Florida wide receiver legacy who contributed at wide receiver, quarterback and defensive back in high school
Before Clemson: Versatile contributor who finished his prep career with 4,741 passing yards and 50 passing touchdowns, 893 rushing yards and six rushing touchdowns, and 787 receiving yards with eight receiving touchdowns … also contributed 65 tackles, four interceptions and one punt return touchdown … collected 6,421 combined yards of total offense … missed the majority of his senior high school season with an ankle injury after catching 48 passes for 787 yards (16.4 yards per reception) with eight touchdowns as a junior … earned first-team all-area honors from the Gainesville Sun in helping Buchholz to a 10-4 record and a berth in the FSHAA 6A state semifinals … recorded 14 catches for 162 yards against Osceola in the state semifinals … spent his first two prep seasons at Newberry HS, where he played quarterback and defensive back … led Newberry to the state playoffs and earned honorable mention all-state recognition as a freshman while playing both sides of the ball … threw for 2,586 yards with 30 passing touchdowns and added 518 rushing yards and three rushing touchdowns as a sophomore in leading Newberry to a 9-3 mark and a regional semifinal appearance … was a Mainstreet Daily News All-Area pick as both a freshman and sophomore … also played basketball at Newberry before focusing solely on football at Buchholz … coached at Buchholz by Mark Whittemore.
Personal: Son of Travis McGriff and grandson of Lee McGriff, both of whom were first-team All-SEC receivers at Florida … Travis was a 1996 national champion who recorded 123 career catches for 2,057 yards with the Gators before becoming a third-round pick of the Denver Broncos in 1999 … Travis’ 1,357 receiving yards in 1998 were an SEC single-season record … Lee recorded 87 receptions for 1,551 yards at Florida before playing for the inaugural Tampa Bay Buccaneers squad in 1976, coaching at Florida under former Clemson head coach Charley Pell and serving more than 25 years as Florida’s color analyst on radio.
