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Jersey Number 81
Lideatrick Griffin
- Position:
- WR
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 175
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Philadelphia, Miss.
- High School/Previous School:
- Philadelphia HS
Bio
Career Honors
2024 East-West Shrine Bowl Invitee
2023 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
2023 Paul Hornung Award Watch List
2023 Preseason All-SEC (PFF, RS)
2023 Preseason All-American (Sports Info Solutions, Return Specialist)
2023 Preseason All-SEC (Media, 2nd team, All-Purpose)
2023 Preseason All-SEC (Media, 3rd team, Return Specialist)
2023 Preseason All-SEC (Sports Info Solutions, Return Specialist)
2022 First Team All-American (FWAA, Return Specialist)
2022 Second Team All-American (Return Specialist: Walter Camp, Sporting News, CBS Sports)
2022 All-America Kick Returner (PFF 3rd Team)
2022 First Team All-SEC (Return Specialist: Pro Football Focus, AP, Coaches')
2022 SEC Co-Special Teams Player of the Week (vs Auburn)
2022 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2021 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2020 Armed Forces Bowl MVP
Career Notes & Records
He appeared in 44 career games making 24 starts … Concluded his career with 126 receptions for 1,490 yards and nine touchdowns … Earned 3,211 all-purpose yards in his career … Holds Mississippi State’s single game receiving record with 256 yards against South Carolina in 2023 … Ended his career having caught a pass in 32 consecutive games he played in, while also having a streak of 17 straight games with at least two receptions … In 2022 he led the nation in kickoff return yards (32.2 yards per return), also the second-best mark in SEC history behind Evan Berry of Tennessee in 2015 … Two career kickoffs returned for touchdowns, one in 2021 and one in 2022 … 1,640 career kickoff return yards … Averaging 30.8 yards per kick return in his career which would rank second all-time in the SEC … In 2021 he led the SEC Kickoff return yards per game (32.8) … Declared for the 2024 NFL Draft, forgoing his final year of eligibility.
2023 (Senior Season)
Has appeared in 12 games, making 10 starts … Led the Bulldogs in every receiving category in 2023 … Team leader in receptions (50), yards (658), Touchdowns (4), yards per game (54.8) and had the longest reception of the season (65) … Set career-highs in all receiving categories … Most receiving yards in a season by an MSU receiver since 2021 … Only SEC receiver in 2023 with at least 250 receiving yards in a single game … Earned his first career rushing touchdown on 9/16 against LSU … At least three receptions in every game in 2023 … SE Louisiana (9/2): Hauled in 4 passes that went for 33 yards combined … 26 of his receptions went for a first down … ... Arizona (9/9): Had 5 grabs for 83 yards and 2 touchdowns … tied a career-high in touchdown receptions with 2 which he also did against ETSU (11/19/22) … The fifth time in his career he has had 5 or more catches in one game … Has 5 career games with a receiving touchdown and 2 games with multiple … Returned a kickoff for 21 yards … LSU (9/16): Had 4 catches for a total of 16 yards … Also had 3 rushes for 24 yards and a touchdown … His 9-yard rushing touchdown in the second quarter was the first rushing touchdown of his career … Scored a touchdown in back-to-back games for just the second time in his career (the last coming in 2022 vs. ETSU & Ole Miss) … at South Carolina (9/23): Had 7 catches going for a total of 256 yards and a touchdown … Set the Mississippi State single game receiving record with 256 yards … Set career highs in receptions (7), receiving yards (256), and longest reception (65) … Scored a receiving touchdown in three straight games … First time in his career he has had multiple 50+ yard receptions in one game … His sixth career game with 5 or more receptions … Ran the ball once for nine yards … Alabama (9/30): Caught 5 passes for a total of 21 yards … returned two kickoffs for a total of 37 yards … Led the team with 5 receptions … Western Michigan (10/7): Caught 4 passes for a total of 65 yards … at Arkansas (10/21): Caught 3 passes for a total of 20 yards … Added two carriers for six yards … at Auburn (10/28): Caught three passes for 18 yards … Now has a reception in 23 straight games … Also carried the ball twice for 18 yards … Added a 21-yard kick return … Kentucky (11/4): Caught three passes for 42 yards … Has caught three or more passes in each game this season … Had one rush for 12 yards … Also returned three kicks for a total of 54 yards … at Texas A&M (11/11): Caught three passes for 34 yards … Has recorded at least one reception in 30 straight games … Added one rush for two yards … Returned three kicks for 57 yards … Southern Miss (11/18): Caught four passes for 32 yards and a touchdown … Hauled in his fourth touchdown of the year on a 4 yard grab … Ran the ball twice for 6 yards … Ole Miss (11/23): Caught five passes for 38 yards … Returned one kick for 15 yards.
