2021 (Senior): Made 27 appearances and one start in his final year as a Bulldog, ranking him second all-time with 98 career pitching appearances … Held a 3-2 record with a save, 13 strikeouts and a 9.59 ERA over 25.1 innings pitched … Earned a save in 1.2 innings of scoreless, one-hit relief in a win over ULM at home (3/23) … Notched pitching victories in wins over McNeese State (3/6), Southern Miss (3/28) and UAB (4/2) … Worked a scoreless inning of relief in LA Tech’s game against NC State in the Ruston NCAA Regional (6/5) … Finished his career with a 4.52 ERA, 126 strikeouts, an 18-10 record and three saves over 175.1 innings pitched … Named to the C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

2020: Had a very Kyle Griffen year as a senior, tossing 20.1 innings in a variety of roles over 8 games (1 start) ... Finished the year with a 3.10 ERA and 1-1 record ... Tossed three scoreless innings of relief in a shutout win over Southeastern La. on Opening Day (2/15) ... Followed that performance by earning a save over 4.1 innings against McNeese (2/18) ... Got the start against Sam Houston State and tossed 6.1 innings of 3-run ball with 6 punch outs ... Named to the C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll.

2019: Set a LA Tech record with 34 appearances on the year as the Bulldogs' Iron Man and Swiss-Army Knife ... Earned a 7-4 record with a 4.19 ERA ... Struck out 36 and walked 20 in 58 innings of work ... Threw 6 shutout innings in a midweek win over Sam Houston State ... Tossed 6 innings of one-run ball in an early season win over Little Rock.

2018: Posted a 2-1 record and a 2.75 ERA with one save over 18 appearances in relief ... Struck out 31 and walked 16 across 36.0 innings pitched ... Did not allow a run across his first nine appearances of the season (17.1 IP) ... Went 6.2 innings in relief on the road at UAB on March 25, allowing no runs, while scattering two hits, striking out five and walking none ... Struck out five in 3.0 innings of scoreless relief, while picking up his first save of the year against Rice on March 17. 

2017: Earned a 5-2 record while making appearances in 11 games ... Started three games while posting an ERA of 4.04 ... Struck out 27 batters while walking just eight ... Allowed one or fewer runs in seven of his 11 appearances ... From April 18-May 12, he made seven appearances, earning a 4-0 record during that span.

High School: Graduated from Sulphur High School in 2016 ... 2016 all-Southwest LA, 2015 Preseason Louisville Slugger all-American ... 2015 and 2016 all-State ... Totaled a 15-4 record in high school with a 1.15 ERA and 116 strikeout ... Batted .300 for his career ... Posted a 10-0 record on the mound with a 1.50 ERA and 54 strikeouts as a junior ... Hit .273 with eight RBI's, 23 runs and 12 stolen bases as an outfielder for the Tors ... Named All-District 3-5A, All-Southwest Louisiana and Louisiana Baseball Coaches Association Class 5A All-State ... Helped lead Sulphur to the Class 5A semifinals and a 35-win season as a junior in 2015 ... Their 26-3 regular season record that season set a school record.

Personal: Born on August 11, 1997 to Lisa and Tim Griffen in Lake Charles, Louisiana ... Has one brother, Gage.