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Elijah Griffin, Savannah Christian

Every year since 1985, the AJC highlights a group of high school football player superstars – follow along as we road tripped to meet this year’s Super 11.
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Aug 9, 2024

Elijah Griffin, Savannah Christian

Position: Defensive line

Height, weight: 6-foot-5, 285 pounds

Class: Senior

College choices: Recruiting websites indicate that Georgia is the leader out of a reported 40 scholarship offers.

2024 Super 11 Savannah Christian defensive lineman Elijah Griffin head shot at Savannah Christian, Monday, July 22, 2024, in Savannah, Ga. Griffin is 5-star defensive lineman in the class of 2025. (Jason Getz / AJC)

Credit: Jason Getz / Jason.Getz@ajc.com

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Credit: Jason Getz / Jason.Getz@ajc.com

2023 season wrap-up: Griffin was named the AJC’s Class 3A defensive player of the year after recording 31 tackles for losses for a 12-3 state runner-up team. He had 30 tackles for losses as a sophomore. Griffin, a four-year starter who got his first scholarship offer in middle school, is the consensus No. 1 defensive line prospect nationally and the seventh-highest-rated Georgia recruit this century.

School’s first Super 11 player since: Demetris Robertson in 2015.

About the Author

Chip Saye is a former writer and editor at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and remains a regular contributor to the AJC. In 2009 he helped start Georgia High School Football Daily. He previously worked for the Athens Banner-Herald, Anderson (S.C.) Independent-Mail and Gwinnett Daily News.

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