Nic Grigsby

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Nic Grigsby
No. 2     Free Agent
Date of birth (1988-12-26) December 26, 1988 (age 35)
Place of birth Los Angeles, California
Career information
Status Active
CFL status International
Position(s) RB
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 195 lb (88 kg)
College Arizona
Career history
As player
2011* Miami Dolphins
2011* Oakland Raiders
2011* Tampa Bay Buccaneers
2012* BC Lions
2012 Las Vegas Locomotives
2014 Winnipeg Blue Bombers
2014–2015 Hamilton Tiger-Cats
2015 Edmonton Eskimos*
*Offseason and/or practice roster member only
CFL East All-Star 2014
Career stats

Nicolas Grigsby (born December 26, 1988) is a Canadian football running back who is currently a free agent. He was most recently a member of the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football at Arizona.

College career

Grigsby played college football at the University of Arizona from 2007 to 2010. During his career he rushed for 2,957 yards on 572 carries with 28 touchdowns.

In 2013, he returned to college to play college baseball at Arizona Christian University.[1]

Professional career

NFL

Grigsby signed with the Miami Dolphins as an undrafted free agent on July 26, 2011.[2] He also spent time on the Oakland Raiders and Tampa Bay Buccaneers practice squad.

CFL

Grigsby then signed with the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League in May 2012.[3] He was released by the Lions in June.

After spending a year in Arizona playing baseball, Grigsby returned to football signing with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in 2014.[4] In his CFL debut he rushed for 122 yards on 21 carries.[5] On October 15, 2014 he was released from the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, one week after he was demoted from starting running back. The starting running back duties were given to Paris Cotton. At the time of his release, Nic Grigsby led the CFL with 9 touchdowns and was the fourth leading rusher, rushing for 744 yards. Aside from his great opening game, Grigsby averaged only 47.9 rushing yards per game in the following 13 games with the Blue Bombers.[6]

On October 21, 2014, Grigsby signed with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.[7] He played in 3 regular season games with the Ti-Cats, and both playoff games. In the regular season Grigsby totaled 146 rushing yards on 30 carries and 1 rushing touchdown. In late February the Ti-Cats and Grigsby announced a contract extension.[8]

On July 14, 2015, Grigsby was released by the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. He was signed by the Eskimos for the remainder of the 2015 CFL season, however he did not appear in any games. Grigsby was released by the Eskimos on May 3 2016.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Arizona Christian University bio
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  5. ↑ Drew Willy leads Bombers to 45–21 win over Argos to open CFL season
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