Brian Griese Brian David Griese ( ; born March 18 , 1975 ) is a former American football quarterback and former radio color commentator for the Denver Broncos . He was drafted by the Denver Broncos in the third round of the 1998 NFL Draft . He played high school football at Christopher Columbus High School and later college football at Michigan . He has also played for the Miami Dolphins , Chicago Bears and Tampa Bay Buccaneers . A Pro Bowl selection with the Broncos in 2000 , Griese earned a Super Bowl ring with the team , as the third - string quarterback in Super Bowl XXXIII . He is the son of Hall of Fame quarterback Bob Griese , who also played for the Dolphins . Early years . Brian Griese is the son of NFL quarterback Bob Griese . He was born in Miami , Florida and attended Christopher Columbus High School in Miami , playing football , basketball , and golf . In football , he won All - State third team honors as a senior . College career . Griese played college football at the University of Michigan from 1993 to 1997 . Michigan did not offer him a scholarship , so he walked on to the football team . After he was redshirted in 1993 and limited to placeholding duties in 1994 , Griese took over as the starting quarterback after Scott Dreisbach was injured five games into the 1995 season . Griese started for the remainder of the 1995 season , capped by an upset of # 2 ranked Ohio State , 31 – 23 . At the beginning of the 1996 season , Dreisbach regained his starting job and Griese returned to the bench , serving as the team ' s pooch punter . However , after Dreisbach struggled , Griese replaced him at halftime against Ohio State , where he led the Wolverines to another upset victory over the Buckeyes , 13 – 9 . Griese finished the season starting in a 17 – 14 loss to Alabama in the Outback Bowl . In 1997 , Griese remained the starter . Along with Heisman Trophy winner Charles Woodson , he led the Wolverines to an undefeated season and the national championship . Griese was selected as the MVP of the Rose Bowl , passing for 251 yards and three touchdowns in Michigan ' s win over Washington State . In his Michigan career , Griese had a 17 – 5 record as a starter . The Wolverines won all three games against Ohio State in which he quarterbacked . He wase inducted into the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame on December 30 , 2012 representing Michigan . Professional career . Denver Broncos . The Denver Broncos selected Griese in the third round of the 1998 NFL Draft . He began his career as a third - string back up to Bubby Brister and John Elway . He became a Super Bowl champion in 1998 , though he spent most of the season on the sidelines . Following Elway ' s retirement in 1999 , Griese became the Bronco ' s starting quarterback . Griese earned a 75 . 6 passer rating during his first season as starter , but improved the year later by raising it to 102 . 9 . His efforts merited him an invite to the 2000 Pro Bowl . Griese consistently completed a high percentage of his passes . He has had four seasons with a better than 64 % completion rate , including one year ( 2004 ) when he completed 69 . 3 % of his passes . Nevertheless , he was unable to establish himself as one of the elite quarterbacks of the league , due to injuries , subpar arm strength and a penchant for interceptions . He was released by the Broncos , following the 2002 season , and was replaced by former Cardinals starter Jake Plummer . Miami Dolphins . In June 2003 he signed with the Miami Dolphins . His stint with the Dolphins , where his father Bob Griese was a legend , was brief , being released in February 2004 . Griese was given the starting job when the Dolphins starting quarterback Jay Fiedler got injured . Griese had an excellent start as a Dolphin , passing for 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions in a blowout victory against San Diego . First stint with the Buccaneers . Griese signed with and performed well for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers , and provided a catalyst for the jumpstart of the Tampa offense . Griese helped them to their only victories in 2004 with a 97 . 5 QB rating and to a 5 – 1 record in 2005 before succumbing to a torn ACL . Griese was cut by the Buccaneers in 2006 after his injury to his knee in order to free up money for the salary cap . Chicago Bears . On March 21 , 2006 , he signed a five - year contract with the Chicago Bears . After signing with the Bears , Griese saw limited action . Though he fared better than Rex Grossman during the 2006 Pre - Season , coach Lovie Smith decided to keep Griese as the Bears ’ second string quarterback . He took late fourth quarter snaps at the end of major victories . Though Grossman started every Bears game in the 2006 season , Smith allowed Griese some extended gametime during week fifteen , after the Bears had clinched home - field advantage throughout the playoffs . In a game against the Detroit Lions , Griese completed six of nine passes for 51 yards , which set up several game - winning Robbie Gould field goals . Smith called on Griese to relieve a struggling Grossman for the second half of the final regular season game against the Green Bay Packers . However , Griese did not fare a lot better , completing 5 of 15 passes for 124 yards , one touchdown and two interceptions . While some Chicagoans questioned Grossman ’ s ability to lead the Bears to the Super Bowl , Smith stood by Grossman , and declared him the team ' s starter throughout the playoffs . The Bears went on to win the 2006 NFC Championship , but lost Super Bowl XLI to the Indianapolis Colts . After Grossman struggled