William Travis McGriff was born on June 24,1976 and is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in two different professional football leagues.
16 Facts About Travis McGriff
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Travis McGriff was born into a family of prominent University of Florida alumni.
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Travis McGriff's father, Lee McGriff, was a walk-on for the Florida Gators football team who became a first-team All-Southeastern Conference wide receiver, and later, an assistant coach for the Gators.
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Travis McGriff's grandfather, Jack McGriff, was a member of the Florida Gators track and field team, and became the principal of the university's laboratory school, P K Yonge Developmental Research School.
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Travis McGriff's father's cousin, Perry McGriff, was a split end for the Gators in 1958 and 1959, and later became a state representative.
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Perry's son, Mark Travis McGriff, was a tight end for the Gators from 1984 to 1988.
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Travis McGriff accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, where he was a wide receiver for coach Steve Spurrier's Florida Gators football team from 1995 to 1998.
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Travis McGriff was a letterman on the Gators' SEC championship teams in 1995 and 1996.
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Travis McGriff had seventy receptions as a senior in 1998, including thirteen catches in a 222-yard performance versus the South Carolina Gamecocks.
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Travis McGriff finished his final college season with ten touchdowns and an SEC single-season record of 1,357 yards receiving, and was a first-team All-SEC selection and a third-team All-American.
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Travis McGriff graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in exercise and sport sciences in 2004.
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Travis McGriff was chosen in the third round of the 1999 NFL draft by the Denver Broncos.
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Travis McGriff played for the Broncos for three seasons from 1999 to 2001.
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Travis McGriff had a short stint with the Atlanta Falcons.
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Travis McGriff played in the Arena Football League, including three seasons with the Orlando Predators from 2003 to 2005, where he won AFL Rookie of the Year honors in 2003, and part of one season for the Nashville Kats in 2005.
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Travis McGriff compiled 158 receptions for 2,290 yards and forty-five touchdowns in Arena Football League play.