Junior cornerback for USC. 2020: 1 interception, 2 pass breakups, 18 tackles.
6′0″ · 175 lb · Long Beach, CA
Recruiting
CB recruit
No. 28 nationally · Signed with USC
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 cornerback for USC. 2020: 1 interception, 2 pass breakups, 18 tackles.
Olaijah Griffin
This is his third year in the same secondary at USC. One game to point at: 6 tackles, 0.5 TFL against UCLA — Week 15, 2020.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at USC, 63 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2018–2020
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Clay Helton.
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Clay Helton — 18-13 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles for loss (21st percentile).
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 · Per-game
2020 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road2g | 5.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lincoln Riley
Pass share
46.0%
97 pass / 114 run
Plays / game
70.3
3 games
Team sack rate
2.0%
102 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2020
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 10 | W 28-27vs Arizona State | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 34-30@ Arizona | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | W 38-13vs Washington State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 15 | W 43-38@ UCLA | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 16 | L 24-31vs Oregon | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 18 | 11 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 |