2022 (Junior Season)
Appeared in 13 games with six starts ... Finished with 40 receptions for 502 yards and four touchdowns ... Led the nation with a kickoff return average of 32.3 yards on 19 returns ... Also tied the SEC lead with one kickoff returned for a touchdown ... Memphis (9/3): Hauled in five receptions on five targets for 60 yards and returned one kick for 37 yards in State’s season-opening win over Memphis ... at Arizona (9/10): Had a pair of receptions for 28 yards and returned a kickoff 30 yards ... at LSU(9/17): Hauled in three receptions for 32 yards … Also returned a pair of kicks for 64 yards including a 37 yard return ... Bowling Green (9/24): Caught a career-high six receptions for 57 yards and a touchdown ... Had two kick returns for 70 yards, one of which was a season-long 42 yards ... Texas A&M (10/1): Had three catches for 29 yards including a 27-yard reception ... Returned one kick 15 yards ... Arkansas (10/8): Hauled in a 33-yard pass ... Returned a pair of kicks for a total of 64 yards ... at Kentucky (10/15): Returned one kick 32 yards ... had one catch for 10 yards ... at Alabama (10/22): Caught a pair of passes for 24 yards ... Had two returns for 42 yards ... Auburn (11/5): Snagged two passes for 58 yards, including a career-long 57 yard catch and run ... Had three kick returns with one going 92 yards for a touchdown to earn SEC Co-Special Teams Player of the Week ... Georgia (11/12): Had four receptions for 26 yards ... Returned three kicks for a total of 63 yards ... ETSU (11/19): Hauled in a career-high two receiving touchdowns on four receptions for 53 yards ... Returned the opening kickoff 52 yards ... at Ole Miss (11/24): Caught two passes for 39 yards and a touchdown ... vs. Illinois (1/2): Had five receptions for 53 yards ... returned two kicks for 10 yards.
2021 (Sophomore Season)
Appeared in 10 games with six starts ... Had 26 catches for 269 receiving yards and an average of 10.3 yards per catch ... Also saw action as a kick returner for the Bulldogs, hauling in 14 kicks for 459 return yards (32.8 avg.) and a 100-yard touchdown return ... LA Tech (9/4): Had two receptions for 29 yards in addition to four kicks returned for 144 yards, including a 70-yard return in the season opener ... NC State (9/11): Returned the opening kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown to start the game ... Also added three catches for 22 yards in State's win over the Wolfpack ... at Texas A&M (10/2): Hauled in three receptions for 52 yards in the road win over the Aggies ... at Vanderbilt (10/23): Had four catches for 22 yards, as well as three kick returns for 76 yards, including a 35-yard return ... Ole Miss (11/25): Notched a season-high with five catches for 77 yards ... Also added four kick returns for 100 yards against the Rebels.
2020 (True Freshman Season)
Named the Most Outstanding Player of the Armed Forces Bowl ... Appeared in nine games with two starts ... One of nine MSU true freshmen to debut in 2020 ... One of 26 Bulldogs to make their first career start in 2020 ... One of 27 student-athletes to make their Mississippi State debut in 2020 ... Sat No. 70 nationally and No. 7 in the SEC in combined kick return yardage (261) ... Had 10 catches for 61 yards and a touchdown ... at LSU (9/26): Made his collegiate debut ... Vanderbilt (11/7): Returned the first kickoff of his career for 32 yards ... at Georgia (11/21): Finished with three catches and 15 yards receiving ... Recorded his first career catch for eight yards in the first quarter ... Also recorded the first tackle of his career ... Auburn (12/12): Made his first collegiate start ... Caught three passes for 16 yards ... Averaged 45.5 yards on two kickoff returns ... Had a 65-yard kickoff return to set up State's fourth-quarter touchdown drive ... Marked MSU's longest kickoff return since Brandon Holloway's 69-yard return at Missouri in 2015 ... Missouri (12/19): Had two grabs for 13 yards ... vs. Tulsa (12/31): Caught two passes for 17 yards ... Hauled in his first career touchdown reception in the fourth quarter, a 13-yard toss from Will Rogers ... Returned four of five kickoffs for 138 yards ... First Bulldog with 100-plus kick return yards since Keith Mixon (106 yards, 5 returns) vs. Arkansas in 2016 ... Most kick return yards since Jameon Lewis (183 yards, 5 returns) at Ole Miss in 2012.
