Ben Griffiths

Ben Griffiths
	Griffiths in March 2017
Personal information
Born	17 September 1991 (age 33)
Height	200 cm (6 ft 7 in)
Weight	101 kg (223 lb)
Original team(s)
Personal information
Original team(s)	Eastern Ranges (TAC Cup)
Draft	No. 19, 2009 national draft
Debut	Round 10, 2010, Richmond vs. Port Adelaide, at AAMI Stadium
Position(s)	Forward / ruck
Playing career1
Years	Club
2010–2017	Richmond
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2017.
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com
	‹ The template Infobox NFL biography is being considered for merging. › American football career
Career information
College:	USC Trojans (2019–2021)
Position:	Punter

Ben Griffiths (born 17 September 1991) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

AFL career

Griffiths was drafted by Richmond with the club's second selection and the 19th selection overall in the 2009 national draft.

He made his debut in Richmond's first win of the following year, against Port Adelaide in round 10 of the 2010 season.^[1]

Griffiths career was limited because of the number of times he was concussed during a game.^[2]

Despite being contracted to Richmond until the end of the 2018 season,^[3] Griffiths retired from the AFL in January 2018 after receiving a scholarship with the University of Southern California to pursue a college football career as a punter and transitioning to playing American football.^[4]

Griffiths was selected in the first round (9th overall) of the 2022 CFL Global Draft by the Edmonton Elks of the Canadian Football League.^[5]

Statistics are correct to the end of the 2017 season^[6]

**Legend**
G	Goals	K	Kicks	D	Disposals	T	Tackles
B	Behinds	H	Handballs	M	Marks


Season	Team	No.	Games	Totals							Averages (per game)
Season	Team	No.	Games	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T
2010	Richmond	38	5	3	0	8	11	19	4	6	0.6	0.0	1.6	2.2	3.8	0.8	1.2
2011	Richmond	38	4	1	4	15	11	26	12	3	0.3	1.0	3.8	2.8	6.5	3.0	0.8
2012	Richmond	24	9	0	0	41	42	83	21	9	0.0	0.0	4.6	4.7	9.2	2.3	1.0
2013	Richmond	24	1	0	0	3	3	6	3	2	0.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	6.0	3.0	2.0
2014	Richmond	24	16	12	15	101	43	144	71	44	0.8	0.9	6.3	2.7	9.0	4.4	2.8
2015	Richmond	24	13	12	14	85	41	126	59	23	0.9	1.1	6.5	3.2	9.7	4.5	1.8
2016	Richmond	24	13	14	10	83	56	139	61	36	1.1	0.8	6.4	4.3	10.7	4.7	2.8
2017	Richmond	24	2	0	1	10	5	15	8	6	0.0	0.5	5.0	2.5	7.5	4.0	3.0
Career			63	42	44	346	212	558	239	129	0.7	0.7	5.5	3.4	8.9	3.8	2.0

^ "Seville youngster gets first taste of the big league", Lilydale & Yarra Valley Leader, 31 May 2010
^ "'Pretty sad': Former Tiger Ben Griffiths expresses concern for AFL players with concussion". 20 June 2018.
^ "Tiger tall re-signs". Richmond FC. Bigpond. 2 September 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
^ Salemme, Kate (11 January 2018). "Richmond forward Ben Griffiths has quit the AFL to pursue an American football punting career". Herald Sun. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
^ "Kingsley Jonathan leads the Way in Global Draft". Canadian Football League. 3 May 2022.
^ "Ben Griffiths". AFL Tables. Retrieved 9 April 2017.