Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | L 20-30@ Stanford | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
| Wk 11 | L 13-45vs SMU | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
#9
Josiah Griffin
Junior defensive lineman on Boston College's 2026 roster.
6′4″ · 265 lb · Springfield, MA · Springfield Central
Returning to Boston College for 2026
The numbers
0
sacks · 2025
1 tackles
2 games into 2025 so far -- Best game: vs SMU
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 defensive lineman on Boston College's 2025 roster.
- Signed as a 4-star recruit to Boston College in 2022.
Josiah Griffin
Josiah Griffin has played for two head coaches in three seasons at Boston College. The receipt: 1 tackles against Stanford — Week 3, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
2022
- Signed with Boston College4-star out of Springfield Central
20234 games
- Signed with Boston College3-star out of Springfield Central
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Boston College
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2023–2025
2 coaches2023
Boston College
Coaching transition mid-career: Jeff Hafley → Bill O'Brien. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2023Boston College7-6HC: Jeff Hafley · Run-leaning
2024Boston College7-6HC: Bill O'Brien · Run-heavy
2025Boston College2-10HC: Bill O'Brien · Balanced
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (7)
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 splits
Through 2 games: 0.5 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.5 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bill O'Brien
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Boston College | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | -- |
| 2024 | Boston College | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Boston College | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | 1 |
| Career | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Game log
How he plays
2026 Outlook
Boston College
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive line · Boston College
Returning around him
- 4 Boston College players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -4 net (26 in / 30 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Boston College · Last season: 2-10 · Talent rank #71 · 2026 recruiting class #53
Background
2025 (Redshirt Sophomore): Saw action in six games at defensive end ... Deflected and intercepted a pass from quarterback Kevin Jennings in the second quarter vs. SMU (11/8), his first career interception. 2024 (Redshirt Freshman): Played in 12 games, primarily on special teams… totaled two tackl...
The defensive line · Boston College
- #56E'Lla Boykin2.5 tackles for loss · 2025
- #13Demetrius Ballard2.5 tackles for loss · 2025
- #90Keith Sampson1.5 tackles for loss · 2025
- #41Favor Bate1 tackle for loss · 2025
- #9Josiah Griffin0 tackles for loss · 2025
18 more on the roster · Boston College team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology