Linebacker, Purdue, 2019–⁠22

Jalen Graham

Number: No. 6
Height: 6′3″
Weight: 220 lb
Class (2022): Senior
Hometown: Detroit, MI
Born: Jan 11, 2001

Jalen Graham played linebacker at Purdue (2019–⁠22). The San Francisco 49ers took Graham in round 7, No. 255 overall in the 2023 NFL Draft.

Best season: 64; Tackles, 2021 (Purdue, 9–⁠4)
Drafted: No. 255; Round 7, 2023 NFL Draft (San Francisco 49ers)

12tackles, career highvs. Tennessee, 2021 2interceptions, career highat Nebraska, 2021

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record

4–⁠82–⁠49–⁠48–⁠6

Season	Team	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD	Hur
2019	Purdue	37	24	2.5	0	0	1	0
2020	Purdue	13	9	1	0	0	0	0
2021	Purdue	64	45	4	1	2	7	2
2022	Purdue	48	34	5	1	1	5	1
Career		162	112	12.5	2	3	13	3

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt
2019	Purdue	6	LB	Fr.
2020	Purdue	6	LB	So.
2021	Purdue	6	LB	Jr.
2022	Purdue	6	LB	Sr.	6′3″	220

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

2022 Purdue 8 games, 48 tackles, 1 sack, 1 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD
Sep 1	vs.Penn State	L 31–⁠35	6	4	0	0	0	1
Oct 8	atMaryland	W 31–⁠29	9	9	1	0	0	1
Oct 15	vs.Nebraska	W 43–⁠37	6	6	2	1	0	0
Oct 22	atWisconsin	L 24–⁠35	4	2	0	0	0	0
Nov 5	vs.Iowa	L 3–⁠24	2	1	0	0	0	1
Nov 12	atIllinois	W 31–⁠24	6	6	1	0	0	1
Nov 19	vs.Northwestern	W 17–⁠9	7	2	0	0	1	0
Nov 26	atIndiana	W 30–⁠16	8	4	1	0	0	1

2021 Purdue 13 games, 64 tackles, 1 sack, 2 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD
Sep 4	vs.Oregon State	W 30–⁠21	6	5	1	1	0	3
Sep 11	atUConn	W 49–⁠0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Sep 18	atNotre Dame	L 13–⁠27	5	3	1	0	0	0
Sep 25	vs.Illinois	W 13–⁠9	3	3	1	0	0	0
Oct 2	vs.Minnesota	L 13–⁠20	4	4	0	0	0	0
Oct 16	atIowa	W 24–⁠7	4	2	0	0	0	2
Oct 23	vs.Wisconsin	L 13–⁠30	4	4	0	0	0	0
Oct 30	atNebraska	W 28–⁠23	6	5	0	0	2	1
Nov 6	vs.Michigan State	W 40–⁠29	7	6	0	0	0	0
Nov 13	atOhio State	L 31–⁠59	5	2	0	0	0	0
Nov 20	vs.Northwestern	W 32–⁠14	6	5	1	0	0	0
Nov 27	vs.Indiana	W 44–⁠7	1	1	0	0	0	0
Dec 30 ✦	vs.Tennessee	W 48–⁠45	12	5	0	0	0	1

2020 Purdue 4 games, 13 tackles

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL
Oct 31	atIllinois	W 31–⁠24	2	1	0
Nov 14	vs.Northwestern	L 20–⁠27	5	3	1
Nov 20	atMinnesota	L 31–⁠34	1	1	0
Nov 28	vs.Rutgers	L 30–⁠37	5	4	0

2019 Purdue 11 games, 37 tackles

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	PD
Aug 30	atNevada	L 31–⁠34	4	3	0	0
Sep 7	vs.Vanderbilt	W 42–⁠24	2	1	0	0
Sep 14	vs.TCU	L 13–⁠34	3	3	0	0
Sep 28	vs.Minnesota	L 31–⁠38	2	1	0	0
Oct 5	atPenn State	L 7–⁠35	7	2	0	0
Oct 12	vs.Maryland	W 40–⁠14	2	1	0	0
Oct 19	atIowa	L 20–⁠26	2	0	0.5	0
Nov 2	vs.Nebraska	W 31–⁠27	8	7	2	0
Nov 9	atNorthwestern	W 24–⁠22	1	1	0	0
Nov 23	atWisconsin	L 24–⁠45	3	3	0	0
Nov 30	vs.Indiana	L 41–⁠44	3	2	0	1

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

Before the draft

Drill	Combine 2023	Combine or pro day 2023
Height	6′1⅞″
Weight	220 lb
Arm length	33″
Hand size	9⅞″
Wingspan		78¾″^W
40-yard dash	4.64 s
10-yard split		1.68 s
Vertical jump	30½″
Broad jump	9′4″
Bench press		18 reps
3-cone drill		7.31 s
20-yard shuttle		4.46 s

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

In the NFL

3 seasons, 8 games with a stat; latest team: San Francisco 49ers.

Season	Team	G	Tkl
2023	San Francisco 49ers	1	1
2024	San Francisco 49ers	6	8
2025	San Francisco 49ers	1	1
NFL career		8	10

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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