#14

David Griffith

Senior linebacker for UL Monroe. 2018: 92 tackles, 14 tackles for loss, 5 sacks.

LB · UL Monroe · Sr. · #14

6′1″ · 201 lb · Plano, TX

UL Monroe 2018 alumnus

Recruiting

2★

OLB recruit

No. 2523 nationally · Signed with UL Monroe

Statement game12 tackles · 4 TFLat Arkansas State (FBS) · L 17-31

Top 1% tackles for loss game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for UL Monroe. 2018: 92 tackles, 14 tackles for loss, 5 sacks.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to UL Monroe in 2014.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at UL Monroe, 246 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2014

Signed with UL Monroe2-star out of Plano

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2523 national

CFB

College

UL Monroe

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2018

1 coach

2016–2018

Matt Viator

UL Monroe

Played his entire career under Matt Viator.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Matt Viator — 14-22 over that span.

2016UL Monroe4-8HC: Matt Viator · Run-leaning

2017UL Monroe4-8HC: Matt Viator · Run-leaning

2018UL Monroe6-6HC: Matt Viator · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (98th percentile). Strength: tackles (96th percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles for loss#56 / 2662 · 98th pct

14.0

Tackles#96 / 2662 · 96th pct

Sacks#112 / 2662 · 95th pct

5.0

Solo tackles#223 / 2662 · 91st pct

Forced fumbles#63 / 722 · 46th pct

QB hurries#1228 / 2662 · 27th pct

Passes defended#1661 / 2662 · 19th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	8.2	0.8	0.5	0.0
Road7g	7.3	1.4	0.4	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	6.1	0.9	0.5	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	9.8	1.6	0.3	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Bryant Vincent

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	UL Monroe	92	44	14.0	5.0	--	--	--
2017	UL Monroe	76	45	8.0	2.0	1	--	--
2016	UL Monroe	78	48	12.0	3.0	2	--	--
Career		246	137	34.0	10.0	3	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2018

W 34–31

vs SE Louisiana

1 TFL · 7 TOT · 4 SOLO

Edged out SE Louisiana at home in a shootout.

With C. Evans — 346 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · 62 rush yds (13 car) · 1 TD · M. Green — 2 rush yds (1 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week