Robert Lee Griffin III (born February 12, 1990), nicknamed RG3, is an American football quarterback for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for Baylor University, and won the 2011 Heisman Trophy. He was selected by the Redskins with the second pick of the 2012 NFL Draft.
Robert Griffin III has family ties to New Orleans. His paternal grandfather, Robert Griffin Sr, was a foreman for a New Orleans construction company. He died in 1984 at age 43 from a brain aneurysm after suffering from glaucoma for several years. Financial hardship caused the family to move to the Desire Projects neighborhood.
Griffin's father, Robert Griffin Jr, a talented basketball player at Kennedy High School, enlisted in the Army before he graduated. While stationed in Fort Carson, Colorado, he met and later married Jackie Griffin (née Ross). The couple were deployed to Okinawa, Fort Lewis, and Fort Hood, nearby where they eventually settled after retiring from the military.
At Baylor, Griffin met his fiancée Rebecca Liddicoat, a native of Boulder, Colorado. Source: wikipedia.org
Robert Griffin III has family ties to New Orleans. His paternal grandfather, Robert Griffin Sr, was a foreman for a New Orleans construction company. He died in 1984 at age 43 from a brain aneurysm after suffering from glaucoma for several years. Financial hardship caused the family to move to the Desire Projects neighborhood.
Griffin's father, Robert Griffin Jr, a talented basketball player at Kennedy High School, enlisted in the Army before he graduated. While stationed in Fort Carson, Colorado, he met and later married Jackie Griffin (née Ross). The couple were deployed to Okinawa, Fort Lewis, and Fort Hood, nearby where they eventually settled after retiring from the military.
At Baylor, Griffin met his fiancée Rebecca Liddicoat, a native of Boulder, Colorado. Source: wikipedia.org
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