Griffin Oakes
| Indiana Hoosiers No. 92 | |
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| Position | Placekicker |
| Class |  sophomore |
| Major | Exercise Science |
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| High school | Greenwood (IN) |
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| Date of birth | February 24, 1995 |
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Griffin Oakes (born February 24, 1995) is an American football placekicker for the Indiana Hoosiers.
High School
Oakes was a one-year letterman in soccer and a three-year letterman for the Greenwood High School football team. Oakes received Indiana Football Coaches Association All-State accolades as a junior and Indiana honorable mention in the Associated Press Class 4A All-State in his junior and senior year. [1]
College career
Oakes was a walk-on during the 2013 preaseason camp. Head Coach Kevin Wilson would designate Oakes as a redshirt for the 2013 season.
In 2014, Oakes was 23-23 in extra point attempts and 13-18 (72 percent) in Field Goals. During the season, he kicked for a season-high, career high and school-career high long 58 yard field goal and converted a total of 62 points in the season. Oakes was selected as the Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week, awarded IU special teams player of the week four times and Academic All-Big Ten honors at the end of the year.
In 2015, Oakes was 53-57 in Extra Point attempts and 24-29 (82.8 percent) in Field Goals. During the season, he kicked for a total of 125 points. At the end of the year, Oakes was selected by both the coaches and media as a first-team player on the 2015 All-Big Ten Conference football team.[2][3][4][5]
