Griffin was a third-round pick by the Seahawks back in 2017 and played the first four years of his career in Seattle. The veteran corner has since bounced around to the Jaguars, Texans, and Panthers before landing in Minnesota on a one-year contract last season. Griffin started three of the 17 games he appeared in for the Vikings in 2024, totaling 41 tackles, two interceptions, and six pass breakups while earning a PFF coverage grade of 62.4. The 435 pass coverage snaps he played were his most since 2021. Griffin hasn’t started more than seven games since 2022 and would likely be used in a depth role wherever he signs for next season.

After starting 2023 with the Texans, Griffin was waived and claimed by the Panthers to finish out the season. He totaled 5 passes defended and an interception between the two teams. Prior to that, Griffin spent four seasons with the Seahawks, including one Pro Bowl year, and two with the Jaguars. The 28-year-old now joins a Vikings secondary headed by Byron Murphy and company.

Griffin goes from a team in the midst of a playoff hunt to a team that’s just trying to finish out the season. The veteran corner joins a struggling Panthers secondary that should provide him some snaps as he looks to show he still has something left to offer a contender next season. Griffin, 28, signed a one-year contract with the Texans earlier this offseason but was let go by the team earlier this week. Currently graded as the 78th-best coverage corner per PFF, Griffin probably won’t do much to improve the Panthers’ defense over the final six weeks of the season.

The Texans signed Griffin to a one year, $4.5 million contract this offseason and penciled him in to start opposite Derek Stingley Jr. Now, 12 games into the season, the Texans have decided to part ways with the 28-year-old. On the season, Griffin has 29 tackles, one interception, and 27 receptions allowed. Pro Football Focus graded him as the 78th-best corner in terms of coverage grade. The team signed Desmond King II to take Griffin’s place on the roster.