Houston Griffith: S · Notre Dame · #3.
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Houston Griffith
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Played for two head coaches at Notre Dame: Brian Kelly and Marcus Freeman. On tape: 6 tackles against Stanford, Week 7, 2022.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
33 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1 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 this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Notre Dame | 33 | 12 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2021 | Notre Dame | 38 | 23 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2020 | Notre Dame | 14 | 13 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2019 | Notre Dame | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| 2018 | Notre Dame | 13 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 |
| Career | 103 | 60 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-21@ No. 2 Ohio State | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 21-26vs Marshall | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 24-17vs California | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 45-32@ North Carolina | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 28-20vs No. 16 BYU | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 14-16vs Stanford | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 8 | W 44-21vs UNLV | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 35-14vs No. 5 Clemson | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 35-32vs Navy | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 44-0vs Boston College | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 27-38@ No. 5 USC | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 33 | 12 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Week 8 · 2022
W 44-21
vs UNLV
1 tackle for loss · 5 tackles · 3 solo tackles
Dominant 23-point win at home against UNLV.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
0%0 pass breakupsTackle volume
33tackles this seasonTFL rate
3%1 TFL33 tackles · 1 for loss.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Marcus Freeman
Pass share
39.4%
338 pass / 519 run
Plays / game
65.9
13 games
Team sack rate
5.8%
365 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2022
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #452 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at Notre Dame, 103 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 39 games over five seasons.
The role got bigger.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Brian Kelly → Marcus Freeman. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
