Brandon Graham

Brandon Lee Graham (born April 3, 1988)[1] is an American football defensive end for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Eagles in the first round of the 2010 NFL Draft with the thirteenth selection in the draft and the first from the Big Ten Conference. He played college football at Michigan.

This article is about the American football defensive end. For the comic book artist, see Brandon Graham (comics).

Brandon Graham
Graham with the Philadelphia Eagles in 2017
No. 55 – Philadelphia Eagles
Position:Defensive end
Personal information
Born: (1988-04-03) April 3, 1988
Detroit, Michigan
Height:6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:265 lb (120 kg)
Career information
High school:Crockett (Detroit, Michigan)
College:Michigan
NFL Draft:2010 / Round: 1 / Pick: 13
Career history
Roster status:Active
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics as of 2020
Total tackles:414
Sacks:59.0
Forced fumbles:19
Fumble recoveries:7
Pass deflections:7
Defensive touchdowns:1
Player stats at NFL.com

Graham was a second team 2016 All-Pro selection and a 2020 Pro Bowl selection. He led the Super Bowl LII champion Philadelphia Eagles in quarterback sacks with 9.5 during the 2017 NFL season and was responsible for arguably the biggest play in Philadelphia sports history, as he posted a pivotal strip sack in the closing minutes of the Super Bowl victory.

Graham was the 2009 Big Ten Conference co-MVP as recognized by the Chicago Tribune Silver Football award. He was the 2009 FBS tackles for a loss (per game) champion after finishing second in 2008 by 0.01 tackles for loss per game. He was the 2008 and 2009 Big Ten Conference tackles for loss leader. After completing his career as defensive end for the 2009 Michigan Wolverines football team, he had a total of 29.5 career sacks and 56 career tackles for loss for the Michigan Wolverines football team. In 2008, he led the Big Ten Conference in tackles for loss, with 20 in 11 games. In 2009, he posted 26 tackles for loss and 10.5 sacks in 12 games. As a member of the 2008 Michigan Wolverines football team he earned Second-team 2008 Big Ten All-conference recognition from both the coaches and the media.[2] He was a finalist for the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football Hendricks Award. He was a First-team 2009 All-Big Ten selection by the coaches and media.[3] He was named to several First-team and Second-team 2009 All-America lists by various publications. Graham was also named MVP of the 2010 Senior Bowl.

In high school, he was a highly decorated and highly rated linebacker who served as captain for the 2006 U.S. Army All-American Bowl. He was listed on numerous All-American lists and was a finalists for some of the highest individual honors a high school football player can earn.

Early years

As a youth, Graham played football for the Police Athletic League Detroit Giants for seven years until joining the eighth grade team.[4] Born and raised in Detroit, Graham attended Crockett Vocational Tech, a school that began participating in Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) football competitions in 1996 and that did not have a proper locker room for its football team before moving in his senior season. Since the football field had no lights, parents had to shine their car lights on the field for late practices.[5] At Crockett, Graham, who had been playing competitive football since age seven,[6] was expected to make an immediate impact upon joining the football team's starting lineup as a sophomore,[7] and at the end of the season he was recognized as an honorable mention lineman 2003 All-Detroit selection by The Detroit News.[8]

As a junior, Graham served as linebacker, offensive guard, placekicker, and punter for his team, and he led his team to the MHSAA state championships, while becoming one of three juniors named to the 2004 First-team All-Detroit team with one source listing him as a placekicker and the other as a linebacker on the team.[6][9][10] Crockett won Detroit Public School League Division 1 championship game at Ford Field and entered the Division 5 MHSAA semifinals with a 12–0 record, but Crockett lost 9–0 to defending state champion Lumen Christi Catholic High School.[5][11] In addition to recording 91 tackles (20 for a loss), he maintained a 3.8 grade point average.[10] In one game, he posted twelve tackles, four sacks, four forced fumbles, two blocked punts and scored on a 78-yard fake punt.[12] He was selected for the Associated Press first-team Class B all-state team as a linebacker.[13]

In high school, Rivals.com ranked Graham as the top class of 2006 high school football prospect in the state of Michigan, the number two inside linebacker prospect and the overall fifteenth best prospect in the nation.[14] Scout.com listed him as the number three linebacker in the nation and described him as the number one overall prospect in the midwest.[15] Scout also described him as "arguably the best inside linebacker in the nation".[16] ESPNU ranked him as the number two inside linebacker and number thirty-one prospect in the nation.[17] Recruiting analyst Tom Lemming, listed Graham as the best linebacker in the country for USA Today.[18] The Atlanta Journal-Constitution listed him at 15th among their national top 25 prospects.[19]

