Bio
- Height
- 6' 0"
- Debut
- 1986
- Draft
- 1986Rd 6, Pk 24
- College
- Duke
Bio
- Height
- 6' 0"
- Debut
- 1986
- Draft
- 1986Rd 6, Pk 24
- College
- Duke
Stats
Totals
Career regular season
- GP
- 161
- TOT
- 164
- SOLO
- 145
- AST
- 19
- SACK
- 6.5
- INT
- 25
- PD
- 43
- FF
- 4
Ranked among NFL players who qualify (TOT, SOLO, SACK, PD, FF: 8+ games; AST: 4+ games) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together. | SOLO: Tackles made without help. | AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down. | SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught. | FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 |  SF | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | SF | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | SF | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | SF | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | SF | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | SF | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | SF | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | SF | 12 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 12 | 0 |
| 1994 | CLE | 15 | 66 | 58 | 8 | 4.0 | 2 | 15 | 1 |
| 1995 | CLE | 16 | 53 | 46 | 7 | 0.0 | 1 | 11 | 2 |
| 1996 | PHI | 16 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
Career Postseason
- GP
- 8
- TOT
- 14
- SOLO
- 13
- AST
- 1
- SACK
- 2.0
- INT
- 1
- PD
- 2
- FF
- 2
Per game
Career regular season
- GP
- 161
- TOT
- 1.0
- SOLO
- 0.9
- AST
- 0.1
- SACK
- 0.0
- INT
- 0.2
- PD
- 0.3
- FF
- 0.0
Per game: season totals ÷ games played. Derived here — averages, completion rate and longest plays are the stored figures and are left as they are.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together. | SOLO: Tackles made without help. | AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down. | SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught. | FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | SF | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | SF | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | SF | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | SF | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | SF | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | SF | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | SF | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | SF | 12 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | CLE | 15 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.1 |
| 1995 | CLE | 16 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.1 |
| 1996 | PHI | 16 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
What were Don Griffin's career stats?
Don Griffin played 11 seasons for the 49ers, the Browns and the Eagles. He recorded 164 tackles, 6.5 sacks and 25 interceptions. His best season was 1994: 66 tackles and 4.0 sacks.
League leaderboards and awards
11 seasons, 5 postseasons, 1986 to 1996
Championships ×2
- 1988 Super Bowl with the San Francisco 49ers
- 1989 Super Bowl with the San Francisco 49ers
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