Ryan Griffin enters his first season as an offensive assistant working with the quarterbacks and wide receivers for the Chicago Bears. The eight-year NFL vet played quarterback for the Saints (2013-14) and Buccaneers (2015-22) and won Super Bowl LV with Tampa.
He signed with the Skorpions Varese of the Italian Football League in 2023. Griffin originally entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent with the New Orleans Saints on April 28, 2013 and spent two seasons on their practice squad before being claimed off waivers by the Buccaneers in 2015.
A four-year starter at Tulane (2009-12), Griffin completed 836-of-1,396 (59.9 pct.) for 9,026 yards with 56 touchdowns and 35 interceptions. He also caught one pass for 15 yards and scored one rushing touchdown. Griffin set school records in pass attempts, completions and completion percentage, while ranking second in passing yards and 300-yard passing game (10) and fourth in touchdown passes. He was named honorable mention All-Conference USA as a senior (2012), going 245-of-394 (62.2 pct.), for 2,771 yards with 20 touchdowns and 11 interceptions. He set a school record with 466 passing yards against UAB (10/27/12) with a career-best five touchdown passes, while being named C-USA and Louisiana Player of the Week as well as College Sports Madness C-USA Offensive Player of the Week.
