Deletion of Marcus Griffin

Comment: Plese note that  ia a standard for inclusion, not exclusion.  A college football player is notable without ever playing professional football if he meets the general notability guideline.  Griffin played every game, and was one of the defensive stars, for the University of Texas Longhorns -- a major football team.  He's a sufficiently big star that Topps even issued a football card for him, see http://cgi.ebay.com/2009-Topps-Magic-%2333-Marcus-Griffin--Texas_W0QQitemZ390067221150QQcmdZViewItemQQimsxZ20090711?IMSfp=TL090711179003r18932 here.  He has also been the subject of substantial, non-trivial coverage in the media.  See for example: (1) http://www.kvue.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/colleges/texas/stories/122307dnspoutgriffin.2acc73e.html Marcus Griffin makes name for himself at Texas: Marcus Griffin, as his twin brother did, is leading UT's defense, Dallas Morning News, Dec. 2007, (2) http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=ST&s_site=dfw&p_multi=ST&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=11C81EFE85A90920&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Texas safety carves out his own identity, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, October 25, 2007; (3) http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SAEC&p_theme=saec&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=11B2387AE33E79E8&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Griffin out of brother's shadow, San Antonio Express, Aug. 2007; (4) http://grfx.cstv.com/schools/tex/graphics/newsstand/AAS_-_Griffin_twins_could_make_up_half_of_UTs_secondary.pdf Griffin twins could make up half of UT's secondary, Austin American-Statesman, March 2006, (5) http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-31464754_ITM Twins left: UT happy Griffins are back: Griffin brothers expected to be primary safeties for Longhorns, Dallas Morning News, Aug. 2006, (6) http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SAEC&p_theme=saec&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=1138844D1DA7C048&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM 'Other' twin gets his shot at Texas, San Antonio Express-News, Aug. 2006, (7) Griffins Could Be Double Trouble, Austin American-Statesman (NewsBank), Mar 29, 2006, (8) http://newspaperarchive.com/PdfViewerTags.aspx?img=131206299&firstvisit=true&src=search&currentResult=0&currentPage=0&fpo=False A family tradition: Griffin, as his twin brother did, is leading Texas' defense, Kerrville Daily Times, Dec. 2007
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:ATHLETE)

Comment: Griffin meets  and  per the sources listed by Cbl62
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG||WP:BIO)

Comment: The nominator is clearly acting in good faith, but I believe the nomination was made because of a misunderstanding in policy.  says WP:ATHLETE is an additional criteria (''"Failure to meet these criteria is not conclusive proof that a subject should not be included"''), meaning that it loosens notability criteria, not restricts it. The subject meets the more general  basic criteria/ as demonstrated by the sources listed by
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:BIO||WP:BIO||WP:GNG)