 Re-joined the Buccaneers after an offseason trade with the Chicago Bears… Experienced signal caller with knowledge of the Buccaneers offensive system… Career completion percentage of 62.66 ranks 10th in NFL history (min. 1,500 attempts)… Career passer rating of 82.7 ranks 24th in NFL history… Career totals include; 1,752 completions on 2,796 attempts for 19,440 passing yards, 119 touchdowns and 99 interceptions… Has also rushed 238 times for 582 yards and five touchdowns… Owns one career reception for minus-four yards… Has played in 93 career games with 83 starts… 45-38 career record as a starter in 11 NFL seasons with one passer rating title (2000) and one Pro Bowl selection (2000)… He and his father, Hall of Famer Bob Griese, are the only father-son combination to win NFL passing titles in league history… Owns 19 career 300-yard performances, one career 400-yard performance (at Chicago 9/21/08), 37 multiple touchdown pass outings and has 18 games during which he compiled a completion percentage of over 70.0 percent… Established a new franchise record and career-high with 67 pass attempts at Chicago (9/21/08)… Also set new career highs for completions (38) and passing yards (407) at Chicago (9/21/08)… During first stint in Tampa Bay (2004-2005), registered a passer rating of 91.4 (first in team history) while completing 67.6 percent of his passes for 3,768 yards (eighth in team history) with 27 touchdowns (seventh in team history) and 19 interceptions… His 97.5 rating as a member of the Buccaneers in 2004 ranks first for a single season in team history… Began NFL career with five seasons in Denver (1998-2002) during which he became the highest-rated passer in team history with an 84.1 rating (min. 500 passes)… Moved into second in Broncos history in career completions (1,044), attempts (1,678) and completion percentage (62.2 percent), trailing only Hall of Famer John Elway in all three categories… Finished Denver career third in passing yards (11,763) and touchdown passes (71), trailing only Elway and Craig Morton… Voted an offensive co-captain for Denver from 2000-2002… Earned Pro Bowl honors in 2000 as he led the NFL and set a Broncos team record with a 102.9 passer rating while posting the second-best touchdown-to-interception ratio (19/4) for a season in NFL history… Named AFC/NFC Offensive Player-of-the-Week three times and named AFC Offensive Player-of-the-Month on one occasion… Re-acquired by the Buccaneers on March 3, 2008 through a trade with the Bears… Signed with the Chicago Bears on March 22, 2006… Released by Tampa Bay on March 10, 2006… Signed by Tampa Bay on March 19, 2004… Released by the Dolphins on March 3, 2004… Signed with the Miami Dolphins on June 9, 2003… Released by Denver on June 2, 2003… Originally entered NFL as a third-round selection (91st overall) by Denver in the 1998 NFL Draft. |
 2008: Played in five games with five starts (vs. Atlanta, at Chicago, vs. Green Bay, at Denver and at Atlanta) for Tampa Bay… Completed 110-of-184 pass attempts for 1,073 yards, five touchdowns and seven interceptions… Did not play at New Orleans (9/7)… Started at quarterback vs. Atlanta (9/14) and completed 18-of-31 pass attempts for 160 yards and one touchdown… Started at quarterback at Chicago (9/21) and completed 38-of-67 pass attempts for 407 yards, two touchdowns and three interceptions… Down 24-14 late in the fourth quarter, guided the offense to 10 points in the final 3:11 to send the game into overtime… Set a career-high and a franchise record with 67 pass attempts… Also set career-highs with 38 completions and 407 passing yards… Started at quarterback vs. Green Bay (9/28) and completed 15-of-30 pass attempts for 149 yards, one touchdown and three interceptions… Started at quarterback at Denver (10/5) and completed 13-of-19 pass attempts for 88 yards before leaving the game in the third quarter with an injury… Declared inactive vs. Carolina (10/12)… Declared inactive vs. Seattle (10/19)… Declared inactive as the third quarterback at Dallas (10/26)… Declared inactive at Kansas City (11/2)… Declared inactive vs. Minnesota (11/16)… Declared inactive at Detroit (11/23)… Declared inactive vs. New Orleans (11/30)… Declared inactive as the third quarterback at Carolina (12/8)… Started at quarterback at Atlanta (12/14) and completed 26-of-37 pass attempts for 269 yards, one touchdown and one interception… Declared inactive as the third quarterback vs. San Diego (12/21)… Declared inactive as the third quarterback vs. Oakland (12/28). 