William Travis McGriff is an American former college and professional football player who was a wide receiver in two different professional football leagues.
Background
McGriff was born in Gainesville, Florida in 1976. McGriff was born into a family of prominent University of Florida alumni. His father, Lee McGriff, was a walk-on for the Florida Gators football team who became a first-team All-Southeastern Conference (Securities and Exchange Commission) wide receiver, and later, an assistant coach for the Gators.
Education
He attended P.K. Yonge High School in Gainesville, where he was a standout high school football player for the P.K. Yonge Blue Wave.
Career
Thereafter, he played professionally for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL), and the Orlando Predators and Nashville Kats of the Arena Football League. Perry"s son, Mark McGriff, was a tight end for the Gators from 1986 to 1988. 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.
He was a letterman on the Gators" Securities and Exchange Commission championship teams in 1995 and 1996.
McGriff had seventy receptions as a senior in 1998, including thirteen catches in a 222-yard performance versus the South Carolina Gamecocks. He finished his final college season with ten touchdowns and an Securities and Exchange Commission single-season record of 1,357 yards receiving, and was a first-team All-Securities and Exchange Commission selection and a third-team All-American.
McGriff graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor"s degree in exercise and sport sciences in 2004. McGriff was chosen in the third round (ninety-third pick overall) of the 1999 NFL Draft by the Denver Broncos, and played for the Broncos for three seasons from 1999 to 2001.
After three years with the Broncos, he was released in October 2001.
He also had a short stint with the Atlanta Falcons. He compiled 158 receptions for 2,290 yards and forty-five touchdowns in Arena Football League play.
Membership
McGriff played college football for the University of Florida, where he was a member of a national championship team