EVERSON GRIFFENGriffen, EversonHeight: 6-3 Weight: 273 Born: December 22, 1987 Avondale, AZ High School: Agua Fria (Avondale, AZ) |
| Year | College | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Southern California | Lettered |
| 2008 | Southern California | Lettered |
| 2009 | Southern California | Lettered |
| Draft: 4th round (100th overall) 2010 Minnesota Vikings |
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| YEAR TEAM | NO | POS | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2010 MIN NFL | 97 | RDE | 11 | 0 |
| 2011 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2011 MIN NFL | 97 | RDE | 16 | 0 |
| 2012 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2012 MIN NFL | 97 | LDE-RDE | 16 | 1 |
| 2013 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2013 MIN NFL | 97 | LDE-RDE | 16 | 0 |
| 2014 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2014 MIN NFL | 97 | RDE | 16 | 16 |
| 2015 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2015 MIN NFL | 97 | RDE | 15 | 15 |
| 2016 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2016 MIN NFL | 97 | RDE | 16 | 16 |
| 2017 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2017 MIN NFL | 97 | RDE | 15 | 15 |
| 2018 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2018 MIN NFL | 93 | RDE | 11 | 10 |
| 2019 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2019 MIN NFL | 97 | RDE | 15 | 15 |
| 2020 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)2020 DAL NFL | 97 | RDE-LDE | 7 | 0 |
| 2020 Detroit Lions (NFL)2020 DET NFL | 98 | LDE | 7 | 2 |
| 2020 Year (NFL)2020 Year NFL | 14 | 2 | ||
| 2021 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2021 MIN NFL | 97 | RDE-LDE | 9 | 6 |
| 12 Years (NFL)12 Years NFL | 170 | 96 |
| SNAP COUNTS | TOTAL | OFF | OFF% | DEF | DEF% | ST | ST% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2012 MIN NFL | 742 | 0 | 0.0 | 605 | 53.4 | 137 | 30.0 |
| 2013 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2013 MIN NFL | 750 | 0 | 0.0 | 697 | 59.7 | 53 | 10.6 |
| 2014 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2014 MIN NFL | 1048 | 0 | 0.0 | 967 | 89.4 | 81 | 18.2 |
| 2015 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2015 MIN NFL | 921 | 0 | 0.0 | 865 | 80.5 | 56 | 12.8 |
| 2016 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2016 MIN NFL | 953 | 0 | 0.0 | 888 | 85.8 | 65 | 15.2 |
| 2017 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2017 MIN NFL | 841 | 0 | 0.0 | 795 | 79.7 | 46 | 10.3 |
| 2018 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2018 MIN NFL | 635 | 0 | 0.0 | 584 | 56.2 | 51 | 11.4 |
| 2019 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2019 MIN NFL | 916 | 0 | 0.0 | 863 | 77.8 | 53 | 12.4 |
| 2020 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)2020 DAL NFL | 310 | 0 | 0.0 | 281 | 25.4 | 29 | 6.4 |
| 2020 Detroit Lions (NFL)2020 DET NFL | 267 | 0 | 0.0 | 247 | 22.0 | 20 | 4.5 |
| 2020 Year (NFL)2020 Year NFL | 577 | 0 | 528 | 49 | |||
| 2021 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2021 MIN NFL | 470 | 0 | 0.0 | 457 | 37.8 | 13 | 2.7 |
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 7853 | 0 | 7249 | 604 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | X1% | X2 | X2A | DX | FG | FGA | FG% | S | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2012 MIN NFL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 6 | ||
| 2014 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2014 MIN NFL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 6 | ||
| 2016 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2016 MIN NFL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 6 | ||
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 18 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2012 MIN NFL | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29t | 1 |
| 2019 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2019 MIN NFL | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 29t | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 20+ | 40+ | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2011 MIN NFL | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2011 MIN NFL | 4.0 | 31.0 |
| 2012 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2012 MIN NFL | 8.0 | 77.0 |
| 2013 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2013 MIN NFL | 5.5 | 49.5 |
| 2014 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2014 MIN NFL | 12.0 | 43.0 |
| 2015 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2015 MIN NFL | 10.5 | 65.0 |
| 2016 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2016 MIN NFL | 8.0 | 71.0 |
| 2017 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2017 MIN NFL | 13.0 | 76.0 |
| 2018 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2018 MIN NFL | 5.5 | 32.5 |
| 2019 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2019 MIN NFL | 8.0 | 43.0 |
| 2020 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)2020 DAL NFL | 2.5 | 8.5 |
| 2020 Detroit Lions (NFL)2020 DET NFL | 3.5 | 17.0 |
| 2020 Year (NFL)2020 Year NFL | 6.0 | 25.5 |
| 2021 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2021 MIN NFL | 5.0 | 42.0 |
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 85.5 | 555.5 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2011 MIN NFL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| 2012 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2012 MIN NFL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 2016 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2016 MIN NFL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 1 |
| 2017 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2017 MIN NFL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 34 | 1 |
| DEFENSE | TKL | DEF | ST | MT | QH | TFL | FF | PD | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2010 MIN NFL | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2011 MIN NFL | 21 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2012 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2012 MIN NFL | 27 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2013 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2013 MIN NFL | 27 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2014 MIN NFL | 58 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2015 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2015 MIN NFL | 44 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 2016 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2016 MIN NFL | 48 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2017 MIN NFL | 45 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2018 MIN NFL | 33 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2019 MIN NFL | 41 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)2020 DAL NFL | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 Detroit Lions (NFL)2020 DET NFL | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2020 Year (NFL)2020 Year NFL | 33 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2021 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2021 MIN NFL | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 403 | 383 | 20 | 0 | 199 | 97 | 11 | 20 | 1 |
| PENALTIES | Called | Declined | Accepted | Yards | Nullified Yards | First Downs | Stalled Drives |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2010 MIN NFL | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2011 MIN NFL | 8 | 1 | 7 | 55 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2012 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2012 MIN NFL | 8 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2013 MIN NFL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2014 MIN NFL | 11 | 2 | 9 | 45 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2015 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2015 MIN NFL | 7 | 0 | 7 | 44 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2016 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2016 MIN NFL | 8 | 1 | 7 | 45 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2017 Minnesota Vikings2017 MIN NFL | 5 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2018 MIN NFL | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2019 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2019 MIN NFL | 7 | 0 | 7 | 42 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2020 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)2020 DAL NFL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 Detroit Lions (NFL)2020 DET NFL | 3 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 Year (NFL)2020 Year NFL | 5 | 0 | 5 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)2021 MIN NFL | 7 | 0 | 7 | 65 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 75 | 12 | 63 | 410 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
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