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Nic Grigsby

Height: 6-0
Weight: 200
Class: Senior
Hometown: Long Beach, Calif.
High School: California H.S./St. Paul H.S.
Major:  Chemistry.  
Birth date:  December 26, 1988.
 
Nic Grigsby comes to Arizona Christian University after spending two seasons in the National Football League (NFL) and playing four seasons of football at the University of Arizona.  He is a 2007 graduate of California High School in Whittier, California and attended St. Paul High School in southern California for three years prior to transferring to California High.  He played two seasons of varsity football at St. Paul and one season at Cal Hi.
 
Grigsby was undrafted by the NFL coming out of the University of Arizona.  He signed with the Miami Dolphins in 2011, and was with the team through training camp and the four exhibition games until he was released Sept. 3, 2011.  He then signed on with the Oakland Raiders and was released four weeks later, and signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for the remainder of the regular season.  In 2012, Grigsby was under contract with the Green Bay Packers.
 
University of Arizona: Grigsby totaled 572 carries for 2953 yards and 29 touchdowns in four seasons as a starting running back for the University of Arizona.  He also caught 95 passes for 519 yards and two touchdowns.
 
As a senior in 2010, he rushed 118 times for 533 yards and scored nine touchdowns and caught 25 passes for 189 yards.  He played in the 2010 Alamo Bowl in San Antonio where Arizona lost 36-10 to Oklahoma State.
 
As a junior in 2009, he rushed 79 times for 567 yards and ranked eighth in the Pac-10 in rushing despite missing three full games and not being totally healthy (shoulder) in six games.  He averaged 7.2 yards per carry and scored the winning touchdown against Stanford on a 50-yard touchdown run.  He also rushed 23 times for 118 yards and was named team Offensive Player of the Week against Central Michigan.  His longest run of the season was a 94-yard gain against Northern Arizona.  Grigsby played in the 2009 Holiday Bowl in San Diego, where Nebraska beat UA, 33-10.
 
As a sophomore in 2008, he gained 1153 yards on 214 carries in 13 games, the ninth-best yardage total in UA history despite splitting time in the backfield, and rushed for 13 touchdowns, the third-most in a single season, including three touchdowns against Toledo.  He also caught 12 passes for 62 yards.  Grigsby rushed for more than 100 yards in five games with a season-best 189 yards on 28 carries at Washington State.  He earned All-Pac-10 honors and also was named his team’s Offensive Player of the Week for his efforts against Arizona State.
 
Grigsby was UA’s starting running back in a 31-21 win over Brigham Young University in the 2008 Las Vegas Bowl, the first bowl win for the Wildcats in 10 years.
 
As a freshman in 2007, Grigsby earned All-League freshman and All-America honorable mention honors from The Sporting News.  Nic ranked second on the team in all-purpose yardage with 904, including 704 yards rushing and 200 yards of pass receptions.  Grigsby also caught 35 passes, a career-high, and recorded a career-high 30 carries for 186 yards and also had 9 receptions for 76 yards and one touchdown catch in his first start ever against Washington State.  He also posted 100-yard games against Stanford (24 for 126) and UCLA (20 for 124).
 
High School: Nic earned All-West honors from PrepStar in 2006, and was rated by scouting services among the top dozen prep running backs in the state of California.  As a senior at California High School in 2006, he rushed for 1273 yards on 137 carries and scored 11 touchdowns, and gained over 200 yards in five games, including 267 yards on 23 carries, an average of 11.61 per carry, against El Rancho High School and 235 yards on 28 carries and three touchdowns against La Serna High School.  Defensively, he totaled 11 tackles and one interception.  Grigsby earned All-CIF, All-Area and All-League first team honors for his efforts.
 
As a junior at St. Paul in 2005, Grigsby ran for 758 yards, averaging 8.33 yards per carry, and scored 10 touchdowns, earned All-Area and All-League first team honors and was rated as a top 100 state prospect by CalHiSports.  In one game against Banning, he rushed 18 times for 245 yards and two touchdowns and in another game against George Washington Prep he scored four touchdowns, three on the ground.  He also played defense in two games as a cornerback and made eight tackles and intercepted one pass.
 
He also played varsity baseball and ran track in high school

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Hasn't played much football lately but solid measurables. He has 4.38 speed, did 21 reps on the bench press and 43 1/2 in the vertical jump, and 11' in the broad jump. Compared to this year's NFL combine he would have been second, eighth, first, T-second respectively. Very intriguing prospect to have in camp. 

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After being cut from the Lions in 2012, he spent 2013 playing baseball at Arizona Christian University.  My bet is that he showed up to one of our free agent camps and did enough to earn another look.

 

Would be inclined to say you're dead on.

 

I don't hate the signing, he looks intriguing at worst but I would just expect we would be able to do better than a guy whose most recent athletic endeavor was a varsity baseball team.

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Nic Grigsby

Height: 6-0

Weight: 200

Class: Senior

Hometown: Long Beach, Calif.

High School: California H.S./St. Paul H.S.

Major:  Chemistry.  

Birth date:  December 26, 1988.

 

 

 

Well if he's no good at Football maybe he can take up a career in Meth production? I seem to recall somewhere that you can make a fortune at this :)

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Nic Grigsby

Height: 6-0

Weight: 200

Class: Senior

Hometown: Long Beach, Calif.

High School: California H.S./St. Paul H.S.

Major:  Chemistry.  

Birth date:  December 26, 1988.

 

 

 

Well if he's no good at Football maybe he can take up a career in Meth production? I seem to recall somewhere that you can make a fortune at this :)

 

 

My understanding is it doesn't typically end well...

 

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After being cut from the Lions in 2012, he spent 2013 playing baseball at Arizona Christian University. My bet is that he showed up to one of our free agent camps and did enough to earn another look.

Would be inclined to say you're dead on.

I don't hate the signing, he looks intriguing at worst but I would just expect we would be able to do better than a guy whose most recent athletic endeavor was a varsity baseball team.

And the all might Buono brought in Jyles who was doing exactly what last year?

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Looks to have good body control and peripheral vision, but lacks breakaway speed and didn't seem to have broken too many tackles. Reads blocking well, and had some darned good line blocking in the clips. Could be one of those good-but-not-great players who hangs around- he didn't get all those looks by teams on the basis of a sparkling personality alone.

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