:Jeff Griffin

{{Short description|American football player (born 1958)}}

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{{For-text|the North Carolina judge|Jefferson Griffin|those of a similar name|Geoffrey Griffin (disambiguation)}}

{{BLP sources|date=September 2009}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Jeff Griffin

| number = 35, 45

| position = Cornerback

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|07|19}}

| birth_place = Carson, California, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 0

| weight_lb = 185

| high_school = Phineas Banning
(Los Angeles, California)

| college = Utah

| draftyear = 1981

| draftround = 3

| draftpick = 61

| pastteams =

| statlabel1 = Interceptions

| statvalue1 = 4

| statlabel2 = Fumble recoveries

| statvalue2 = 2

| statlabel3 = Sacks

| statvalue3 = 1.0

| pfr = GrifJe20

}}

Jeffery Earl Griffin (born July 19, 1958) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive back in the National Football League (NFL) for the St. Louis Cardinals{{cite news|title=Pro Football Roundup .Dolphins Don't Mind Films This Time|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hG4eAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hWgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6686,316528&dq=jeff-griffin+football&hl=en|accessdate=3 January 2011|newspaper=Sarasota Herald-Tribune|date=21 August 1983|agency=Herald-Tribune Wire Services}} and the Philadelphia Eagles.

Early career

Griffin played high school football at Banning High School in Wilmington, California.

He played college football at the University of Utah and was selected in the third round of the 1981 NFL draft.

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