Griff Whalen

Griff Whalen (born March 1, 1990 is an American football wide receiver for the Indianapolis Colts. After playing at Sylvania Southview High School during high school, Whalen played college football at Stanford University. Whalen went undrafted in 2012. Following the draft he signed with the Indianapolis Colts.

2008
Made the team as a walk-on and was one of eight true freshmen to see action in 2008...appeared in the Washington State game to earn a varsity letter.

2009
Worked his way into the receiver rotation...appeared in 12 games and made two starts (Oregon and USC)...caught seven passes for 60 yards (8.6 average)...made his first career reception in the season opener against Washington State...caught two passes for 12 yards at Arizona and two passes for 30 yards against Arizona State...hauled in a season-long 24-yard pass from Luck against the Sun Devils...also had one reception for nine yards against Cal....caught one pass for two yards against Oklahoma in the Sun Bowl.

2010
Caught 17 passes for 249 yards and one touchdown in 13 games (one start)...caught one pass for 19 yards against UCLA before catching 11 passes for 154 yards and one touchdown in the next three games against Wake Forest (3-39), Notre Dame (3-37) and Oregon (5-78)...provided much-needed depth to the receiving corps in the early going, when Ryan Whalen and Chris Owusu were slowed with injuries...caught a career-high five passes for 78 yards at Oregon, including his first career touchdown at the 5:06 mark of the first quarter on an 18-yard corner route from Luck...did not catch a pass in the next four games against Southern California, Washington State, Washington and Arizona...reemerged with a three-catch, 40-yard effort at Arizona State...also caught two passes for 36 yards against Cal, including a 27-yarder.

2011
This was Whalen's best statistical year. He finished the 2011 season with 56 receptions for 749 yards and 4 touchdowns. He started the season with 1 catch against San Jose State for 15 yards. The following week versus Duke he had 2 receptions for 31 yards. He caught 3 passes in the next two weeks against Arizona and UCLA for 26 yards and 29 yards respectively. He caught his first touchdown in week 5 against the Colorado. His first 100 yard receiving game came in week 8 against Southern California. His best statistical game came in a loss to Oregon. He finished with 9 receptions for 107 yards and 2 touchdowns. During the Fiesta Bowl against Oklahoma State he had 7 receptions and 85 yards. Stanford lost 38-41.

Indianapolis Colts
Whalen was signed by the Indianapolis Colts as an undrafted free agent following the 2012 NFL Draft on April 28, 2012. He joins fellow Stanford players Andrew Luck and Coby Fleener. On August 28, 2012 he was put on the injury reserved list for a broken foot.