He played college football for the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders.
Griffin was selected by the San Francisco 49ers in the sixth round of the 1986 NFL draft.
A two-time Super Bowl winner with the 49ers in 1988 and 1989, Griffin also played with the Cleveland Browns from 1994 to 1995 and the Philadelphia Eagles in 1996.
The Browns defense he was part of in 1994 allowed the fewest points in the NFL (204/12.75 per game).
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