2018 Football Roster
Trau, Griffin
Jersey Number 44
Griffin Trau
- Position:
- Kicker
- Height:
- 5-8
- Weight:
- 170
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Hanover, N.H.
- High School:
- Western Reserve Academy
Bio
Career
- Finished career second all-time in scoring with 248 points
- Finished second all-time in career field goals made with 47
- Finished second all-time in career extra points made with 107
- Holds the Richmond football record for field goal percentage at 81.0 (47-58)
2018
- Preseason All-CAA
- Named First Team Google Cloud Academic All-District
- Saw action in 10 of 11 games
- Hit 12-of-17 field goals with a long of 43 yards
- Connected on 7-of-8 field goals between 20-29 yards, 3-for-5 from 30-39 and 2-for-4 from 40+
- Hit 20-of-21 PATs
- Kicked off 44 times for an average of 52.0 yards per kick with three touchbacks
- Hit two field goals from 42 and a 38-yards out against Virginia (Sept. 1)
- Added a 22-yard field goal in the win over Fordham (Sept. 8)
- Hit two field goals inside 30 yards in the come-from-behind win over St. Francis (Sept. 13)
- Hit a 24-yard field goal at Stony Brook (Sept. 22)
- Connected on a 33-yard field goal attempt against James Madison (Sept. 29)
- Drilled a 23-yard field goal against Delaware (Oct. 6)
- Hit 2-of-3 field goals, including a 32-yard and a 25-yard game-winning field goal with less than 10 seconds remaining
- Connected on a season-long 43-yard field goal to help the Spiders defeat William and Mary (Nov. 17)
- Jepson School Student-Athlete of the Year
- Appeared in all 11 games
- Named All-CAA First Team
- Converted 12 of 15 kicks with a long of 41
- Buried the game-winning field goal in overtime to defeat Albany at home
- Preseason All-American
- Preseason All-CAA
- Awarded scholarship during the offseason
- Made game-winning field goal to take down #25 Colgate on the road
- STATS FCS All-American Second Team
- All-American Second TeamAFCA•
- Associated Press All-American First Team
- Walter Camp FCS All-American
- All-AmericanNACDA•
- College Sports Madness All-American First Team
- All-CAAFirst Team
- First Team All-StateVaSID•
- First Team All-Indiana (Indianapolis Star)
- Went 23-of-26 on field goals and a perfect 42-for-42 on extra points
- Tied a CAA record and set a single-season program record with his 23 field goals
- Hit game-winning field goal as time expired against #7 North Dakota to send Spiders to FCS Quarterfinals
- Saw action in three games as a kicker
- Was 8-of-9 in PATs
2014
- Redshirted
High School
- Team Captain
- Special Teams MVP
- All-Time Leading Kicking Scorer at Western Reserve Academy
- Holds school record for varsity letters earned with 14
- Also played lacrosse and hockey
Personal
- AP Scholar
- Son of Debi and Peter Trau
- Mother Debi played lacrosse at Amherst College
- Father Peter played lacrosse at Penn State
- Younger brother, Duncan, also plays for the Spider football team
Football Weekly Press Conference - September 3rd
Wednesday, September 03
Football Weekly Media Availability: Lehigh
Wednesday, August 27
First Football Camp Scrimmage Press Conference
Saturday, August 09
Football First Day Press Conference
Friday, August 01
