University of South Alabama Athletics

Jaguar Highlights: Should start at left guard for the third straight season this fall ... A captain for the Red team in the spring game.

As A Redshirt Junior (2010): Started every contest for the second season in a row ... Led the squad with 74 knockdown blocks, recording the two highest totals on the year with a career-best 17 against Henderson (Ark.) State and 15 at Lamar ... Graded out at 70 percent or better seven times, with four marks of 80 percent or higher ... Had a season-best mark of 92 percent following Edward Waters (Fla.) victory, tying for the team lead with four pancakes ... Received a 90 percent grade while playing on all 82 snaps in Homecoming victory over HSU ... Earned a team-leading 82 percent mark against Nicholls State and graded out at 80 percent after LU win ... Graded out at 79 percent and shared the team lead with nine knockdowns in season-ending win over Arkansas-Monticello ... Also had nine pancake blocks and a 69 percent grade in UC Davis road victory ... Received a 78 percent mark after win over Missouri S&T and 75 percent grade the previous week in Kentucky Wesleyan victory.

As A Junior (2009): Started all seven games at left guard ... Posted a team-leading 55 pancake blocks ... Credited with a grade of 70 percent or better following every contest, with a season-high mark of 93 percent against Fork Union (Va.) Military Academy ... Graded out at 85 percent after Milford (N.Y.) Academy victory with 10 knockdowns, which was twice as many recorded by any other Jaguar ... Also had 10 pancakes in season-ending win over Huntingdon (Ala.) College ... Recorded a season-best 11 knockdowns to go along with a 75 percent grade in defeat of Louisburg (N.C.) J.C. ... Collected nine knockdown blocks and graded out at 75 percent after win over Hargrave (Va.) Military Academy in the program’s debut.

Junior College Highlights (2007-08): Played two seasons at Ventura Junior College ... Earned all-Western State Conference honors ... His efforts helped the Pirate offense average 350.4 yards of total offense and 28.7 points per contest his sophomore year as they would go on to finish 5-5 overall, which included a 5-3 mark in league play ... As a freshman, VJC won the conference championship and would go on to claim the Southern California Bowl title.

High School Highlights: Played football and baseball, also participating in track and field, at Ventura High ... Selected first-team all-California Interscholastic Federation, all-conference and all-county in each of his final two seasons ... Twice helped lead the Cougars to the semifinals of the CIF playoffs.

Personal: Full name is Jonathan B. Griffin ... Born Feb. 26, 1988, in Ventura, Calif. ... Son of Gilbert and Ann Griffin ... Older brother, Billy, lettered in football at Florida in 2003 and ’04 ... Also has a younger brother, Joe ... Favorite movies are “Dumb and Dumber” and “A River Runs Through It” ... Favorite team is the Tampa Bay Buccaneers ... In his spare time enjoys fishing and snowboarding ... An interdisciplinary studies major.