserve on September 12, after suffering a shoulder injury in the Browns' season opening loss to the Philadelphia Eagles.^[] He was activated off injured reserve on December 9, , prior to Week 14 against the Bengals.^[] Griffin played in five games, all starts, in , completing of passes for yards with two touchdowns and three interceptions.

He also rushed for yards and two touchdowns.^[]

On March 10, , Griffin was released by the Browns.^[]

Baltimore Ravens

After remaining a free agent for all of , Griffin signed a one-year contract with the Baltimore Ravens on April 4, ^[] On September 2, , Griffin was named the team's backup quarterback.^[] Backing up Joe Flacco and Lamar Jackson, Griffin appeared in three games in the season.^[]

On March 21, , Griffin re-signed with the Ravens on a two-year contract.^[] On July 28, , Griffin suffered a fractured thumb and was expected to miss 4–8 weeks.^[] Griffin returned in time for the September 8, , regular-season opener against the Miami Dolphins, where Griffin came into the game in relief of Lamar Jackson toward the end of the 59–10 victory.

He completed all six pass attempts for 55 yards and one touchdown.^[] In the Week 10 game against the Cincinnati Bengals, Griffin entered the game as a running back alongside Mark Ingram II and Jackson in the backfield, marking what was likely the first time in NFL history three former Heisman Trophy winners lined up together in a backfield.^[] In Week 17 against the Pittsburgh Steelers, Griffin made his first start since the season because the Ravens secured the top seed in the AFC playoffs and sat their starters as a result.

During the game, Griffin threw for 96 yards and an interception and rushed for 50 yards during the 28–10 win.^[]

Griffin was named the starter for the Ravens Week 12 matchup against the Steelers due to Lamar Jackson testing positive for COVID^[] He injured his left hamstring late in the second quarter of the game, but remained in until the fourth quarter, when he was sidelined and replaced by Trace McSorley.

He finished the game 7–12 for 33 yards and an interception (which was returned for a touchdown by former Browns teammate Joe Haden) along with seven rushes for 68 yards during the 19–14 loss.^[][] He was placed on injured reserve on December 4, ^[] Griffin was waived by the Ravens on January 18, ^[]

Post-playing career

Analyst career

In August , Griffin signed a multi-year contract with ESPN as an analyst for their college football coverage and NFL Live.^[] Griffin has publicly stated his desire to continue playing and that his contract with ESPN would allow him to sign with a team if the opportunity arises.^[] Griffin later joined Monday Night Countdown in to replace Randy Moss.^[] Ahead of the season, Griffin was replaced on the program by Jason Kelce.^[] On August 15, , the network fired him.^[]

Podcasting

In September , Griffin launched via Youtube his own podcast series, "RG3 and The Ones," which is based on interviews with personnel involved with the NFL.^[]

NFL career statistics

Regular season

Year	Team	Games			Passing								Rushing				Sacks		Fumbles
		GP	GS	Record	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Y/A	TD	Int	Rtg	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Sck	SckY	Fum	Lost
	WAS	15	15	9–6				3,		20	5					7	30		12	2
	WAS	13	13	3–10				3,		16	12		86			0	38		11	4
	WAS	9	7	2–5				1,		4	6		38			1	33		9	4
	WAS	did not play
	CLE	5	5	1–4	87					2	3		31			2	22		4	1
	BAL	3	0	—	2	6		21		0	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	0
	BAL	7	1	1–0	23	38				1	2		20	70		0	5	19	0	0
	BAL	4	1	0–1	8	14		42		0	2		12	69		0	3	20	1	1
Total		56	42	16–26		1,		9,		43	30			1,		10			37	12

Postseason

Year	Team	Games			Passing								Rushing				Sacks		Fumbles
		GP	GS	Record	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Y/A	TD	Int	Rtg	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Sck	SckY	Fum	Lost
	WAS	1	1	0–1	10	19		84		2	1		5	21		0	2	16	1	1
	WAS	did not play
	BAL
	BAL
	BAL
Total		1	1	0–1	10	19		84		2	1		5	21		0	2	16	1	1

Personal life

Griffin began dating fellow Baylor student Rebecca Liddicoat in , and the two were married on July 6, ^[][] Rebecca gave birth to the couple's first child, a daughter, in ^[] On August 16, , it was reported that Griffin and his wife were separated and in the process of filing for divorce.^[]

Also in August , Griffin and Estonian heptathlete Grete Šadeiko became romantically linked.^[] They were engaged on May 13, ^[] In , Griffin announced via Instagram the birth of his second daughter.^[][] The couple married on March 10, ^[] His third daughter was born in September On December 31, , Griffin abruptly left Pat McAfee's alternate broadcast of the December Fiesta Bowl after learning that Šadeiko was in labor with his fourth child.^[]

Griffin grew up as a fan of the Denver Broncos and Mike Shanahan, whom he played under for his first two seasons with the Redskins.^[] Griffin is an evangelical Christian, and has said his relationship with God is his "most important influence."^[][] He does not smoke, drink alcohol, or use drugs, saying that "I need my body to be at its peak performance, and I want to have a long career."^[]

Before the start of his rookie season with the Washington Redskins, Griffin had signed a number of endorsement deals from companies including Adidas, Castrol Motor Oil, EA Sports, EvoShield, Gatorade, Nissan, and Subway.

According to ESPN's Dollars blog, Griffin had "earned more than any other rookie in NFL history before throwing his first regular-season pass," largely as a result of endorsements.^[]

Griffin has his own charitable foundation called the RGIII foundation, which helps underprivileged youth, military families, and victims of domestic violence.

In December , the foundation gave a one-day shopping spree at Walmart for 25 Boys & Girls Clubs members in his hometown of Copperas Cove, Texas.^[] The foundation also donated 10, meals to the North Texas Food Bank in February ^[] Griffin has also been involved with the Family of 3 foundation to help three new struggling families each year.^[]

While Griffin played for the Redskins, he lived in Leesburg, Virginia, a suburb of Washington, D.C., until April when he sold his home for $ million.

He then purchased a home in Montgomery, Texas for $ million.^[]

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