Entering his senior season, he was the overwhelming selection as the best high school football player in the state of Michigan according to The Detroit News.[6] He had run a 4.43-second 40-yard dash at the Nike Summer football camp.[6] As a senior, he intended to also play tight end and fullback.[6] One Detroit News preseason analysts listed him at linebacker, tight end and offensive guard.[20] During the season, after missing four weeks to a knee injury, Graham was chosen as one of 78 players to participate in the January 7, 2006 U.S. Army All-American Bowl at the Alamodome. He was also named as a finalist for both the Parade All-America High School player of the year (The high school equivalent of the Heisman Trophy) and the Walter Payton Trophy.[21][22] He was elected captain of the East team at the U.S. Army All-American Bowl and recorded four tackles as well as a blocked field goal in the game that also featured two of his Michigan teammates: (Justin Boren and Stevie Brown).[23][24] There were only 16 finalists for the Parade award, including future Michigan teammate Stephen Schilling and future Heisman-winner Tim Tebow.[25] Graham led his team to a rematch against Lumen Christi, which they lost 35–21 in the MHSAA Division 5 district championship game.[26] In Graham's three years at Crockett, they went undefeated in the regular season and as a senior he was again selected to the All-Detroit first-team as a linebacker.[27] Graham was also selected as to the Associated Press Class B All-State football team as its player of the year.[28] The Detroit News selected him to the All-Class state Dream Team.[29] He was also selected as the All-class statewide best linebacker as part of the inaugural class of The Michigan Prep Football Great 8 awarded by the Mid-Michigan Touchdown Club for being best at his position in the state.[30] By his senior year, he had a 3.2 grade point average.[23]

Since Graham was the first Michigan athlete to play in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl, he was not aware that he was violating Michigan state rules by participating in an out-of-state all-star game. He had to surrender his high school athletic eligibility for the winter and spring seasons. During his time away from athletics, he overate and added 40 pounds (18 kg). Although he had been recruited as a linebacker, with the additional weight he was moved to defensive end. As he lost the excess weight he began to realize that he could excel at a lighter weight.[31]

For his athletic excellence, Graham received many honors. Among the recognition he received are Parade Magazine All-American, EA Sports All-American, USA Today All-USA High School All-America first team (No. 14 player in the nation by USA Today), Michigan Gatorade Player of the Year, first player from the state of Michigan to play in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl, 2005 Detroit News No. 1 Blue Chip prospect, and No. 2 on the Detroit Free Press Best of the Midwest rankings.[1] Additionally, he was recognized as one of ten top prep athletes in Michigan in 2005-2006, including men and women from all sports, as a 2006 McDonald's-Powerade Tomorrow's Winners honoree at the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame dinner.[32]

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight 40‡ Commit date
Brandon Graham
LB		 Detroit, Michigan Crockett Vocational Tech (MI) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 250.5 lb (113.6 kg) 4.65 Feb 20, 2005 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 86
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 3 (LB)   Rivals: 15, 2 (ILB), 1 (MI)  ESPN: 31, 2 (ILB)
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

  • "Michigan Football Commitments". Rivals.com. Retrieved October 1, 2009.
  • "2006 Michigan Football Commits". Scout.com. Retrieved October 1, 2009.
  • "ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved October 1, 2009.
  • "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. Retrieved October 1, 2009.
  • "2006 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved October 1, 2009.

    College career
    Graham played for the University of Michigan Wolverines in college.

    Lloyd Carr era

    Graham arrived at Michigan measuring 295 pounds (134 kg) and 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m).[33] Graham was initially listed as a linebacker at Michigan,[34] but before the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season started for the 2006 Michigan Wolverines football team he switched to defensive end.[35] Graham was (along with Greg Matthews, Carlos Brown, Brandon Minor, and Stevie Brown) one of five true freshmen to play in the season opening game.[36] Graham was the backup for 2006 Lombardi Award and 2006 Ted Hendricks Award winner LaMarr Woodley.[33] Graham also performed as a reserve defensive tackle during the season.[37] Graham made his first tackle for Michigan on October 28 against Northwestern and recorded his first sack and forced fumble on November 11 against Indiana.[1]

    As the 2007 Michigan Wolverines football team prepared for the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season, Graham got some unusual news off the field when he found out that he had been given a perfect 99 rating in the NCAA 2008 EA Sports even though his star teammates Chad Henne, Jake Long and Mike Hart had not.[38] Also, off the field, Graham was issued a ticket playing loud music in a vehicle on July 24 and missed the September 18 court date after pleading not guilty. This caused a judge to issue an arrest warrant for failing to appear in court on a disorderly conduct charge.[39] The charges were dropped under the belief that he had been misidentified.[40] At the start of training camp, he weighed 262 pounds (119 kg) and was the projected starter at defensive end.[33][41] Although projected to as the starter, Graham played sparingly in the opening game loss to two-time defending FCS champions Appalachian State Mountaineers on September 1. Head coach Lloyd Carr noted his disfavor with Graham at the start of the season: "Brandon, he needs to get focused," Carr said, "and do the things that he's capable of doing."[42] He was disappointed in Graham's efforts in practice.[43] In the third game, on September 15 against Notre Dame Graham recorded 3.5 sacks in the rivalry game to help lead Michigan to its first win of the season.[44] The following week, he had 1.5 sacks, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery in a victory against Penn State.[45] Over the course of the season, he started six games at defensive end.[46] He led the team in sacks with 8.5 and was second in forced fumbles with 3.[1] He ranked seventh in the Big Ten for both statistics.[47] He was a mid-season Ted Hendricks Award watch list candidate.[48]

