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NFL Draft: One-handed player Shaquem Griffin selected to play in National Football League
Griffin was selected by the Seattle Seahawks in the fifth round of the NFL draft.
Updated : Apr 29, 2018, 03:22 PM IST
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Shaquem Griffin has become the first one-handed player to be drafted by a National Football League (NFL) team.
Griffin was selected by the Seattle Seahawks in the fifth round of the NFL draft, according to BBC News. Griffin, who plays as a linebacker, had his left hand amputated when he was four.
According to the report, he was born with a condition that prevented the fingers from fully developing. His brother Shaquill also plays for the Seahawks as a cornerback. Shaquem Griffin was in attendance in Dallas when his name was called at the 2018 NFL Draft.
We got ourselves a playmaker in @Shaquemgriffin. #AgainstAllOdds pic.twitter.com/7QwLisLQAr
— Seattle Seahawks (@Seahawks) April 28, 2018
Griffin has gained attention at the NFL Combine in March when he ran the quickest 40-yard dash for a linebacker since 2003.
Griffin also bench-pressed 225lb 20 times, three more than his identical twin managed, having attached a prosthetic hand onto the bar. Current NFL defensive stars JJ Watt and Von Miller were among those to react in awe on social media.
He starred at college level, winning his conference's defensive player of the year award in 2016 and playing in an unbeaten University of Central Florida team last season.
