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Brandon Graham in the NFL
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Defensive end, Michigan, 2006–⁠09

Brandon Graham

Number
No. 55
Height
6′2″
Hometown
Detroit, MI
Born
Apr 3, 1988, in Detroit, Michigan

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Brandon Graham played defensive end at Michigan (2006–⁠09). The Philadelphia Eagles took Graham in the first round, No. 13 overall in the 2010 NFL Draft.

Best season
2009
Chicago Tribune Silver Football and First-team All-Big Ten
Drafted
No. 13
Overall, 2010 NFL Draft (Philadelphia Eagles)

Honors

All-America: AP second team 2009; Sporting News second team 2009; Walter Camp second team 2009; ESPN 2009; Rivals.com 2009; Scout.com 2009

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Returns

SeasonTeamPRYdsTD
2009Michigan3361

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLSacksPBUFF
2006102130.50.5–1
2007131312259.58.513
2008112917462010–2
2009124222642610.522
On file86521385629.5–8

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2009Michigan55DE6′2″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2009 Michigan 3 games, 3 returns, 36 yards
DateOpponentResultPRYds
Oct 17vs.Delaware StateW 63–⁠612
Oct 24vs.Penn StateL 10–⁠3518
Oct 31atIllinoisL 13–⁠38126

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

MVP of the 2010 Senior Bowl.

DrillCombine 2010Combine or pro day 2010
Height6′1⅜″
Weight268 lb
Arm length32¼″
Hand size9⅞″
40-yard dash4.72 s
10-yard split1.65 s
Vertical jump31½″
Broad jump9′3″
Bench press31 reps
3-cone drill7.01 s
20-yard shuttle4.25 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

16 seasons, 188 games with a stat; latest team: Philadelphia Eagles.

Pro Bowl: 2020 · Second-team All-Pro (AP): 2016

All-Pro teams: AP second team 2016.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2010Philadelphia Eagles111230
2011Philadelphia Eagles2400
2012Philadelphia Eagles13375.50
2013Philadelphia Eagles131930
2014Philadelphia Eagles15445.50
2015Philadelphia Eagles15476.50
2016Philadelphia Eagles16585.50
2017Philadelphia Eagles15449.50
2018Philadelphia Eagles153340
2019Philadelphia Eagles16498.50
2020Philadelphia Eagles164380
2021Philadelphia Eagles1200
2022Philadelphia Eagles1632110
2023Philadelphia Eagles101430
2024Philadelphia Eagles10173.50
2025Philadelphia Eagles4830
NFL career18846379.50

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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