With one day remaining for securing the three player representative nominations necessary for placement on the ballot for the NFLPA executive director position, another candidate has emerged.
Tom Pelissero of USA Today reports that former NFL safety Robert Griffith has obtained the requisite nominations from player representatives holding votes in the upcoming election.
Griffith played for the Vikings, Browns, and Cardinals in a career that began in 1994 and ended in 2006.
Griffith joins Sean Gilbert, Andrew Smith, John Stufflebeam, and Arthur McAfee as the five challengers to NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith. The deadline for submitting three nominations is Thursday, March 5 at 11:59 p.m. ET.
