Robert Lee Griffin III, nicknamed RG3 or RGIII, is an American football quarterback for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League. He played college football at Baylor, where he won the 2011 Heisman Trophy. Griffin was drafted in the first round of the 2012 NFL Draft by the Washington Redskins. He won the 2012 Offensive Rookie of the Year award and was named to the 2013 Pro Bowl. He was released by the Redskins at the end of the season and signed with the Cleveland Browns. After spending the 2017 season as a free agent, Griffin signed for the Ravens in 2018.
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Robert Lee Griffin III, nicknamed RG3 or RGIII, is an American football quarterback for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League. He played college football at Baylor, where he won the 2011 Heisman Trophy. Griffin was drafted in the first round of the 2012 NFL Draft by the Washington Redskins. He won the 2012 Offensive Rookie of the Year award and was named to the 2013 Pro Bowl, although was unable to participate due to a knee injury he suffered late in the season. He was released by the Redskins at the end of the season and signed with the Cleveland Browns. After spending the entire 2017 season as a free agent, Griffin signed for the Ravens in 2018. Griffin’s father was a basketball player at Kennedy High School and enlisted in the Army before he graduated. His paternal grandfather, Robert Griffin Sr., was a foreman for a New Orleans construction company. He suffered from glaucoma for several years, and died in 1984 at age 43 from a brain aneurysm. In 2007, as a junior, he was rated the No. 1 high school 400-meter intermediate hurdler in the country. He ran the 110-meter hurdles in 13. 55 seconds and the 300-meter hurdle in 35. 33 seconds. As a senior, he recorded 1,285 rushing yards, posting 24 touchdowns, and passed for 1,356 yards for 16 touchdowns with 7 interceptions. In his senior season Copperas Cove finished with a record of 13–2, but lost in the championship game of the 2007 Class 4A Division I state playoffs.
He received first-team All-District 16-4A honors after the season; he received the Gatorade Texas Boys Track and Field Athlete of the year award. In 2008, his personal best was achieved on May 18, with a time of 49. 22 seconds in the 400- meter hurdles. He is married to Jacqueline, and the couple have a son, Griffin Jr., who was born in Okinawa, Japan, where his parents, Robert Jr. and Jacqueline are both U.S. Army sergeants. In 2009, Griffin switched his commitment to play for Houston to take the head coaching position at Baylor. He eventually signed a letter of intent for Baylor in part because of his interest in the quarterback position. In 2010, Griffin was ranked as the 42nd-best quarterback in the nation and the 42-best player in Texas. He rushed for a total of 2,161 yards and 32 touchdowns while passing for 3,357 yards and 41 touchdowns with 9 interceptions. He went to and lost 2 state championships in track and field in 2007 and 2008. His personal best in the 110m hurdles, 13. 46 sec, ranked fifth in the world among junior athletes in 2007, while his best 2007 time in the400-meter hurdler, 49. 56 sec—his personal best until 2008—led all juniors worldwide for that year. In 2011, Griffin received the USA Today′s All-USA team award, and was also named to USA Today’s 2007-USA All-America Team. In 2012, he set the highest passer rating and highest touchdown to interception ratio by a rookie quarterback.
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