    Rich Rodriguez era
    Graham tackles Terrelle Pryor during 2008 Michigan – Ohio State rivalry game

    Graham, who had been troubled by conditioning issues the prior season arrived at spring practice in very good shape, which pleased newly arrived head coach Rich Rodriguez,[49] who was welcomed by a defensive line composed entirely of returning starters, including Graham.[50] Graham began the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season as a Hendricks award watch list candidate for the 2008 Michigan Wolverines football team.[51] However, the team began the season unranked in the Associated Press poll for the first time in 23 years.[52] On September 27 Graham had 3 sacks and 2 forced fumbles against the Wisconsin Badgers,[53] and he was named Big Ten Conference Defensive Player of the Week.[54] Prior to the October 25 Paul Bunyan Trophy game against Michigan State, Graham guaranteed a victory. Although the team lost 35–21, Graham again recorded three sacks.[55] Graham finished the season with 10 sacks.[56] He led the Big Ten with 20 tackles for a loss and 1.82 tackles for loss per game and was second with 0.91 sacks/game.[57] He ranked second nationally in tackles for loss and tied for eleventh in sacks.[58][59] After the season, he was recognized as a 2008 Second-team All-Big Ten Conference selection by both the coaches and the media.[2] Graham was selected as the team Most Valuable Player.[60]

    Graham in the first wave as the 2009 Michigan Wolverines football team storms into Michigan Stadium
    Graham during coin toss with Tim Hiller and teammates Carlos Brown, Zoltan Mesko and Mark Ortmann.
    Theo Riddick carries the ball as Graham breaks through the line during 2009 Michigan-Notre Dame rivalry game.
    Graham on 2009 Fan Day

    Graham began the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season as a watch lists candidate for the Bednarik Award, Hendricks Award, Lombardi Award, Lott Trophy, and Nagurski Trophy for the 2009 Michigan Wolverines football team.[61] He was also selected by ESPN as the 10th best player in the Big Ten Conference before the season started.[62] He concluded the season as the Chicago Tribune Silver Football recipient as the Big Ten co-MVP (with Daryll Clark). He was the seventh defensive player to earn the award and second in the last 25 years as well as the first co-recipient.[63] Graham was the first player from a losing team in eight years and only the second player to win who was not either Big Ten offensive or defensive player of the year.[64] He posted 26 tackles for loss in 12 games, which led the nation with 2.17 average tackles for a loss per game (ahead of conference rival O'Brien Schofield who was second with 1.884).[65][66] His total of 10.5 sacks ranked fourth in the Big Ten Conference.[66] Four times during the season, he recorded multiple sack games and he had three solo tackles for losses in four games. He ended his career at Michigan with 9 tackles for losses (8 solo and 2 assists) in his final two games, including a career-high 5 solo tackles for losses against Ohio State in the 2009 rivalry game, which was the final game of his career.[67] Graham was one of seven finalists for the Hendricks Award.[68] At the conclusion of the season he was a 2009 First-team All-Big Ten selection by the coaches and media.[3] He was a First-team 2009 College Football All-America Team selection by ESPN, Rivals.com and Scout.com,[69][70][71] and he was a Second-team All-American defensive line selection by the Walter Camp Football Foundation, Associated Press, Sports Illustrated, College Football News and The Sporting News.[72][73][74][75][76] He was an honorable mention All-American by Pro Football Weekly (which had no second team).[77] Graham was again selected as the team MVP,[78] which made him the school's first defensive player to be two-time MVP.[1] As of December 2009, Graham was the only Big Ten player on Mel Kiper Jr.'s "Big Board" Top 25.[64] Brandon Graham earned MVP honors at the January 30, 2010 Senior Bowl with five tackles, two sacks, one forced fumble.[79]

    Professional career
    Pre-draft measurables
    HeightWeightArm lengthHand size40-yard dashBench press
    6 ft 1 3⁄8 in
    (1.86 m)    		 268 lb
    (122 kg)    		 32 1⁄4 in
    (0.82 m)    		 9 7⁄8 in
    (0.25 m)    		4.72 s31 reps
    All values from NFL Combine[80]

