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Position: | Running back | ||||||||||||
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Born: | Columbus, Ohio, U.S. | August 21, 1954||||||||||||
Height: | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||||||||||
Weight: | 189 lb (86 kg) | ||||||||||||
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High school: | Eastmoor (Columbus, Ohio) | ||||||||||||
College: | Ohio State (1972–1975) | ||||||||||||
NFL draft: | 1976 / round: 1 / pick: 24 | ||||||||||||
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Archie Mason Griffin (born August 21, 1954) is an American former football running back who played with the Cincinnati Bengals in the National Football League (NFL) for seven seasons. He played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes, and is the only two-time Heisman Trophy winner in NCAA history, 1974–1975, considered one of the greatest college football players of all time.[1] Griffin won four Big Ten Conference titles with the Buckeyes and was the first player to ever start in four Rose Bowls. He was selected in the first round by the Bengals in the 1976 NFL draft.