Nearly two months after unexpectedly announcing he was transferring from USF, Sterling Griffin has found himself a new college home for at least the next year.
Louisiana Tech announced Monday that the wide receiver has decided to transfer into the Bulldogs’ football program. Griffin will reunite with Skip Holtz, who was the Bulls coach from 2010 until he was fired following the 2012 season.
As Griffin graduated from USF over the weekend, he will be eligible to play for Tech immediately in 2013.
“I am exciting that Sterling has decided to join us,” Holtz said in a statement. “I am excited about what he brings to the table as a person, as a student-athlete who has already received his undergraduate degree and as a football player.”
Because of a pair of injuries that cost him most of two season (2012, 2010), Griffin could receive a medical waiver from the NCAA and a sixth season of eligibility. Such a move would give the player two years of eligibility remaining beginning in 2013.
Griffin caught 43 passes for 530 yards and three touchdowns in 2011 despite missing four games due to yet another injury. In his true freshman season in 2009, Griffin started 10 of the 13 games in which he played and caught 14 passes for 265 yards and two touchdowns.
The addition of Griffin, if healthy, would be a boon to the Tech receiving corps as the Bulldogs will be forced to replace their top two receivers from a year ago -- Quinton Patton and Myles White, who combined for 160 catches, 2,110 yards and 19 touchdowns last season.