#21

Stephen Griffin

Senior defensive back on NC State's 2019 roster.

DB · NC State · Sr. · #21

6′3″ · 206 lb · Charlotte, NC

NC State 2019 alumnus

The story

4 defensive back on NC State's roster.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at NC State, 86 tackles — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

2 teams

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

1 coach

2016

Dave Doeren

NC State

2018–2019

Dave Doeren

NC State

Played his entire career under Dave Doeren.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Tennessee9-4HC: Butch Jones · Run-leaning

2018NC State9-4HC: Dave Doeren · Balanced

2019NC State4-8HC: Dave Doeren · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (83rd percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Passes defended#379 / 2688 · 83rd pct

QB hurries#478 / 2688 · 77th pct

Sacks#857 / 2688 · 61st pct

1.0

Tackles#1295 / 2688 · 51st pct

Solo tackles#1295 / 2688 · 50th pct

Tackles for loss#1661 / 2688 · 35th pct

1.5

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

2019 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	2.6	0.2	0.1	0.1
Road5g	2.8	0.0	0.0	0.6

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.7	0.0	0.0	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	2.7	0.2	0.2	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dave Doeren

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

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	NC State	32	18	1.5	1.0	4	--	--
2018	NC State	41	31	1.0	0.0	5	--	--
2016	Tennessee	13	9	0.0	0.0	2	--	--
Career		86	58	2.5	1.0	11	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2019

W 41–0

vs Western Carolina

2 TOT · 1 SOLO · 1 PD

Dominant 41-point win at home against Western Carolina.

With M. McKay — 200 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 61.2 · T. Gill — 49 AVG · 58 LONG · 3 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 34-6vs East Carolina	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 41-0vs Western Carolina	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 3	L 27-44@ West Virginia	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 4	W 34-23vs Ball State	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 13-31@ Florida State	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 16-10vs Syracuse	3	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 24-45@ Boston College	5	2	0.0	0.0	—	1	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 10	L 10-44@ Wake Forest	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 11	L 10-55vs Clemson	5	3	1.5	1.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 20-34vs Louisville	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 26-28@ Georgia Tech	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 10-41vs North Carolina	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		32	18	1.5	1.0	—	4

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

2019 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays