The inspirational story of Shaquem Griffin has been so extensively chronicled, one might presume everyone on the football landscape realizes he's a beast on the bench press, one hand and all.
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Evidently, one NFL general manager didn't get the memo.
When a reporter at the NFL Scouting Combine informed Griffin that a GM — who admires the former UCF standout — would be content to see him do five reps of 225 pounds on the bench press, the Lakewood High alumnus responded by doing four times as many.
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"People didn't think I'd be able to do it, and him just saying five (reps), I mean, five to me is just warming up," said Griffin, who used a black prosthetic device affixed to his left forearm. "So it felt good to throw up 20 and show I can do way more than five."
Griffin, generally projected as a Day Three draft pick, measured in at 6-foot-1, 227 pounds at the Combine. He recently penned this open letter to NFL executives, sharing a bit of his backstory and candidly discussing how doubt motivates him.