2019 Football
Griffin Kemp
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 265
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Las Vegas, NV
- High School:
- Palo Verde HS
Likely will challenge Ryan Boehm for starting nod at defensive end in sixth year if he is successful in obtaining an extension waiver.
2019 -- Did not play in any games due to an injury as a redshirt senior ... petitioning for an extension waiver.
2018 -- Played in three games as a backup defensive lineman ... no tackles.
Mesa Community College (Mesa, Ariz.) -- Kemp earned seven tackles, including one sack and three tackles for lost yardage, as a sophomore in 2017 at Mesa CC and played in just two games as a freshman, earning one tackle ... has two years remaining to play two seasons at Cal Poly ... Mesa was 6-5 in 2017 and 9-2 in 2016, finishing second in the Western States Football League ... the Thunderbirds hosted the Valley of the Sun Bowl both years ... chose to attend Cal Poly because "I wanted to play for and attend the best school for me."
University of Utah -- A redshirt during the 2015 season ... was a grayshirt in 2014.
High School -- A 2014 graduate of Palo Verde High School in Las Vegas, where the offensive and defensive lineman was a team captain as a senior and earned 58 tackles, including 9.0 for lost yardage and eight sacks ... also recorded two quarterback hurries, one fumble recovery, two forced fumbles and one blocked field goal ... Panthers were 10-2 in 2013, winning the Division I Sunset Region Northwest League title and reaching the state semifinals of the Nevada Interscholastic Athletic Association playoffs ... as a junior, Kemp garnered 36 tackles, including four for lost yardage and a pair of sacks ... team captain ... Panthers were 7-5 overall in 2012, finishing second in the Division I Sunset Region Northwest League and advancing to the second round of the NIAA playoffs.
Personal -- Son of Jodi Kemp ... three brothers, Jordan, Carter and Jackson, and one sister, Sydney ... enjoys hiking, camping and swimming ... claims to be the fastest swimmer at Cal Poly not on the intercollegiate swim team ... born in Salt Lake City, Utah ... majoring in communication studies.