2007: Guided the Bears to a 3-3 record as a starter, appearing in seven games with six starts (at Detroit, at Green Bay, vs. Minnesota, at Philadelphia, vs. Detroit and at Oakland)... Completed 161-of-262 passes for 1,803 yards, 10 touchdowns and 12 interceptions for a quarterback rating of 75.6... Led the Bears with 13 pass plays of 25 yards or more... Hooked up with five different receivers vs. Minnesota (10/14) for five plays of 25 yards or more - the most by a Bears quarterback since Jim Miller had six at San Diego (11/21/99) and tied for the third-most 25-plus yard passing plays in a single game by an NFL quarterback during the 2007 season... Tossed nine touchdowns in his first five starts, the most in a players first five starts as a Bears quarterback during the Super Bowl era (1966-present)... Also the first quarterback during the Super Bowl era to throw for at least one touchdown pass in each of his first five starts as a Bear... Threw for a season-high 381 yards vs. Minnesota (10/14), the second-highest mark of his career and the most in a single game by a Bear since Jim Miller’s 422 passing yards vs. Minnesota (11/14/99)... Named NFC Offensive Player of the Week at Philadelphia (10/21), matching his season high quarterback rating (97.8) with 322 passing yards, and engineered the game-winning drive that ended with a 15-yard touchdown pass with nine seconds remaining... Consecutive games with 300 yards or more (vs. Minnesota and at Philadelphia) marked the first time a Bears quarterback had accomplished that feat since Jim Miller in 1999. 2006: Played in six games (vs. Detroit, vs. Seattle, vs. Buffalo, vs. San Francisco, at Detroit and vs. Green Bay) as a backup quarterback with the Bears… Completed 18-of-32 passes for 220 yards with one touchdown and two interceptions for a 62.0 passer rating… Completed longest pass of Bears season, a 75-yard touchdown strike to WR Mark Bradley during the regular season finale vs. Green Bay (12/31). 2005: Started six games (at Minnesota, vs. Buffalo, at Green Bay, vs. Detroit, at N.Y. Jets and vs. Miami) for Tampa Bay… Led the Buccaneers to a 5-1 record to open the season before being placed on injured reserve for the final 10 games because of a knee injury… Completed 112-of-174 pass attempts for 1,136 yards with seven touchdowns and seven interceptions for a passer rating of 79.6… Started at Minnesota (9/11) and completed 18-of-29 pass attempts for 213 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions… Threw touchdown passes of 23 and two yards, respectively, to rookie TE Alex Smith… His first touchdown pass to Smith (23 yards) marked the 12th consecutive game that he threw at least one touchdown pass, a new team record… Connected on passes of 41, 36 and 30 yards against the Vikings… Started vs. Buffalo (9/18) and completed 16-of-22 pass attempts for 136 yards and a passer rating of 88.4… Started at Green Bay (9/25) and completed 17-of-26 pass attempts for 139 yards with two touchdowns and one interception... His second touchdown of the game was his 100th career scoring pass… Connected with WR Joey Galloway on scoring passes of five and 10 yards, respectively… Started vs. Detroit (10/2) and completed 22-of-39 pass attempts for 302 yards, two touchdowns and three interceptions… Threw an 80-yard touchdown pass to WR Joey Galloway that was tied for the sixth-longest pass play in team history… Also threw a 41-yard touchdown pass to RB Michael Pittman… Also rushed one time for seven yards… Started at the N.Y. Jets (10/9) and completed 27-of-42 pass attempts for 226 yards and one interception… Started vs. Miami (10/16) and completed 12-of-16 pass attempts for 120 yards and one touchdown before leaving the game late in the first half. 2004: Played in 11 games (all but at Washington, vs. Seattle, at Oakland, vs. Denver and at Arizona) with 10 starts (all but at Washington, vs. Seattle, at Oakland, vs. Denver, at New Orleans and at Arizona) for Tampa Bay… Completed 233-of-336 pass attempts for 2,632 yards, 20 touchdowns and 12 interceptions for a passer rating of 97.5… Also rushed 30 times for 17 yards and caught a deflected pass (-4 yards)… Led the NFL with a 69.3 completion percentage… Also