Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 58-24vs Bowling Green | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 2 | W 62-14vs Portland State | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 0 | 9 | Season-high 19 yds |
| Wk 3 | W 35-22vs San José State | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Total | 6 | 31 | 4.8 | 0 | 9 |
#5
Taj Griffin
Senior running back for Oregon. 2018: 31 rushing yards, 2 catches.
5′11″ · 175 lb · Powder Springs, GA
Oregon 2018 alumnus
Recruiting
4★
APB recruit
No. 53 nationally · Signed with Oregon
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Senior running back for Oregon. 2018: 31 rushing yards, 2 catches.
- Signed as a 4-star recruit to Oregon in 2015.
Taj Griffin
Taj Griffin has been at Oregon through three head coaches in four seasons. One game to point at: 19 rush yds, 6 rec yds against Portland State — Week 2, 2018.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- head-coach lineage
- game log
How it ended
Four seasons at Oregon, 879 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
201511 games
- Signed with Oregon4-star out of McEachern
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★★
CFB
College
Oregon
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Mark Helfrich, Willie Taggart, and Mario Cristobal. Multi-era developmental context.
2018 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2015Oregon9-4HC: Mark Helfrich · Run-heavy, fast tempo
2016Oregon4-8HC: Mark Helfrich · Run-leaning
2017Oregon7-6HC: Willie Taggart · Run-heavy
2018Oregon9-4HC: Mario Cristobal · Run-leaning
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: rush yards (0th percentile).
Box-score rates (7)
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits & context
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 10.3 | 4.8 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 10.3 | 4.8 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dan Lanning
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2018
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
Game log
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology