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Tyrone McGriff
No. 61, 68
Position: Guard
Personal information
Born: (1958-01-13)January 13, 1958
Vero Beach, Florida
Died: December 9, 2000(2000-12-09) (aged 42)
Melbourne, Florida
Height: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight: 220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school: Vero Beach
(Vero Beach, Florida)
College: Florida A&M
NFL Draft: 1980 / Round: 12 / Pick: 333
Career history
As player:
As coach:
  • Florida A&M (1986–1988)
    (Assistant)
  • Tennessee State (1988–1989)
    (Assistant)
  • Bethune–Cookman (1990–1993)
    (Assistant)
  • Bethune–Cookman (1993)
    (Interim head coach)
  • Olympic Heights Community HS (FL) (1994)
    (Head coach)
  • Dillard HS (FL) (1995)
    (Head coach)
  • Fort Lauderdale HS (FL) (1996)
    (Head coach)
  • Grambling State (1998–1999)
    (Offensive line)
Career highlights and awards
  • PFWA All-Rookie Team (1980)
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com
Player stats at PFR
College Football Hall of Fame

Tyrone K. McGriff Sr. (January 13, 1958 – December 9, 2000) was an American football guard who played in the National Football League (NFL) with the Pittsburgh Steelers for three seasons. He then played three seasons in the United States Football League (USFL) and was a member of the 1983 USFL champions as a starting guard for the Michigan Panthers, for whom he also played in 1984 before playing the 1985 season with the Memphis Showboats. He was Mr. Irrelevant, as the last pick (333rd overall) in the 1980 NFL Draft. McGriff died in 2000 of a heart attack while in the employed as director of the Gifford Youth Activity Center in Vero Beach, Florida. McGriff was survived by his two children, April and Tyrone McGriff Jr., and wife, Barbara Rollins McGriff.

Tyrone McGriff played football at Florida A&M University, where he made all-conference and preseason All-American. In 1996, McGriff Sr. was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as part of a large group of previously overlooked play

Head coaching record

College

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Bethune–Cookman Wildcats (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) (1993)
1993 Bethune–Cookman 1–1 0–1
Bethune–Cookman: 1–1 0–1
Total: 1–1
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