Griffis will conclude his college career at ECU after spending 2020-23 at Wake Forest and 2025 at Texas Tech.
The reign of COVID-era quarterbacks is dwindling, but there will still be remnants of the 2020 season in 2026. One of them just committed to East Carolina.
ECU added former Wake Forest and Texas Tech quarterback Mitch Griffis, a longtime college quarterback whose playing days date back to the infamous 2020 campaign.
Griffis spent the 2020-23 seasons at Wake Forest, handling a backup role from 2020-22 and emerging as the primary starter in 2023. In his lone year as the starter, Griffis collected 1,553 passing yards, nine touchdowns, and seven interceptions on a 59.9 completion rate. In December 2023, he entered the transfer portal and committed to Marshall but subsequently decided to retire from football in June 2024.
Griffis unretired last December and announced a transfer to Texas Tech, where he played for the Big 12 champion and College Football Playoff-bound Red Raiders. He served as the third-string quarterback behind senior Behren Morton and redshirt freshman Will Hammond, yet still earned substantial playing time due to Morton’s nagging injuries and a season-ending ACL tear for Hammond.
Griffis threw a combined 30 passes in blowout wins over Oklahoma State and UCF, finishing his lone season at Texas Tech with 357 passing yards, two touchdowns, and zero interceptions on a 26-of-36 showing, while adding 29 yards and a touchdown as a runner.
Excluding his hiatus in 2024, the 2026 season will mark Griffis’ sixth and final year of eligibility. The Ashburn, VA native returns to the Atlantic Coast where he suits up for an East Carolina team in need of quarterback depth. The Pirates’ two-year starter Katin Houser recently transferred to Illinois, leaving a vacancy open at the all-important position. Griffis could be one of the candidates competing for that job, along with freshman Chaston Ditta who started and won the Military Bowl over Pittsburgh in late December.
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