during the first three outings of the 2007 Chicago Bears season , Smith turned to Griese to lead the team . In his first outing as a Bears starter , Griese threw two touchdowns and three interceptions in a losing effort against the Detroit Lions . The next week , he led the Bears on a game winning drive against the Philadelphia Eagles , in which he called the plays due to a headset failure . Griese lost the starting job to Grossman after sustaining an injury against the Oakland Raiders during week ten . Griese again replaced Grossman later in the season , after Grossman sustained a knee injury against the Washington Redskins . However , with the Bears out of the playoffs , Kyle Orton started the remaining 3 games of the season . Second stint with Buccaneers . On March 3 , 2008 , Griese was traded to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in exchange for an undisclosed 2009 draft pick . He started the second game of the season , a home game against the Atlanta Falcons , which the Buccaneers won 24 - 9 . Griese completed 18 of 31 passes , throwing for 160 yards with one touchdown . The next week , Brian Griese played his old team , the Chicago Bears and despite throwing 3 interceptions , he threw for 407 yards and 2 touchdowns to help the Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat the Chicago Bears 27 – 24 in overtime on September 21 , 2008 . He also started the following week , and again despite throwing 3 interceptions , he completed 15 of 30 passes for 149 yards , 1 touchdown , and lead the Bucs to a victory over the Green Bay Packers 30 - 21 . Griese found himself starting against the Atlanta Falcons again on December 14 , 2008 , subbing for Jeff Garcia who was sidelined with a calf injury . He completed 26 of 37 passes for 269 yards and threw 1 touchdown . But Griese also threw an interception and was sacked four times in all . The Bucs ended up losing the game in overtime 13 - 10 . His career starting for Tampa Bay is 8 - 2 . He was released on July 13 , 2009 . After his release , Griese decided to retire from football . Broadcasting career . Since 2009 , Griese has been employed by ESPN , working as an analyst on the network ' s college football coverage . Griese also served as radio color commentator for 850 KOA ( AM ) ' s coverage of Denver Broncos ' football from 2010 – 2011 . Personal . Brian Griese was a member of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity and received his bachelor ' s degree in an individualized concentration from Michigan in 1997 . Griese is founder and board president of Judi ' s House , a children ' s grief support center in Denver , Colorado . Brian ' s mother , Judi Griese , succumbed to breast cancer when Brian was 12 . The grieving process was hard for Brian , and so he established Judi ' s House to serve grieving children in the Denver area . To date , Judi ' s House has helped more than 1 , 700 youth and their adult caregivers cope with overwhelming feelings of grief . He continues to maintain close ties with the facility , despite the frequent moves dictated by his professional football career . Some noteworthy major donors to Judi ' s House include Jackson National Life Insurance , Office Depot , Nouveau Riche University , Nike , Inc . , and the Adolph Coors Family Foundation . Brian Griese was awarded the 2011 Patterson Award for Excellence in Sports Philanthropy , presented each year by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation . The award celebrates and promotes the selfless service of people within the world of sports whose passionate efforts make a difference in the lives around them . Griese , who works as a broadcaster for ESPN and KOA - AM in Denver , was recognized for his work with Judi ’ s House , a comprehensive grief care center he founded in Denver for children dealing with the loss of a loved one . http : / / www . rwjf . org / patterson / product . jsp ? id = 72947 & cid = XEM _ 205591 Griese founded Judi ’ s House in 2002 in memory of his mother who died when he was 12 years old . The center helps grieving children and families by offering grief counseling and peer support groups to share the experience of loss with others . Judi ’ s House increases awareness and knowledge of grieving children ’ s needs by extending grief support services to schools , community based organizations , faithbased groups , hospices , and other caregivers in the community . As of October 2011 Judi ' s House has served more than 4 , 000 children and their adult caregivers from the Denver area since opening . “ I ’ m honored to receive this recognition in memory of my late mother and on behalf of everyone who works so hard to make Judi ’ s House a place where no child has to feel alone in grief , ” said Griese . “ I am proud of the unique community we have created here . With the hard work of the staff at Judi ’ s House along with the amazing kids and caregivers that we work with , we are able to take a potentially devastating event in a child ’ s life and help give them a place where they can find support and solace . ” Brian and his father , Bob Griese wrote a book together , " Undefeated " ( ISBN 0 - 7852 - 7021 - 3 ) , published in 2000 about their lives through their undefeated seasons and living through the breast cancer illness and death of Brian ' s mother and Bob ' s first wife , Judi . Griese married Brook McClintic , a clinical psychologist , in the Spring of 2004 on the island of St . John in the U . S . Virgin Islands . The couple met while Griese was playing for the Denver Broncos . On April 6 , 2006 , Brian and Brook had their first child , a baby girl they named Annalia Rose .