Articles tagged:Brandon Graham

Posted: Fri Jul 15 10:43 a.m. by Pete Cunningham
Former Michigan athletes deal with NFL, NBA lockouts

Former Michigan basketball player Manny Harris said that, despite the lockout in the NBA, he’s not planning on playing overseas. The same can’t be said of his former Wolverines teammate DeShawn Sims. After being named the NBA Development League Rookie of the Year last year with the Maine Red Claws, ...

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Posted: Mon Jul 11 10:41 p.m. by Kyle Meinke Michigan football reporter
Brandon Graham expects to miss start of NFL season and more notes from Jalen Rose's golf outing

After spending several months confined to his home, former Michigan defensive end Brandon Graham is finally healthy enough to play golf. He just isn’t healthy enough to put on shoulder pads -- and said he will miss the beginning of the 2011 NFL season, should it start on time.

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Posted: Mon Jul 11 8:07 p.m. by Kyle Meinke Michigan football reporter
Former Michigan basketball star Jalen Rose raises $75,000 at Barton Hills golf event

The ironic thing about Jalen Rose's golf outing Monday at Barton Hills Country Club? There hardly was a golfer among his star-studded guest list -- not that it kept him from raising $75,000 for the Jalen Rose Leadership Academy, his tuition-free charter school that is set to open in September on Detroit's Northwest Side.

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Posted: Mon May 23 1:57 p.m. by AnnArbor.com Staff

Former Michigan football player Brandon Graham says he is rehabilitating his right knee five days a week after an injury ended his rookie season with the Philadelphia Eagles, Philly.com reports. "I'm excited to see how I come back from this, but I know I'm going to come back good," said ...

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Posted: Fri Mar 4 7 a.m. by Kaleb Roedel

South Carolina football coach Steve Spurrier thinks the Big Ten would be more competitive if teams would indulge in oversigning like SEC teams do.Does Spurrier have a point? MLive.com contributor Kyle Warber thinks Spurrier is right.Writes Warber, "Big Ten fans should also know that their home teams already practice oversigning, ...

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Posted: Thu Mar 3 12:59 p.m. by AnnArbor.com Staff
Here's how former Michigan football player Brandon Graham will handle an NFL lockout

A season-ending ACL injury cut short Brandon Graham's rookie season with the Philadelphia Eagles. A potential NFL lockout will complicate his recovery. Graham, a former Michigan defensive end, shared his plans with Eagles blogger Chris McPherson.

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Posted: Tue Nov 16 5:02 p.m. by Pete Bigelow AnnArbor.com
The necessity of Wisconsin's lopsided win, how Ryan Kerrigan compares to Brandon Graham, football at Wrigley Field and more

A lot of people across the country thought No. 6 Wisconsin ran up the score against Indiana in Saturday’s 83-20 game. Indiana coach Bill Lynch wasn’t among them. “I didn’t have any problem,” he said Tuesday. “I think it’s our responsibility to stop them. We didn’t do a good job ...

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Posted: Fri Nov 5 2:34 p.m. by Pete Bigelow AnnArbor.com

Halfway through his rookie NFL season, former Michigan defensive end Brandon Graham said he has hit a “rookie wall.” “Man, it’s like it’s just a continuous grind and you’ve got to get ready,” he said, laughing. “You wake up every morning and you’re like, man, I could lie in bed. ...

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Posted: Thu Nov 4 8:02 a.m. by Pete Bigelow AnnArbor.com
Is the 3-3-5 the source of Michigan's defensive woes? Brandon Graham thinks so

As the standout performer on the Michigan football team’s defense for several seasons, Brandon Graham says he knows the cure for the unit’s season-long troubles. “They just need me around,” he laughed. Amid the growing concern about the team’s beleaguered defense, on pace to allow a school-record 360 points this ...

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Posted: Wed Sep 15 2:39 p.m. by AnnArbor.com Staff

Brandon Graham, the former Michigan defensive end and a first-round NFL Draft pick of the Philadelphia Eagles, says any talk about football coach Rich Rodriguez leaving Michigan is premature. "I know he's going to be there, he's staying there, he's not going anywhere. I can see that already within the ...

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Posted: Fri Jun 25 8:50 a.m. by AnnArbor.com Staff

Former Michigan defensive end Brandon Graham is featured in a video on the Philadelphia Eagles website. In it, he says he's ready to put on the pads and start hitting.

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Posted: Mon May 3 11:34 a.m. by AnnArbor.com Staff
Brandon Graham meets President Obama, Eastern Michigan football ranks dead last and Les Miles against expansion

Participating in his first Eagles minicamp wasn't the only highlight of Brandon Graham's week. He also met President Obama during Saturday's graduation ceremony in Ann Arbor. "I got to shake his hand," Graham told gcobb.com. "It was a real cool thing - my coach set it up (Rich Rodriguez). I ...

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Posted: Mon Apr 26 11:28 a.m. by Dave Birkett AnnArbor.com
Where Michigan's draft-eligible players ended up

Michigan had three players chosen in last week's NFL draft, defensive end Brandon Graham, punter Zoltan Mesko and safety Stevie Brown. Here's a roundup of where those three and the rest of the Wolverines' draft-eligible players are headed:

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Posted: Sat Apr 24 12:07 a.m. by Dave Birkett AnnArbor.com

Former Michigan defensive end Brandon Graham was introduced Friday as the Philadelphia Eagles' newest first-round draft pick. Graham, who went 13th overall, toured the Eagles' facilities, met the coaching staff and answered questions for local reporters. Here are some highlights of his press conference:

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Posted: Fri Apr 23 12:17 a.m. by Dave Birkett AnnArbor.com
Brandon Graham surprised, excited the Eagles drafted him 13th overall

Next stop for Brandon Graham: Philadelphia. (File photo) BIRMINGHAM - By 10 p.m. Thursday, about an hour after the Philadelphia Eagles made him the 13th pick of the NFL draft, Brandon Graham had 206 unopened text messages and a voice mailbox full of unanswered phone calls. “I’ll get to them ...

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