Mitchell Griffis (born September 9, 2001) is an American college football quarterback for the East Carolina Pirates. He previously played for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons and Texas Tech Red Raiders.
Early life Griffis attended Broad Run High School in Ashburn, Virginia. As a senior, he completed 192 of 278 pass attempts for 2,647 passing yards and 29 touchdowns to three interceptions and rushed for 411 yards. Coming out of high school Griffis was rated as a three-star recruit and the number 40 quarterback in the class. He committed to play college football at Wake Forest University over other schools such as Louisville, Maryland, North Carolina, and West Virginia.
College career In the 2020 season opener, Griffis threw his first career touchdown pass to Taylor Morin against Clemson. He finished the COVID shortened 2020 season going four for 13 on passing attempts for 56 yards and a touchdown. In 2021, Griffis took a redshirt. He got his first start in the 2022 season opener, replacing injured starter Sam Hartman. Griffis completed 21 of 29 pass attempts for 288 yards and three touchdowns in a 44–10 win over VMI. Griffis finished the 2022 season completing 29 of 41 pass attempts for 348 yards and five touchdowns with an interception, while also rushing for 14 yards. He opened the 2023 season as Wake Forest's starting quarterback. In week zero of the 2023 season, Griffis completed 19 of 30 pass attempts for 329 yards and three touchdowns with an interception in a win over Elon. The following week he went 17 for 26 on passing attempts for 196 yards and two touchdowns in a win over Vanderbilt. Griffis entered the transfer portal on November 28, 2023.
On December 15, 2023, Griffis announced that he would be transferring to Marshall.
However, on June 12, 2024, Griffis announced that he would be stepping away from football. Later in November, Griffis announced that he would returning to football with one year of eligibility remaining; on December 17, 2024, Griffis announced that he was transferring to Texas Tech.
Statistics Season Team Games Passing Rushing 2020 Wake Forest 4 0 — 4 13 30.8 56 4.3 1 0 92.3 2 −1 −0.5 0 2021 Wake Forest 4 0 — 0 2 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 2022 Wake Forest 6 1 1–0 29 41 70.7 348 8.5 5 1 177.4 15 14 0.9 0 2023 Wake Forest 9 9 3–6 124 207 59.9 1,553 7.5 9 7 130.5 106 128 1.2 2 2024 Did not play 2025 Texas Tech 6 0 — 26 36 72.2 357 9.9 2 0 173.9 14 29 2.1 1 Career 29 10 4–6 183 299 61.2 2,314 7.7 17 8 139.6 137 170 1.2 3
References
External links Wake Forest Demon Deacons bio Texas Tech Red Raiders bio East Carolina Pirates bio