Blake Griffin

Infobox NCAA Athlete
name = Blake Austin Griffin


caption =
college = University of Oklahoma
sport = Basketball
position = Power forward
class = Sophmore
career_start = 2007
career_end =
nickname =
height_ft = 6
height_in = 10
weight_lb = 245
nationality = USA
birth_date = birth date and age|1989|3|16
birth_place = Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
highschool = Oklahoma Christian School,
Edmond, OK
awards = McDonald's All-American(2007)
McDonald's All-American Dunk Contest Winner (2007)

Blake Griffin (born March 16 1989) is an American college basketball player, and the brother of the Oklahoma Sooners' junior forward Taylor Griffin.

Griffin was named a McDonald's All-American in 2007. At the McDonald's All-American game in Louisville, Kentucky he won the slam dunk contest. During his high school tenure he led Oklahoma Christian School to four state championships. After having a successful first half of the season, Blake suffered a sprained knee in the 2007-2008 season while being named to the First Team All Big 12 and also the First Team All Rookie Big 12.cite web | url=http://www.tulsaworld.com/opinion/article.aspx?articleID=070328_2_B1_hOUsi78382| title=Griffin dunks to a title | publisher= Eric Bailey : Tulsa World | accessdate=2007-04-09]

Prominent NBA Draft expert Chad Ford, of ESPN, rates Griffin as the #2 prospect in 2009, should he choose to enter the 2009 NBA Draft.cite web | url=http://insider.espn.go.com/nbadraft/draft/tracker/rank?draftyear=2009&action=login&appRedirect=http%3a%2f%2finsider.espn.go.com%2fnbadraft%2fdraft%2ftracker%2frank%3fdraftyear%3d2009| title=ESPN - 2009 NBA Draft - Rankings | publisher = Chad Ford : ESPN | accessdate=2008-08-24 ]

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