{{Short description|American gridiron football player (born 1988)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{For-text|the American football linebacker|Nicholas Grigsby}} {{Infobox Canadian Football League biography | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|12|26}} | birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | team = | number = 2, 32, 23 | status = | import = yes | position1 = Running back | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 11 | weight_lb = 195 | college = Arizona | playing_years1 = {{NFL Year|2011}} | playing_team1 = Miami Dolphins* | playing_years2 = {{NFL Year|2011}} | playing_team2 = Oakland Raiders* | playing_years3 = {{NFL Year|2011}} | playing_team3 = Tampa Bay Buccaneers* | playing_years4 = {{CFL Year|2012}} | playing_team4 = BC Lions* | playing_years5 = {{UFL Year|2012}} | playing_team5 = Las Vegas Locomotives | playing_years6 = {{CFL Year|2014}} | playing_team6 = Winnipeg Blue Bombers | playing_years7 = {{CFL Year|2014}}–{{CFL Year|2015}} | playing_team7 = Hamilton Tiger-Cats | playing_years8 = {{CFL Year|2015}} | playing_team8 = Edmonton Eskimos* | playing_years9 = {{CFL Year|2016}} | playing_team9 = Ottawa Redblacks | career_highlights = * Grey Cup champion (2015) * CFL East All-Star ({{CFL Year|2014}}) | CFL = nic-grigsby/381080/ }} '''Nicolas Grigsby''' (born December 26, 1988) is an American former professional football running back who played in the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football at Arizona.
==College career== Grigsby played college football at the University of Arizona from 2007 to 2010. During his career he rushed for 2,957 yards on 572 carries with 28 touchdowns.
In 2013, he returned to college to play college baseball at Arizona Christian University.<ref>[http://www.acufirestorm.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=594 Arizona Christian University bio]</ref>
==Professional career== ===NFL=== Grigsby signed with the Miami Dolphins as an undrafted free agent on July 26, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.azcentral.com/sports/ua/articles/2011/07/26/20110726arizona-wildcats-football-nic-grigsby-miami-dolphins.html|title=Reports: Ex-UA tailback Nic Grigsby to sign with Dolphins|work=azcentral.com}}</ref> He also spent time on the Oakland Raiders and Tampa Bay Buccaneers practice squad.
===CFL=== Grigsby then signed with the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League in May 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://vancouversun.com/news/Grigsby+seeks+measure+with+Lions/6674771/story.html|title=Nic Grigsby seeks to measure up with Lions|work=www.vancouversun.com}}</ref> He was released by the Lions in June.
After spending a year in Arizona playing baseball, Grigsby returned to football signing with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in 2014.<ref name="k812">{{cite web | title=Blue Bombers rookie running back Nic Grigsby a two-sport star | website=Toronto Sun | date=2014-04-16 | url=https://torontosun.com/2014/04/15/blue-bombers-rookie-running-back-nic-grigsby-a-two-sport-star | access-date=2024-10-19}}</ref> In his CFL debut he rushed for 122 yards on 21 carries.<ref>[http://www.princegeorgecitizen.com/sports/drew-willy-leads-bombers-to-45-21-win-over-argos-to-open-cfl-season-1.1160234 Drew Willy leads Bombers to 45–21 win over Argos to open CFL season]</ref> On October 15, 2014, he was released from the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, one week after he was demoted from starting running back. The starting running back duties were given to Paris Cotton. At the time of his release, Nic Grigsby led the CFL with 9 touchdowns and was the fourth leading rusher, rushing for 744 yards. Aside from his great opening game, Grigsby averaged only 47.9 rushing yards per game in the following 13 games with the Blue Bombers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tsn.ca/bombers-release-recently-demoted-rb-grigsby-1.107470|title=Bombers release recently demoted RB Grigsby|work=TSN}}</ref>
On October 21, 2014, Grigsby signed with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cfl.ca/article/back-in-action-nic-grigsby-joins-ticats|title=Back in Action: Nic Grigsby joins Ticats|work=CFL.ca}}</ref> He played in 3 regular season games with the Ti-Cats, and both playoff games. In the regular season Grigsby totaled 146 rushing yards on 30 carries and 1 rushing touchdown. In late February the Ti-Cats and Grigsby announced a contract extension.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ticats.ca/article/grisgby-re-signs-with-tiger-cats|title=Grisgby re-signs with Tiger-Cats|work=ticats.ca}}</ref>
On July 14, 2015, Grigsby was released by the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. He was signed by the Edmonton Eskimos for the remainder of the 2015 CFL season, however he did not appear in any games. Grigsby was released by the Eskimos on May 3, 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tsn.ca/ticats-release-norwood-esks-drop-grigsby-1.482245|title=Ticats release Norwood; Esks drop Grigsby|date=2016-05-03|website=TSN|access-date=2016-05-04}}</ref>
Grigsby was signed to the Ottawa Redblacks practice roster on July 4, 2016.<ref>[http://www.ottawaredblacks.com/2016/07/04/182658/ Transactions: July 4, 2016]</ref> He appeared in 5 games for the Redblacks carrying the ball 59 times for 265 yards (4.5 yards per carry) with 1 rushing touchdown. Grigsby was released August 17, 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/REDBLACKS/status/765911675652468736|title=_tt_w_ RED_L_CKS on Twitter|access-date=2016-08-17}}</ref>
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==External links== *[http://www.ottawaredblacks.com/players/nic-grigsby/381080/ Ottawa Redblacks bio] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.ottawaredblacks.com/players/nic-grigsby/381080/ |date=* }} *[http://www.ticats.ca/roster/show/id/5261 Hamilton Tiger-Cats bio] *[http://www.buccaneers.com/team/roster/nic-grigsby/f86c0954-d160-4b4a-8a05-ec468a8308ed/ Tampa Bay Buccaneers bio] *[http://www.raiders.com/team/roster/nic-grigsby/c078ecea-2e9d-4251-9549-4a8164f917cf/ Oakland Raiders bio] *[http://www.miamidolphins.com/team/roster/nic-grigsby/4c7291cd-863c-470c-8f94-ae55d1e61dea/ Miami Dolphins bio] *[http://www.arizonawildcats.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30700&ATCLID=207988138 Arizona Wildcats bio] *[https://www.tsn.ca/bombers-release-recently-demoted-rb-grigsby-1.107470]
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