Kristerphor Griffin never played much football before high school.

He played one year of park ball at age 11 and one year of school ball when he was in eighth grade at Samuel L. Green Charter.

Now about to begin his senior season at L.B. Landry, the LSWA all-state selection is drawing comparisons from coach Nick Foster to two rangy safeties that have gone on to play at the next level.

One of them is former Edna Karr's Quindell Johnson, an undrafted NFL free agent out of Memphis in 2023 who played nine games as a rookie with the Chicago Bears and now is in training camp with the Pittsburgh Steelers.

The other is former St. Augustine star Christian Pritchett, about to begin his sophomore season at Georgia Tech.

Foster, a former offensive coordinator at Karr and head coach at St. Aug, sa

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