In this week's edition of "What are you Wearing Wednesday," we interviewed two football players, brothers; JD and Malcolm Griggs . JD Griggs is 23 and Malcolm is 21.
JD played Defensive End and Linebacker for the Jacksonville Jaguars while Malcolm is a current NFL hopeful, training hard for try outs.
Both of them grew up playing sports and started playing football at the age of eight. The boys started playing basketball at the age of four and it seemed like sports were in their veins. They were born in Jersey City, NJ and moved to Piscataway, NJ when they were younger.
How did you get started in football?
JD played Defensive End and Linebacker for the Jacksonville Jaguars while Malcolm is a current NFL hopeful, training hard for try outs.
Both of them grew up playing sports and started playing football at the age of eight. The boys started playing basketball at the age of four and it seemed like sports were in their veins. They were born in Jersey City, NJ and moved to Piscataway, NJ when they were younger.
How did you get started in football?
- We grew up in Piscataway which is a big time football place. We were kind of thrown into the sport because we liked it and also because of the town.
JD and Malcolm also grew up playing baseball and ran track as well. So it seems like sports is just a natural thing for these two talented brothers.
"We have a big back yard and when we were younger we would actually play against each other" -JD
The brothers were fortunate enough to play together in high school when JD was a senior and Malcolm was a sophomore. They told Darring that it was nice to have a brother beside them because it made training easier.
JD's Career:
- He started playing football at the University of Iowa and then went onto the University of Akron.
- He is a hybrid defensive end, capable of shifting over to a linebacker if the scheme dictates.
- He came into the NFL as an undrafted free agent
- He competed in a rookie try out with 40 other athletes and only two were picked to join the team. He was one of them.
- He played the 2013 pre-season with the Jacksonville Jaguars.
- JD now plays for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in Canada, where he resides from May to November.
- He currently plays for Nassau Community College and is in his last semester there.
- He is a safety but can also play quarterback.
- Malcolm is pretty fast, running a 4.4 in the 40 dash.
- He is confident in playing for the NFL and is currently training to be the best football player he can be.
- In his spare time he likes to play sports related video games.
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