Brandon Lee Graham was born on April 3,1988 and is an American football defensive end for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League.
58 Facts About Brandon Graham
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Brandon Graham 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.
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Brandon Graham 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.
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Brandon Graham was the 2009 FBS tackles for a loss champion after finishing second in 2008 by 0.01 tackles for loss per game.
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Brandon Graham was the 2008 and 2009 Big Ten Conference tackles for loss leader.
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Brandon Graham was a finalist for the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football Hendricks Award.
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Brandon Graham was a First-team 2009 All-Big Ten selection by the coaches and media.
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Brandon Graham was named to several First-team and Second-team 2009 All-America lists by various publications.
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Brandon Graham was a second team 2016 All-Pro selection and a 2020 Pro Bowl selection.
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Brandon Graham led the Super Bowl LII champion Philadelphia Eagles in quarterback sacks with 9.5 during the 2017 NFL season.
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Brandon Graham is responsible for one of the biggest plays in Philadelphia sports history, as he posted a pivotal strip sack on Tom Brady in the closing minutes of Super Bowl LII, which was the franchise's first Super Bowl victory.
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At Crockett, Brandon Graham, who had been playing competitive football since age seven, was expected to make an immediate impact upon joining the football team's starting lineup as a sophomore, and at the end of the season he was recognized as an honorable mention lineman 2003 All-Detroit selection by The Detroit News.
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Brandon Graham was selected for the Associated Press first-team Class B all-state team as a linebacker.
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Brandon Graham had run a 4.43-second 40-yard dash at the Nike Summer football camp.
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Brandon Graham was named as a finalist for both the Parade All-America High School player of the year and the Walter Payton Trophy.
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Brandon Graham was elected captain of the East team at the US Army All-American Bowl and recorded four tackles as well as a blocked field goal in the game that featured two of his Michigan teammates:.
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Brandon Graham was selected as to the Associated Press Class B All-State football team as its player of the year.
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Brandon Graham was 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.
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Since Brandon Graham was the first Michigan athlete to play in the US 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.
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Brandon Graham had to surrender his high school athletic eligibility for the winter and spring seasons.
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Brandon Graham was initially listed as a linebacker at Michigan, but before the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season started for the 2006 Michigan Wolverines football team he switched to defensive end.
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Brandon Graham was the backup for 2006 Lombardi Award and 2006 Ted Hendricks Award winner LaMarr Woodley.
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Brandon Graham performed as a reserve defensive tackle during the season.
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Brandon Graham led the team in sacks with 8.5 and was second in forced fumbles with 3.
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Brandon Graham ranked seventh in the Big Ten for both statistics.
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Brandon Graham was a mid-season Ted Hendricks Award watch list candidate.
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Brandon 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, who was welcomed by a defensive line composed entirely of returning starters, including Brandon Graham.
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Brandon Graham began the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season as a Hendricks award watch list candidate for the 2008 Michigan Wolverines football team.
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Brandon Graham ranked second nationally in tackles for loss and tied for eleventh in sacks.
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Brandon 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.
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Brandon Graham was selected by ESPN as the 10th best player in the Big Ten Conference before the season started.
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Brandon Graham concluded the season as the Chicago Tribune Silver Football recipient as the Big Ten co-MVP.
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Brandon Graham was the seventh defensive player to earn the award and second in the last 25 years as well as the first co-recipient.
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Brandon 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.
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Brandon Graham posted 26 tackles for loss in 12 games, which led the nation with 2.17 average tackles for a loss per game.
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Brandon Graham ended his career at Michigan with 9 tackles for losses 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.
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Brandon Graham was one of seven finalists for the Hendricks Award.
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Brandon Graham was a First-team 2009 College Football All-America Team selection by ESPN, Rivals.
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Brandon Graham was an honorable mention All-American by Pro Football Weekly.
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Brandon Graham was again selected as the team MVP, which made him the school's first defensive player to be two-time MVP.
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Brandon Graham earned MVP honors at the January 30,2010 Senior Bowl with five tackles, two sacks, one forced fumble.
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At the NFL Combine, Brandon Graham ranked 8th among defensive linemen with a 4.72 40-yard dash and 10th in the bench press with 31.
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Brandon Graham was the first defensive and Big Ten Conference player selected in the 2010 NFL Draft.
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Brandon Graham decided to wear number 94 for the Eagles immediately after the draft, but changed his mind and chose number 54.
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Brandon Graham entered training camp slated as a starting defensive end.
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Brandon Graham made his first career sack on Lions' quarterback Shaun Hill for a two-yard loss during the first quarter.
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Brandon Graham 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.
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Brandon Graham posted 59 tackles, two forced fumbles, 11 run stuffs, and 5.5 sacks for the 2016 Philadelphia Eagles.
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Brandon Graham was named a first team All-Pro by Pro Football Focus and All-NFC by the Pro Football Writers Association.
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Brandon Graham was ranked 93rd by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2017.
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Brandon Graham earned multiple performance bonuses for the 2017 Philadelphia Eagles when he posted 9.5 sacks and 47 tackles.
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On May 16,2018, it was revealed that Brandon Graham underwent ankle surgery earlier in the month, meaning that he missed some offseason practices.
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On March 1,2019, Brandon Graham signed a three-year, $40 million contract extension with the Eagles through the 2021 season.
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Brandon Graham signed a one-year contract extension with the Eagles on March 15,2021.
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In Week 2 of the 2021 season, Brandon Graham suffered a torn Achilles and was placed on season-ending injured reserve on September 21,2021.
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On March 10,2023, Brandon Graham re-signed with the Eagles on a one-year contract.
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At the time, Brandon Graham is the longest tenured Eagle with 178 regular-season games played and has a chance to pass David Akers' franchise record of 188 regular-season games played, as well as, tie Chuck Bednarik for most years as an Eagle.
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In 2022, Brandon Graham provided vocals on the Christmas album A Philly Special Christmas.