Groy is a Wisconsin native. He redshirted for the Badgers in 2009, and set a school record by playing all 54 games of his career. He played 13 games in 2010, starting two at fullback. In 2011, he played 14 games, starting four (three at left guard, one at center). He started all 14 games in 2012 (12 at left guard, two at left tackle), and all 13 games at left guard in 2013.
Groy was signed as an undrafted free agent to the Chicago Bears on May 11, 2014. He was then moved to the practice squad on September 1.[2] On November 10, he was promoted to the active roster.
On August 10, 2015, Groy was traded to the New England Patriots for Matthew Wells.[3] On September 4, 2015, Groy was waived by the Patriots with an injury designation.[4]
On November 25, 2015 Groy was signed by Buffalo Bills off the Buccaneers' practice squad.[6] He started multiple games at center in relief of an injured Eric Wood at the end of the 2016 season.[7]
Set to be a restricted free agent in 2017, the Bills placed an original round tender on Groy. The Los Angeles Rams signed him to a two-year offer sheet on March 14, 2017, giving the Bills five days to match the offer or lose him to the Rams.[8] On March 17, 2017, the Bills matched the Rams' offer, keeping him with the Bills under a two-year contract.[9]
In 2018, Groy was named the Bills' starting center to begin the season following the retirement of Eric Wood and beating out veteran Russell Bodine.[10] He started the first two games before being benched for Week 3 in favor of Bodine.[11] He was re-named the starter in Week 14 following a season-ending injury to Bodine.
Groy re-signed with the Chargers on May 20, 2020.[15] He was released on September 5, 2020, and signed to the practice squad the next day.[16][17] He was elevated to the active roster on September 12 for the team's week 1 game against the Cincinnati Bengals, and reverted to the practice squad a day after the game.[18] He was promoted to the active roster on September 26, 2020.[19] He started three games at right guard in place of an injured Trai Turner before being placed on injured reserve on October 29, 2020, while also testing positive for COVID-19.[20] He was moved back to injured reserve from the COVID-19 list on December 30.[21]
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