Overtime Elite got its second singing this week, as Class of 2022 Bryce Griggs has decided to turn pro. With this deal, Griggs is set to become the 15th player to sign with the new Overtime Elite professional league.

Griggs is viewed as a 4-star recruit and the No. 43 overall player in his class, per 247Sports’ composite rankings. 

According to The Athletic and Stadium Insider Shams Charania, 6-foot-2 guard turned down college offers from Baylor, Houston, Kansas, LSU and others.

In three seasons at Fort Bend (Missouri City, Texas), Griggs averaged 22.9 points, 4.2 assists, four rebounds and 1.7 steals a game. 

With a 180-pound frame, Griggs “game is based more on controlling horizontal space with his strength and quickness than on controlling vertical space with his leaping” according to 247Sports’ analyst Jerry Meyer. Meyer compares his game to college basketball star Markus Howard.

Class of 2022 shooting guard Bryce Griggs highlights

Overtime Elite is excited to get yet another star player on their team, as they continue to recruit more high school athletes and expand their league.

​​“Bryce Griggs is a player that has been recognized as one the nation’s most promising playmaking guards and we are thrilled to welcome him to the OTE family,” said Brandon Williams, OTE’s EVP and Head of Basketball Operations. “Bryce has had one of the best coaches and mentors in John Lucas and has been attracted to the combination of an NBA caliber coaching staff, sports science, performance and nutrition focuses that will play a crucial role in his development into an NBA player.”

OTE head coach Kevin Ollie also praises Griggs skill set, believing he has a high ceiling.

“Bryce has elite talent which you can see when he has the ball in hands,” Ollie said. “But we’re also going to turn him into an elite leader on and off the floor. That’s the promise I’m making to him.”

Salary

Over the next two years, Griggs will be making 1.2 million dollars with Overtime Elite, as the league is sponsored by Overtime media company. Overtime issues each of its athletes a minimum salary of $100,000 a year in addition to bonuses. To pay their athletes, the company publicly raised over 30-million dollars, while also holding private fundraisers from other major private investors, sources told 247Sports.

With both Griggs and Jazian Gortman’s decisions this week to play pro, Overtime continues to bulk up their roster that currently consists of Amen Thompson, Ausar Thompson, Matt Bewley and Jalen Lewis.

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