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Robert Griffin III

February 28, 2012 by · Comments Off on Robert Griffin III 

Robert Griffin III, He’s not only in the game, Robert Griffin III is on the cover. After putting up video game-like performances in a record-shattering final season at Baylor, the school’s first Heisman Trophy winner was announced as the new cover boy for EA Sports’ “NCAA Football 13” video game Monday on the Waco campus.

“It’s cool. You don’t expect anything, but to get this is an honor,” Griffin said before posing for the game’s cover at Fountain Mall. “Not everybody gets to be on the cover officially. But I’m officially on the cover of ‘NCAA Football 13’ and I’m proud of it.”

The game will be released July 10, with the former Copperas Cove standout sharing the cover with one of eight former Heisman winners to be determined by fan vote beginning March 12. It was the first time the pre-eminent college football video game franchise had an on-site photo shoot at a school’s campus.

A day after wowing NFL personnel and draft pundits alike with his speed and charisma at the NFL combine in Indianapolis, Griffin was back where it all began, celebrating the experience with the fanbase that has seen him rise from college football’s youngest starting quarterback to Heisman winner.

Although he is headed back to Arizona to continue his training under quarterback guru Terry Shea, RG3 will return to Baylor for his Pro Day on March 21, when reportedly more than 100 NFL representatives are expected to attend.

“The hard work is over now, now it’s all about refining,” Griffin said.

At the combine, RG3 was officially clocked at 4.41 in the 40-yard dash to lead all quarterbacks, marking the second-fastest time for a quarterback behind the 4.33 posted by Michael Vick in 2001. Griffin also led all QBs with vertical jump of 39 inches, but fell 4 inches shy of expected No. 1 overall pick Andrew Luck’s 10-4 broad jump.

ROBERT GRIFFIN III

November 20, 2011 by · Comments Off on ROBERT GRIFFIN III 

ROBERT GRIFFIN III, If you’re a college football fan and you don’t love Robert Griffin III by now, well, then you must be from Norman, Okla.

Griffin, the quarterback for Baylor, orchestrated one of the great game-winning drives in Big 12 history and the biggest win in Baylor history to lead the Bears to a 45-38 victory over Oklahoma on Saturday night.

The epic drive, which began on Baylor’s 20-yard line with 51 seconds remaining, ended with Griffin finding Terrance Williams for the game-winning touchdown with 8 seconds left. But it was the play a whole quarter earlier that may go down as the craziest of the year.

Trailing 24-17 and facing second and 13 from its own 13-yard line, Baylor placed Griffin in shotgun with an empty backfield, three receivers to his right and one to his left.

Griffin fired — and we mean fired — a pass over the middle, but it was deflected. The pass was thrown with so much force it ricocheted 18 yards downfield, where Kendall Wright, who had been the lone wideout to Griffin’s left, raced under it and covered the final 50 yards on his own.

The 87-yard TD pass was the first of three straight Bears touchdowns in Baylor’s first win over Oklahoma ever.

Why do you have to love Griffin, though? Heck, everybody makes a lucky play every now and then.

You’ve got to love Griffin because rather than flex his muscles and celebrate the score as if he’d done something great, the junior QB knew the play was a fluke. As you can see in the Video of the Day below, he shook his head and raised his arms in disbelief, looked up to the heavens as if to say, “Hey, thanks for the help,” and then went down on one knee.

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