    At the NFL Combine, Graham ranked 8th among defensive linemen with a 4.72 40-yard dash and 10th in the bench press with 31.[81][82]

    Philadelphia Eagles

    The Philadelphia Eagles selected Graham in the first round (13th overall) of the 2010 NFL Draft. The Philadelphia Eagles acquired the selection after trading their first round pick (24th overall), third round pick (70th overall), and an additional third round pick (87th overall) to the Denver Broncos. Graham was the first defensive and Big Ten Conference player selected in the 2010 NFL Draft.[83] He decided to wear number 54 for the Eagles immediately after the draft,[84] but changed his mind and chose number 55.[85]

    Brandon Graham pressures Indianapolis Colts' quarterback Peyton Manning during a 2010 game

    On July 29, 2010, the Philadelphia Eagles signed Graham to a five-year, $16.90 million contract that includes $12.67 million guaranteed.[86] Graham entered training camp slated as a starting defensive end. Head coach Andy Reid named Graham and Trent Cole the starting defensive ends to begin the regular season.[87]

    He made his professional regular season debut and first career start in the Philadelphia Eagles' season-opener against the Green Bay Packers, but did not record a statistic during their 27-20 loss. The following week, he recorded two solo tackles and made his first career sack during a 35-32 win at the Detroit Lions. Graham made his first career sack on Lions' quarterback Shaun Hill for a two-yard loss during the first quarter.[88] On November 28, 2010, Graham collected a season-high three solo tackles and made one sack during a 31-26 loss at the Chicago Bears in Week 12. On December 12, 2010, Graham suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) during 30–27 victory at the Dallas Cowboys in Week 14. On December 14, 2010, the Philadelphia Eagles placed Graham on the injured reserve list.[89] He underwent microfracture surgery on his right knee on December 21.[90]

    He was placed on the active/physically unable to perform list on July 28, 2011, before the start of training camp.[91] He was removed from the physically unable to perform list so he could return to practice on October 24 and was activated on November 5, 2011.[92] In 2013, he moved from defensive end to linebacker.[93][94] Many people had predicted he would become a linebacker at the pro level back when he was still in college.[95]

    After coming close to signing with the New York Giants in 2015, Graham signed a 4-year $26 million contract with $14 million guaranteed with the Eagles to remain with the team.[96]

    Graham talks to the media post-game in 2017

    He posted 59 tackles, two forced fumbles, 11 run stuffs, and 5.5 sacks for the 2016 Philadelphia Eagles. Following the 2016 NFL season, in which he moved back to defensive end under new defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz, he was named to the 2016 All-Pro 2nd Team by the Associated Press.[97] He was also named a first team All-Pro by Pro Football Focus and All-NFC by the Pro Football Writers Association.[98][99] and was rated as the ninth best player in the NFL[100] by Pro Football Focus. He was ranked 93rd by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2017.[101]

    In his 2017 season debut, he recorded four tackles, two sacks, and a pass deflection in the Eagles' 30–10 win over the Washington Redskins. He earned multiple performance bonuses for the 2017 Philadelphia Eagles when he posted 9.5 sacks and 47 tackles.[102] His 9.5 sacks led the team and were a career-high.[103] During the 2017–18 NFL playoffs, he tallied two tackles for a loss in the final drive against the Atlanta Falcons on January 13.[104] With 2:21 remaining in the fourth quarter of Super Bowl LII, he strip sacked Tom Brady, forcing a fumble recovered by teammate Derek Barnett. The Eagles won 41-33.[105][106]

    On May 16, 2018, it was revealed that Graham underwent ankle surgery earlier in the month, meaning that he missed some offseason practices.[107] In 2018, he recorded 39 combined tackles, four sacks, and a forced fumble.[108] On March 1, 2019, Graham signed a three-year, $40 million contract extension with the Eagles through the 2021 season.[109] In week 3 of the 2019 season against the New York Jets, Graham sacked Luke Falk 3 times in the 33-6 win.[110] In week 8 against the Buffalo Bills, Graham recorded a strip sack on Josh Allen and recovered the ball in the 31-13 win.[111]

    NFL statistics
    YearTeamGPCOMBTOTALASTSACKFFFRFR YDSINTIR YDSAVG IRLNGTDPD
    2010PHI 13131213.0200000000
    2011PHI 34400.0000000000
    2012PHI 16383085.5210000001
    2013PHI 16191543.0100000000
    2014PHI 164635115.5400000000
    2015PHI 165139126.5300000001
    2016PHI 165941185.5214000001
    2017PHI 154733149.52116000012
    2018PHI 16393184.0110000002
    2019PHI 165035158.5124000000
    2020PHI 164635118.0210000000
    Career15941431210259.019724000017

    [112]

    Personal life

    Graham is married to Carlyne Graham.[113]

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