Dylan Giffen
{{Short description|Canadian gridiron football player (born 1997)}}
{{Infobox Canadian Football League biography
|name=Dylan Giffen
|image=2023, 64, Dylan Giffen.jpg
|image_upright=1
|caption=Giffen with the Toronto Argonauts in 2023
|team=Toronto Argonauts
|number=64
|position1=Offensive lineman
|birth_date={{birth date and age|1997|1|2}}
|birth_place=Strathroy, Ontario, Canada
|Height_ft=6
|Height_in=8
|Weight_lbs=325
|CIS=Western
|high_school=Strathroy District
|CFLDraftedYear=2020
|CFLDraftedRound=3
|CFLDraftedPick=28
|CFLDraftedTeam=Toronto Argonauts
|playing_years1={{CFL Year|2021}}–present
|playing_team1=Toronto Argonauts
|status=Active
|import=no
|career_highlights=
- 2× Grey Cup champion (2022, 2024)
- Vanier Cup champion (2017)
|Honours=
|CFL=dylan-giffen/165753/
}}
Dylan Giffen (born January 2, 1997) is a Canadian professional football offensive lineman for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He is a two-time Grey Cup champion after winning with Argonauts in 2022 and 2024.
University career
Giffen played for the Western Mustangs of U Sports football from 2015 to 2019.{{cite web|url=https://westernmustangs.ca/sports/football/roster/dylan--giffen/27642 |title=Dylan Giffen |publisher=Western Mustangs |access-date=December 3, 2021}} He used a redshirt season in 2015 and then went on to play in 26 games for the team over four years.{{cite web|url=https://3downnation.com/2020/04/12/cfl-draft-profile-offensive-lineman-dylan-giffen-western/ |title=CFL draft profile: offensive lineman Dylan Giffen, Western |last=Hodge |first=John |publisher=3DownNation |date=April 12, 2020}} He won a Vanier Cup championship in 2017 after the Mustangs defeated the Laval Rouge et Or in the 53rd Vanier Cup.{{cite web|url=https://www.argonauts.ca/players/dylan-giffen/165753/ |title=Dylan Giffen |publisher=Toronto Argonauts |access-date=December 3, 2021}} He started at left tackle in his final two years with the Mustangs where he was named a First Team OUA All-Star in both years.
Professional career
Giffen was drafted in the third round, 28th overall, in the 2020 CFL Draft by the Toronto Argonauts, but did not play in 2020 due to the cancellation of the 2020 CFL season.{{cite web|url=https://westerngazette.ca/sports/four-mustangs-picked-up-in-cfl-draft/article_be8d90c2-8b61-11ea-bf0d-e3cc6cf1cea3.html |title=Four Mustangs picked up in CFL draft |last=McComb |first=Alex |publisher=Toronto Sun |date=May 4, 2020}} He then signed with the team on May 13, 2021.{{cite web|url=https://www.argonauts.ca/2021/05/13/boatmen-ink-four-draftees/ |title=Boatmen ink four draftees |publisher=Toronto Argonauts |date=May 13, 2021}} He made the team's active roster following training camp and played in his first career professional game on August 7, 2021, against the Calgary Stampeders. He later made his first career start on September 24, 2021, against the Montreal Alouettes at left guard.{{cite web|url=https://d3ham790trbkqy.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Sept242021MTLdepth.pdf |title=Toronto Argonauts Depth Chart |publisher=Canadian Football League |date=November 16, 2021}} He played in 12 regular season games for the Argonauts during his rookie season while spending the other two games on the team's injured list.
Giffen began the 2022 season on the injured list before being moved to the practice roster.{{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/transactions/2022/ |title=Transactions – Football Player Trades and Signings |publisher=Canadian Football League |access-date=November 23, 2024}} He played and started in the last regular season game before moving back to the practice roster for the playoffs, where the Argonauts defeated the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the 109th Grey Cup.{{cite web |title=CFL Guide Book |url=https://static.cfl.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/2024-CFL-Guide-Book.pdf |publisher=Canadian Football League |access-date=November 23, 2024}}
In 2023, Giffen dressed in 13 regular season games and started in two. In the 2024 season, he began the year on the injured list, but dressed in nine regular season games, starting in four, including the last three meaningful games of the regular season.{{cite web|url=https://static.cfl.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024-GN-Gm-95-Wpg-vs-Tor-GC111-1.pdf |title=111th Grey Cup notes |publisher=Canadian Football League |access-date=November 23, 2024}} He also played and started in all three post-season games that year, including the 111th Grey Cup where the Argonauts' defeated the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 41–24.{{Cite news |url=https://www.cfl.ca/games/6486/winnipeg-blue%20bombers-vs-toronto-argonauts/#playbyplay |title=Play-by-Play, 111th Grey Cup |publisher=Canadian Football League |date=November 17, 2024}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.argonauts.ca/players/dylan-giffen/165753/ Toronto Argonauts bio]
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Category:Canadian football offensive linemen
Category:Sportspeople from Strathroy-Caradoc
Category:Players of Canadian football from Ontario