Brandon Graham to become first 15 year player in Philadelphia Eagles history
Congratulations to Brandon Graham as he signs a one-year deal and is on the verge of setting the franchise record for most seasons played with the Eagles. Another absolute UM legend!
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/39692463/eagles-de-brandon-graham-agree-one-year-deal
Iron man!
Brandon is planning his vengeance
That he will soon unfurl
Now the time is here
For iron man to spread fear
Michigan football is the king of football 🤴🏿
Reigning King of football, too!
Congratulations Magnus
Top 5 all time beloved Eagles player and author of the most impt play in franchise history.
Glad he gets to do a farewell season for the team.
Got me thinking about how many UM players are in a similar pantheon for their franchises
Brady- Pats
Woodson-Raiders
sure there are others but can’t think of them at the moment.
Chad Henne-Chiefs
/s (but not really)
DE played for the Steelers? Can't remember his name now...
James Harrison.
Mike Kenn OT - 17 years with the Atlanta Falcons. (Left tackle tradition, graduated in 1977.)
When he was a freshman:
- Bo passed away
- Mike Hart carried the rock
- Chad Henne was our QB
- Mario Manningham and Stevie Breaston caught his passes
- David Harris was his MLB
- He play behind LaMarr Woodley
Yep, he’s been playing awhile.
His 2010 hit on Winston was one of the few highlights of a bad stretch.
Winston was one of dbagtonio's stellar recruits....
Suspended, jailed, suspended, kicked off.
Getting kicked off a Dantonio MSU team took WORK.
Breaking the jaw of a staee hockey player with a sucker punch in a bar put him in jail. Being part of a planned masked beatdown of some frat boys apparently was the final straw...
He fit right in with the rest of the hoodlums during that era.
March 10th, 2024 at 12:49 AM ^
Damn, saw "Winston" and thought "Jameis?"
Dantonio definitely had some wrong ideas about player suspensions. I can't remember the guy's name, but he was arrested, was in jail, released, and played that Saturday. A safety. On the tip of my tongue, I bitched about it a TON when it happened (not here).
For the life of me I can't find the story (and sadly, there's a LOT of Google results), but it may have been Chris Rucker.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/news/story?id=5738854
If you don't follow the link, just enjoy this quote, which, 14 years later, still made my head shake: "Zero tolerance does not mean automatic dismissal," the coach said. "To some critics, it might be seen as a low-percentage call or the wrong decision," Dantonio said. "It is neither. To me, our coaches, and our entire team -- the men in the arena -- it was the right call for the right reasons."
I blockquoted my own thoughts as well, but you get the idea. Keep in mind I am a graduate, I rooted HARD for this team, and I thought it was utter BS what he was saying. "Zero tolerance" means exactly that, Mark!
I thought this was in 2009 at the latest
Good for him.
I read that early signs in his pro career suggested he would be a bust. It's impressive that he persevered.
Go, Graham! Go, Blue!
He was hurt early on. I’m so glad he worked through and showed everyone just how awesome a player (and person) he is. One of my favorite Michigan defensive players.
Double Nickel!!!!!
Seems like they're getting really good value from that pick.
Legend that played in a rough era for UM football.
Great pro, many accolades, a Super Bowl victory. Hope he stays healthy and goes out on his own terms.
Really happy for him. The guy was a monster on some bad Michigan defenses. I remember it being a regular occurrence for Graham to be torching people and the rest of the defense would just be completely non-descript. Every 2009 game was like this UFR or this one.
He was basically Hutchinson or Mason Graham but with a quarter of the supporting cast
Ok. I went to the UM @ iowa game in 2009. Graham was the best player on the field. Destroyed the iowa 1st round LT. Tate got hurt Denard threw a bad late INT. Mich should have won. All that said, Graham was the best player on the field that day.
Eastside stand up ⬆️‼️
It was easy to track where Brandon was on the field during a Michigan game. The big, fast guy that was gaining on the ball carrier while the other team was running away from him.
All for the same team. Very rare.