Michael Griffin

Twotime ProBowler Michael Griffins stellar professional football career spanned 10 seasons in the NFL including stints with the Tennessee Titans Minnesota Vikings and the Carolina Panthers Since retiring in 2018 Griffins focus has shifted to entrepreneurship opening up a subsidiary bakery under the Gigis Cupcakes franchise outside of his hometown of Austin Texas with his lifelong friends fellow NFL standout Brian Orakpo and college classmate Bryan Hynson Griffins dynamic football career can be traced back to his early days as a star athlete at Bowie High School where he was a twoyear starter at running back and also started at defensive back as a senior He earned numerous accolades at Bowie including honorable mention AllState Class 5A honors on offense and was named Academic AllDistrict and AllCentral Texas as a twoway performer in the same year Griffin also received the District 255A Offensive MVP and earned AllDistrict honors as a junior In addition to football in high school Griffin also earned two letters in basketball as a guard and forward and three in track field competing in the sprints and mile relays He also qualified for the Regional track and field meet Regarded as a fourstar recruit Griffin was the 9thranked cornerback recruit in the nation and the 60th player overall in his 2003 class Griffin joined the Longhorns at the University of Texas in 2003 as a true freshman His college career began strong making a remarkable eight blocked kicks that set a school career record and ranked second in NCAA Division 1A history As a senior in 2006 Griffin earned secondteam AllAmerican and firstteam AllBig 12 accolades Griffin was an honors student in college majoring in youth and community studies before getting drafted as the 19th pick overall in the 2007 NFL Draft by the Titans He later received his degree from the University of Texas College of Education in May 2017 Griffin had an incredible 9 seasons with the Tennessee Titans where he made two ProBowls was a SecondTeam AllPro and was noted as the franchises alltime leader in tackles by a safety with 912 Griffin briefly played for the Minnesota Vikings and the Carolina Panthers before retiring on May 6 2018 when he signed a oneday contract to retire as a member of the Tennessee Titans Griffins magnetic dexterity has served him well throughout the years as a football player entrepreneur and most recently the star of a hit Microsoft commercial with his friend and former Titan teammate Brian Orakpo Griffin resides in Austin Texas with his wife Shantel and their three children