High School
Prepped at Philadelphia High School under head coach David Frey … Four-star wideout per ESPN and 247Sports … Three-star prospect according to Rivals … Part of the ESPN 300 (No. 216) … Top-15 prospect in Mississippi according to ESPN (No.2), Rivals (No. 15) and 247Sports (No. 5) … Top-15 athlete per ESPN (No. 14) and 247Sports (No. 9) … For his career, caught 140 passes for 2,399 yards with 21 touchdowns … Rushed 116 times for 1,473 yards and 17 touchdowns … Added 880 kickoff return yards, 176 punt return yards and 69 yards on interception returns for 4,979 all-purpose yards … Scored 280 career points on 44 touchdowns and eight 2-point conversions … Touchdowns came via rush (17), reception (21), punt return (1) and kickoff return (4) … Part of the Clarion Ledger’s Dandy Dozen as a senior … As a senior, caught 23 passes for 413 yards and four touchdowns … Rushed 41 times for 438 yards with eight touchdowns … Had two interceptions and returned one kickoff for a touchdown … As a junior, made 47 receptions for 768 yards and two scores … Carried 25 times for 507 yards and five scores … Piled up three 100-yard rushing games … As a sophomore, totaled 906 yards receiving on 47 catches with 12 scores … Gained 328 yards rushing on 36 carries with one touchdown … Added two interceptions on defense … Returned four kickoffs for touchdowns … As a freshman, owned 23 catches for 294 yards and three touchdowns … Rushed for 200 yards on 14 carries with three touchdowns … Added two interceptions on defense … Invited to participate in the Under Armour All-America Game … Selected for the Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Game … Committed to MSU on June 21, 2019.
Personal
Born Lideatrick Shurmun Griffin on Jan. 23, 2001 … Son of Stanley and Nechie Griffin … Major is Interdisciplinary Studies … Nickname is “Tulu” … He has one son … Has three siblings: Chris, Zahrea and Lakelynn.
Social Media
Twitter – @TuluuuuuG
Instagram – tuluuu
2024 East-West Shrine Bowl Invitee
2023 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
2023 Paul Hornung Award Watch List
2023 Preseason All-SEC (PFF, RS)
2023 Preseason All-American (Sports Info Solutions, Return Specialist)
2023 Preseason All-SEC (Media, 2nd team, All-Purpose)
2023 Preseason All-SEC (Media, 3rd team, Return Specialist)
2023 Preseason All-SEC (Sports Info Solutions, Return Specialist)
2022 First Team All-American (FWAA, Return Specialist)
2022 Second Team All-American (Return Specialist: Walter Camp, Sporting News, CBS Sports)
2022 All-America Kick Returner (PFF 3rd Team)
2022 First Team All-SEC (Return Specialist: Pro Football Focus, AP, Coaches')
2022 SEC Co-Special Teams Player of the Week (vs Auburn)
2022 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2021 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2020 Armed Forces Bowl MVP
Career Notes & Records
He appeared in 44 career games making 24 starts … Concluded his career with 126 receptions for 1,490 yards and nine touchdowns … Earned 3,211 all-purpose yards in his career … Holds Mississippi State’s single game receiving record with 256 yards against South Carolina in 2023 … Ended his career having caught a pass in 32 consecutive games he played in, while also having a streak of 17 straight games with at least two receptions … In 2022 he led the nation in kickoff return yards (32.2 yards per return), also the second-best mark in SEC history behind Evan Berry of Tennessee in 2015 … Two career kickoffs returned for touchdowns, one in 2021 and one in 2022 … 1,640 career kickoff return yards … Averaging 30.8 yards per kick return in his career which would rank second all-time in the SEC … In 2021 he led the SEC Kickoff return yards per game (32.8) … Declared for the 2024 NFL Draft, forgoing his final year of eligibility.
