Barrington's Griffin Ingram is next up in RI

What is a WRLD? And what is WholeWRLD? 

WholeWRLD isn’t just a brand—it’s a tag. Most importantly, it has no fixed meaning; it’s whatever you make it. It’s how you define and observe your world, your vision. It’s whatever brings you happiness—that’s your WRLD, and you make it part of the WholeWRLD.

What Is Griffin's WRLD?

"My WRLD is Football, I’ve been playing this game since I can remember and it has taught me so much throughout the years."

Who is Griffin Ingram ?

“Hey, my name is Griffin."

Griffin Ingram is a star football player in the state of Rhode Island for the Barrington High School Eagles. Griffin as only a sophomore has  blossomed into a dominant dual-threat quarterback in his division earning him a Second Team All Division selection in his first official year as a varsity quarterback. 

Griffin undeniably has become a leader not only on his team but in the state, as a 5'11 190 pound sophomore he was no lightweight. Throughout his sophomore campaign he amassed 1422 offensive yards with 1027 of those being passing yards paired with 11 touchdowns through the air, he backed that up with 391 rushing yards and 6 rushing touchdowns. His ability to throw the pigskin so accurately forced teams respect his ability as a pocket passer. Not only can he make the right reads throw an accurate ball through tight windows and punish defensive coordinators like a veteran quarterback, his scrambling ability makes any match up he faces seem unfair. To only top off his athleticism as a quarterback he was a top kick returner in the state, being ranked #3 averaging 36 yards per return for a total of 216 kick return yards and a 93 yard kick return touchdown. In total he finished his sophomore season with 1,642 all-purpose yards, 1 Receiving touchdown, 1 kick return touchdown and 19 total touchdowns. (According to Maxpreps)

Having another two off-seasons to only get bigger, faster, and stronger only makes you wonder what will a senior Griffin will bring to that table for any college lucky enough to find another diamond in little Rhody.  

Griffin Ingram, was born in Tampa, Florida he was only two months old when he moved to Bristol, Rhode Island where he primarily grew up.  As a child his interests were in cartoons such as The Amazing World of Gumball, and games like rocket league, undoubtedly like most kids he had an unmatched love for the gridiron.

He told WholeWRLD, "As I grew up I realized I liked football, it was more than just a game to me. My long for the sport only grew as I got older, I fell more in love with the grind and putting all the work in off-season to off-season."

Griffin was only around the age of six when he played his first down of football telling WholeWRLD, "I was six when I played my first ever season of football.  When he reached the age of ten he got into football cards and building a collection, "When I was around ten I used to really like football cards, I have a very big collection of cards that could be worth a lot." Unsurprisingly the more time he spent with the game the more he loved it, "It took until I was around 11 when I really started to love everything about the game."

That side that he unlocked at 11 only transcended  when he met Coach Ty Paup, "He's been my coach every year since the 6th grade, he always  believed in me throughout all the ups and downs. Because of that I found my "Why?" My why that is to prove anyone wrong that has ever doubted me."

As Griffin grew up he realized he liked football even more than he already did, it was more than just a game to him now, as he matured he fell in love with the process. The months of putting in the work, the blood, sweat, and the many many tears that came with the game. "Football means a lot to me and I don’t know where I would be, and who I would be without it." 

Nowadays Griffin's interests have changed, it's no longer primarily cartoons, or collecting cards, he told WholeWRLD "My interests are in school, the weightroom, and music. I prioritize my grades more than anything, I finished last semester making honors and having a 3.4 GPA. The weightroom grew on me as I've consistently worked out with the Barrington football team for about 2 years now, nowadays when I'm in the weightroom it’s the best part of my day.  And with music, I'm constantly am listening to music and it makes me happy, some of my favorite artists right now are J.Cole, SZA, and Kendrick Lamar. Last year I even had 93k minutes of music listened."

Once Griffin got to Barrington High School he wore the number 9 in association with his favorite player J.J. McCrathy. Through his time in youth football and at  Barrington High he's a lot of lessons that come with being a quarterback.  He opened up about a valuable lesson he's learned "I've learned to be grateful for what you have and what you can do. Your only one play anyway from not being able to play football ever again and I will forever be grateful for what I have."

An underspoken thing that comes with being an athlete is your support system, for Griffin that's come in the shape of a friend, Blake Bughton. "He plays football with me for Barrington, I would say we definitely strive to make ourselves better by being competitive on every rep and holding each other accountable."