Experienced Griffin leads Tulane offense into Wallace Wade

Coming into this Saturday’s contest against Tulane, redshirt junior quarterback Ryan Griffin is the one to watch for the Green Wave.

Entering his third season, Griffin has played in 20 games with 17 starts for his career.  Griffin currently finds himself at the top of the Tulane career record books with a completion percentage of 61.3%.

Despite Tulane’s 2-1 record this season and crushing loss to Tulsa, Griffin is off to a remarkable start in his third year.

In last week’s contest against UAB, Griffin was awarded the Conference USA Co-Offensive Player of the Week after throwing for 281 yards for three touchdowns to secure Tulane’s 49-10 victory over the Blazers.  Griffin was an essential contributor to what is now Tulane’s largest ever victory margin.

The UAB game marks the sixth game in which Griffin has tied his career high three touchdowns in a single game. In the Green Wave’s season opener against Southeastern Louisiana, Griffin posted three touchdowns as well. The feat occurred twice last season and twice in his first season as a redshirt-freshman.

One of Griffin’s greatest assets is his ability to put the ball where it needs to go, wherever that may be.  In just the three games of this season, Griffin has been able to throw receptions to 16 different Tulane players, proving his success is not dependent on the work of any one receiver.