2023 (Senior Season)
Has appeared in 12 games, making 10 starts … Led the Bulldogs in every receiving category in 2023 … Team leader in receptions (50), yards (658), Touchdowns (4), yards per game (54.8) and had the longest reception of the season (65) … Set career-highs in all receiving categories … Most receiving yards in a season by an MSU receiver since 2021 … Only SEC receiver in 2023 with at least 250 receiving yards in a single game … Earned his first career rushing touchdown on 9/16 against LSU … At least three receptions in every game in 2023 … SE Louisiana (9/2): Hauled in 4 passes that went for 33 yards combined … 26 of his receptions went for a first down … ... Arizona (9/9): Had 5 grabs for 83 yards and 2 touchdowns … tied a career-high in touchdown receptions with 2 which he also did against ETSU (11/19/22) … The fifth time in his career he has had 5 or more catches in one game … Has 5 career games with a receiving touchdown and 2 games with multiple … Returned a kickoff for 21 yards … LSU (9/16): Had 4 catches for a total of 16 yards … Also had 3 rushes for 24 yards and a touchdown … His 9-yard rushing touchdown in the second quarter was the first rushing touchdown of his career … Scored a touchdown in back-to-back games for just the second time in his career (the last coming in 2022 vs. ETSU & Ole Miss) … at South Carolina (9/23): Had 7 catches going for a total of 256 yards and a touchdown … Set the Mississippi State single game receiving record with 256 yards … Set career highs in receptions (7), receiving yards (256), and longest reception (65) … Scored a receiving touchdown in three straight games … First time in his career he has had multiple 50+ yard receptions in one game … His sixth career game with 5 or more receptions … Ran the ball once for nine yards … Alabama (9/30): Caught 5 passes for a total of 21 yards … returned two kickoffs for a total of 37 yards … Led the team with 5 receptions … Western Michigan (10/7): Caught 4 passes for a total of 65 yards … at Arkansas (10/21): Caught 3 passes for a total of 20 yards … Added two carriers for six yards … at Auburn (10/28): Caught three passes for 18 yards … Now has a reception in 23 straight games … Also carried the ball twice for 18 yards … Added a 21-yard kick return … Kentucky (11/4): Caught three passes for 42 yards … Has caught three or more passes in each game this season … Had one rush for 12 yards … Also returned three kicks for a total of 54 yards … at Texas A&M (11/11): Caught three passes for 34 yards … Has recorded at least one reception in 30 straight games … Added one rush for two yards … Returned three kicks for 57 yards … Southern Miss (11/18): Caught four passes for 32 yards and a touchdown … Hauled in his fourth touchdown of the year on a 4 yard grab … Ran the ball twice for 6 yards … Ole Miss (11/23): Caught five passes for 38 yards … Returned one kick for 15 yards.
2022 (Junior Season)
Appeared in 13 games with six starts ... Finished with 40 receptions for 502 yards and four touchdowns ... Led the nation with a kickoff return average of 32.3 yards on 19 returns ... Also tied the SEC lead with one kickoff returned for a touchdown ... Memphis (9/3): Hauled in five receptions on five targets for 60 yards and returned one kick for 37 yards in State’s season-opening win over Memphis ... at Arizona (9/10): Had a pair of receptions for 28 yards and returned a kickoff 30 yards ... at LSU(9/17): Hauled in three receptions for 32 yards … Also returned a pair of kicks for 64 yards including a 37 yard return ... Bowling Green (9/24): Caught a career-high six receptions for 57 yards and a touchdown ... Had two kick returns for 70 yards, one of which was a season-long 42 yards ... Texas A&M (10/1): Had three catches for 29 yards including a 27-yard reception ... Returned one kick 15 yards ... Arkansas (10/8): Hauled in a 33-yard pass ... Returned a pair of kicks for a total of 64 yards ... at Kentucky (10/15): Returned one kick 32 yards ... had one catch for 10 yards ... at Alabama (10/22): Caught a pair of passes for 24 yards ... Had two returns for 42 yards ... Auburn (11/5): Snagged two passes for 58 yards, including a career-long 57 yard catch and run ... Had three kick returns with one going 92 yards for a touchdown to earn SEC Co-Special Teams Player of the Week ... Georgia (11/12): Had four receptions for 26 yards ... Returned three kicks for a total of 63 yards ... ETSU (11/19): Hauled in a career-high two receiving touchdowns on four receptions for 53 yards ... Returned the opening kickoff 52 yards ... at Ole Miss (11/24): Caught two passes for 39 yards and a touchdown ... vs. Illinois (1/2): Had five receptions for 53 yards ... returned two kicks for 10 yards.
