31 Days till Kickoff: Baylor’s #31 Griffin Speaks
As always, keep track of both the stats and roster countdowns in the Offseason Hub!
Griffin Speaks is a junior safety from Auburn, Alabama. He should have two years of eligibility remaining past this season, and Baylor’s website has him listed at 5-foot-11, 180 pounds. While at BU, he is planning on majoring in business and has made the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll an impressive four times. Speaks was also Academic All-Big 12 First Team in 2020 and 2021.
He redshirted the 2019 season and appeared in four games in 2020. As a sophomore in 2021, Speaks saw time in all fourteen games but did not record a stat.
At Auburn High School, Speaks helped his team to 10 wins in 2018 as the starting quarterback. He threw for 1,161 yards and 16 touchdowns and rushed for 305 yards as a senior. He was also a standout baseball player and won a state championship as a junior.