set team records for highest single-season passer rating (97.5) and most yards per pass attempt (7.83)… Also tied the team record with at least one touchdown pass in 11 consecutive games… Completed 15 consecutive passes over two games (at New Orleans and at St. Louis) which tied for the then second-longest streak in team history… Made his Buccaneer debut at New Orleans (10/10), replacing QB Chris Simms because of injury… Completed 16-of-19 pass attempts for 194 yards and one touchdown… Hit TE Ken Dilger for a 45-yard touchdown pass that proved to be the decisive score… Completion percentage of 84.2 ranked as the third-best single-game effort in club history… Made first start as a Buccaneer at St. Louis (10/18), the third time in his career he has made his starting debut with a team on Monday Night Football… Completed 27-of-40 pass attempts for 286 yards, two touchdowns and one interception for a passer rating of 94.4… Completed his first nine pass attempts of the game… Started vs. Chicago (10/24) and completed 15-of-23 pass attempts for 163 yards and one touchdown for a passer rating of 100.5… Completed a six-yard touchdown pass to WR Michael Clayton… Led the team on back-to-back 93-yard scoring drives (FG and TD, respectively) to end the first half… Started vs. Kansas City (11/7) and completed 22-of-34 pass attempts for 296 yards and two touchdowns for a passer rating of 111.9… Completed six passes of 20 or more yards, including a 56-yard pass to WR Michael Clayton… Started at Atlanta (11/14) and completed 73 percent of his passes (19-of-26) for 174 yards and two touchdowns with one interception for a passer rating of 100.5… Completed three passes of 20 yards or more, including touchdown strikes of 25 and 22 yards, respectively… Threw a 25-yard touchdown pass to WR Michael Clayton and a 22-yard touchdown pass to TE Ken Dilger… Started vs. San Francisco (11/21) and completed 15-of-21 pass attempts for 210 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions for a passer rating of 95.4… Threw both touchdowns to WR Joe Jurevicius (nine yards and 42 yards)… Started at Carolina (11/28) and completed 27-of-39 pass attempts for 347 yards (his first 300-yard passing performance with the Bucs), two touchdowns and one interception… Completed three passes of 20 yards or more, including a season-long 68-yard pass to RB Michael Pittman… Started vs. Atlanta (12/5) and completed 13-of-21 pass attempts for 131 yards, one touchdown and one interception for a passer rating of 75.7… Threw a 36-yard touchdown pass to WR Joey Galloway… Started at San Diego (12/12) and completed 36-of-50 pass attempts for 392 yards, three touchdowns and three interceptions… Established a new career high with his 392 passing yards and tied his previous career high with three touchdown passes… Completed passes to 10 different receivers, including himself… Threw a pair of touchdowns to WR Joey Galloway (36 and four yards) and also one touchdown to WR Michael Clayton (20 yards)… Completed seven passes of 20 or more yards… Started vs. New Orleans (12/19) and completed 13-of-22 pass attempts for 118 yards with one touchdown and one interception… Threw a three-yard touchdown to WR Joey Galloway… Started vs. Carolina (12/26) and completed 30-of-41 pass attempts for 321 yards, three touchdowns and two interceptions for a passer rating of 99.7… Tied a season and career high with three touchdown passes. 2003: Signed with the Dolphins as a free agent on June 9 after being released by the Broncos on June 2… Started all five games (at San Diego, vs. Indianapolis, at Tennessee, vs. Baltimore and vs. Washington) in which he played, leading Dolphins to a 3-2 record while completing 74-of-130 passes for 813 yards with five touchdowns and six interceptions. 2002: Set Denver team-record while ranking third in NFL with a 66.7 completion percentage while starting all 13 games (all but vs. Indianapolis, at San Diego and vs. Arizona) in which he played in his final season with the Broncos… Totaled 3,214 yards passing to go along with 15 touchdowns and 15 interceptions… Ranked eighth in AFC and tied for 11th in NFL with an 85.6 passer rating, fifth in AFC and sixth in NFL in yards per pass attempt (7.37) and eighth in AFC in completions and yards… Set a franchise record with his fourth straight 300-yard passing game with season-high 376 yards at Kansas City (10/20) while becoming third Broncos quarterback to surpass 10,000 career passing yards, joining John Elway (51,475) and Craig Morton (11,895). 