2021 (Sophomore Season)
Appeared in 10 games with six starts ... Had 26 catches for 269 receiving yards and an average of 10.3 yards per catch ... Also saw action as a kick returner for the Bulldogs, hauling in 14 kicks for 459 return yards (32.8 avg.) and a 100-yard touchdown return ... LA Tech (9/4): Had two receptions for 29 yards in addition to four kicks returned for 144 yards, including a 70-yard return in the season opener ... NC State (9/11): Returned the opening kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown to start the game ... Also added three catches for 22 yards in State's win over the Wolfpack ... at Texas A&M (10/2): Hauled in three receptions for 52 yards in the road win over the Aggies ... at Vanderbilt (10/23): Had four catches for 22 yards, as well as three kick returns for 76 yards, including a 35-yard return ... Ole Miss (11/25): Notched a season-high with five catches for 77 yards ... Also added four kick returns for 100 yards against the Rebels.
2020 (True Freshman Season)
Named the Most Outstanding Player of the Armed Forces Bowl ... Appeared in nine games with two starts ... One of nine MSU true freshmen to debut in 2020 ... One of 26 Bulldogs to make their first career start in 2020 ... One of 27 student-athletes to make their Mississippi State debut in 2020 ... Sat No. 70 nationally and No. 7 in the SEC in combined kick return yardage (261) ... Had 10 catches for 61 yards and a touchdown ... at LSU (9/26): Made his collegiate debut ... Vanderbilt (11/7): Returned the first kickoff of his career for 32 yards ... at Georgia (11/21): Finished with three catches and 15 yards receiving ... Recorded his first career catch for eight yards in the first quarter ... Also recorded the first tackle of his career ... Auburn (12/12): Made his first collegiate start ... Caught three passes for 16 yards ... Averaged 45.5 yards on two kickoff returns ... Had a 65-yard kickoff return to set up State's fourth-quarter touchdown drive ... Marked MSU's longest kickoff return since Brandon Holloway's 69-yard return at Missouri in 2015 ... Missouri (12/19): Had two grabs for 13 yards ... vs. Tulsa (12/31): Caught two passes for 17 yards ... Hauled in his first career touchdown reception in the fourth quarter, a 13-yard toss from Will Rogers ... Returned four of five kickoffs for 138 yards ... First Bulldog with 100-plus kick return yards since Keith Mixon (106 yards, 5 returns) vs. Arkansas in 2016 ... Most kick return yards since Jameon Lewis (183 yards, 5 returns) at Ole Miss in 2012.
High School
Prepped at Philadelphia High School under head coach David Frey … Four-star wideout per ESPN and 247Sports … Three-star prospect according to Rivals … Part of the ESPN 300 (No. 216) … Top-15 prospect in Mississippi according to ESPN (No.2), Rivals (No. 15) and 247Sports (No. 5) … Top-15 athlete per ESPN (No. 14) and 247Sports (No. 9) … For his career, caught 140 passes for 2,399 yards with 21 touchdowns … Rushed 116 times for 1,473 yards and 17 touchdowns … Added 880 kickoff return yards, 176 punt return yards and 69 yards on interception returns for 4,979 all-purpose yards … Scored 280 career points on 44 touchdowns and eight 2-point conversions … Touchdowns came via rush (17), reception (21), punt return (1) and kickoff return (4) … Part of the Clarion Ledger’s Dandy Dozen as a senior … As a senior, caught 23 passes for 413 yards and four touchdowns … Rushed 41 times for 438 yards with eight touchdowns … Had two interceptions and returned one kickoff for a touchdown … As a junior, made 47 receptions for 768 yards and two scores … Carried 25 times for 507 yards and five scores … Piled up three 100-yard rushing games … As a sophomore, totaled 906 yards receiving on 47 catches with 12 scores … Gained 328 yards rushing on 36 carries with one touchdown … Added two interceptions on defense … Returned four kickoffs for touchdowns … As a freshman, owned 23 catches for 294 yards and three touchdowns … Rushed for 200 yards on 14 carries with three touchdowns … Added two interceptions on defense … Invited to participate in the Under Armour All-America Game … Selected for the Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Game … Committed to MSU on June 21, 2019.
Personal
Born Lideatrick Shurmun Griffin on Jan. 23, 2001 … Son of Stanley and Nechie Griffin … Major is Interdisciplinary Studies … Nickname is “Tulu” … He has one son … Has three siblings: Chris, Zahrea and Lakelynn.
Social Media
Twitter – @TuluuuuuG
Instagram – tuluuu
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