Reice Griffith

Class:
Sophomore
Position:
Kicker
Height:
5-11
Weight:
170
Hometown:
Pace, Fla.
High School:
Pace HS

AS A SOPHOMORE (2024): Played in all 14 games as extra point and field goal specialist … Led team with a school record-matching 102 points scored (74^th NCAA) … Connected on all 54 of his point-after attempts, including a perfect 9-for-9 night in season opener with Presbyterian … Also went 7-for-7 on PAT tries in win over Furman … Went 16-for-20 on field goal attempts, including a season-longest 40-yarder in the fourth quarter against Western Carolina … Scored a season-high 14 points against the Catamounts, including a 5-for-5 mark on PAT attempts, while also connecting on field goal tries of 30, 23 and 40 yards … Earned Southern Conference Special Teams Player of the Week after netting 13 points in the victory over East Tennessee State, including 36-, 36- and 31-yard field goals … Shattered a school record by converting his 52^nd-straight PAT attempt against The Citadel.

AS A FRESHMAN (2023): Played in all 13 games … Handled field goal and extra-point attempts in all 13 outings … Served as kickoff specialist in first eight games, while handling the punting duties for the Bears in each of the last five games … Connected on all 37 of his point-after attempts, including a 6-for-6 day at Western Carolina … Went 5-for-5 on PAT attempts against both VMI and The Citadel … Went 10-for-15 on field goal attempts, including a season-long 44-yarder in the fourth quarter at Western Carolina … Logged a perfect 5-for-5 clip on field goals of 20-29 yards, and went 2-for-3 from 40-49 yards … Averaged 38.5 yards on 28 punts, including a pair of 50+-yard boots … Pinned opponents inside the 20-yard line 10 times … Averaged a season-best 41.7 yards on seven punts at South Dakota State … Averaged 54.8 yards on 40 kickoffs, including a pair that went for touchbacks.

HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at Pace High School for coach Kevin Smith … Rated as a 5-star kicker by Kohl’s Professional Football Camps … Named first team all-state as a kicker, while also nabbing all-region laurels as both a kicker and a punter … Averaged 42.9 yards on 28 punts, while also pinning opponents inside their own 20-yard line 14 times … Went 51-of-53 on point-after attempts, while also connecting on 4-of-5 field goal opportunities including a season-long 49-yarder … Named all-area as both a kicker and a punter as a junior … Went 35-for-37 on point-after attempts, while also logging an 8-for-11 clip on field goal attempts … Also played soccer for the Patriots.

PERSONAL: The son of Ginger and Charlie Griffith … Has one sister, Mary Claire … Maintained a 4.04 cumulative grade point average at Pace High School and graduated in the top 25 percent of his 495-member senior class … A communications major at Mercer.