2001: Started a career-high 15 games (all but at Kansas City) for Denver, completing 275-of-451 passes (61.0%) for 2,827 yards and a career-best 23 touchdowns with 19 interceptions… Also posted career highs in rushing attempts (50) and yards (173) and scored one rushing touchdown… His 23 touchdown passes were sixth-most ever thrown in a single season by a Bronco and ranked third in AFC and eighth in NFL… Threw at least one touchdown pass in all 15 games that he played, including seven in the first three games while compiling 763 passing yards (60-of-93, 64.5%) with seven touchdowns, two interceptions and a passer rating of 106.2 en route to earning AFC Offensive Player-of-the-Month honors… Began season by achieving a career-best 144.3 passer rating with season highs of 330 yards, a 72.4 completion percentage (21-of-29) and three touchdowns vs. N.Y. Giants (9/10) on Monday Night Football, earning AFC Offensive Player-of-the-Week and Miller Lite/NFL Player-of-the-Week honors while beginning a club-record streak of 23 consecutive contests with at least one touchdown pass that ended 11/11/02 vs. OAK… Completed 17 straight passes during contest at Arizona (9/23), longest streak of his career and third-longest in team history. 2000: Received first career Pro Bowl selection after leading NFL in passer rating, touchdown-to-interception ratio and third-down passing while starting all 10 games played (all but vs. Kansas City, vs. San Digeo, at Seattle, at New Orleans, vs. Seattle and at Kansas City) for Denver… Played majority of season with a shoulder injury suffered in the third game of the year… Missed six regular season games, postseason contest and declined invitation to Pro Bowl because of the injury… Connected on 216-of-336 passes for 64.3 completion percentage, while totaling 2,688 passing yards with 19 touchdowns and just four interceptions for a career-high 102.9 passer rating… His 4.75-1 touchdown-to-interception ratio was the second-best in NFL history behind Kansas City's QB Steve DeBerg (5.75-1 ratio (23-4) in 1990)… Completed more than 60 percent of his passes in nine games and a passer rating of better than 100.0 in six outings… Led AFC and was second in NFL in completion percentage while leading AFC and ranking fourth in NFL in yards per pass attempt (8.00)… Ranked sixth in AFC in touchdowns, eighth in AFC in passing yards, ninth in AFC in completions and 10th in attempts… Led NFL with a third-down passer rating of 109.6 and ranked second with fourth-quarter passer rating of 112.6 while leading Broncos to a 7-3 record… Threw an interception in contest vs. New England (10/1) that ended his string of 181 consecutive passes without an interception, the second-longest such streak in Broncos history (Elway, 189 in 1997)… Became fastest Bronco ever to record five career 300-yard games, doing so in his 19th start vs. Cleveland (10/15)… Earned NFL.com All-Heart Player-of-the-Week Award and All-Heart Performance-of-the-Year Award for game vs. Oakland (11/13) in which he engineered a fourth-quarter game-winning drive despite playing most of the contest with a separated AC joint in his right shoulder… Underwent right shoulder surgery on January 10, 2001. 1999: Completed 261-of-452 (57.7%) passes for 3,032 yards with 14 touchdowns, 14 interceptions and a long of 88 in his first season as the Broncos starting quarterback, starting 13 of his 14 games played… With 3,032 passing yards, became just the eighth NFL quarterback since 1970 to pass for more than 3,000 yards in his first year as a full-time starter… First first-year starter in Denver history to record consecutive 300-yard passing games… First NFL start came on Monday Night Football vs. Miami (9/13), completing 24-of-40 for 270 yards with 3 touchdowns and a passer rating of 105.2; first NFL touchdown pass came on his sixth attempt of the season, a 61-yard strike to WR Ed McCaffrey… Recorded first win as an NFL starter at Oakland (10/10) by directing his first career game-winning fourth quarter drive with an 11-play, 63-yard drive that resulted in a 26-yard field goal with 10:18 remaining in the contest… Named AFC Offensive Player-of-the-Week for achieving season highs of 110.0 passer rating and 363 yards on 19-of-31 passing (61.3%) with two touchdowns, one interception and his first career rushing touchdown (2 yards) vs. Green Bay (10/17); had an 88-yard shovel pass to TE Byron Chamberlain, the longest completion of his career, the longest non-scoring pass play in franchise history … Underwent right shoulder surgery on January 5, 2000. 1998: Designated Broncos third quarterback for 14 of 16 games in his rookie season… Saw first NFL action vs. Philadelphia (10/4), replacing QB Bubby Brister in fourth quarter and completing one-of-three passes for two yards with one interception; first NFL completion was good for two yards to RB Vaughn Hebron … Inactive as third quarterback for all three postseason contests, including Super Bowl XXXIII win vs. Atlanta(1/31/99). |
 Four-year letterman at Michigan (1993-1997) finished career with 355 completions in 606 attempts (58.6%) for 4,383 yards, 33 touchdowns and 18 interceptions, ranking fifth in school history in completions, sixth in passing yards, attempts and touchdown passes… Helped lead Wolverines to first national championship in 49 years as a senior in 1997, earning first-team all-Big 10 honors while leading them to a 12-0 mark and a share of the national title with Nebraska… Capped championship season with a win over Washington State in the Rose Bowl, earning MVP honors by completing 18-of-30 passes for 251 yards with three touchdowns and one interception… Finalist for Davey O'Brien Award and recipient of the National Football Foundation & Hall of Fame Scholar-Athlete Award… As a senior, completed 193-of-307 passes (62.9%) for 2,293 yards with 17 touchdowns and six interceptions, setting school records for completions and pass attempts that both now rank fourth in UM history… Academic all-Big Ten pick as a junior, playing mostly in a reserve role and completing 35-of-61 passes (57.4%) for 513 yards with three touchdowns and two interceptions… Started his last nine games as a sophomore, completing 127-of-238 passes (53.4%) for 1,577 yards with 13 touchdowns and 10 interceptions… Saw action only as a holder for placements and field goals for the last nine games of his freshman season after redshirting his true freshman season of 1993… Graduated with degree in political science. |
 He and his wife, Brook, have one daughter, Annalia… Established Judi’s House in 2001 in memory of his mother, who died when Brian was 12… The cornerstone is Judi's House in Denver, a safe and comfortable place where grieving children and their families can express the thoughts and feelings associated with the loss of a loved one; since November of 2002, Judi's House has served over 3,000 children, teenagers and their adult caregivers… With teammate Kevin Carter, co-hosted the third annual “Inside the Huddle Weekend” at Super Bowl XLIII to benefit Judi’s House and the Kevin Carter Foundation… Holds an annual golf tournament in Michigan to help build a new C.S. Motts Children's Hospital… Has served on advisory board of Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa since 2004… Along with his father, Bob, co-sponsored a $50,000 house for Habitat for Humanity this past offseason(???) in Evansville, Indiana… Participated in the All Children's Hospital 2004 Fall Carnival for pediatric patients… Actively involved in fundraising efforts for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, serving as the honorary chairman for the 2001 Race for the Cure in Denver… Served as the 2002 honorary chairman for PUSH for the Cure, a fund-raising effort to benefit spinal cord and brain injury research at Denver's Craig Hospital… Named Prep Football Report All-Southeast, Miami Herald all-city second-team and all-state third-team selection as a senior at Columbus (Miami, Florida) High School, connecting on 194-of-335 career pass attempts for 2,356 yards and 19 touchdowns… As a senior, completed 101-of-183 passes for 1,387 yards and seven touchdowns… Averaged 10.0 points per game in basketball and added another letter in golf… Father, Bob Griese, played 14 years with the Dolphins (1967-1980), helping Miami to three Super Bowl appearances (1971-1973 seasons) and two titles (1972-1973); inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1990… Born Brian David Griese on March 18, 1975 in Miami, Florida. |
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