Before going further, it bears mentioning that Glenn, general manager Darren Mougey and the Jets have not given any indications of who, they’ll be taking with their seventh overall pick in the NFL Draft. And Graham, after many team interviews already, including the Jets, doesn’t yet know which direction he’s headed next — “Whenever I get that call,” he said, “I’ll know who I’m going to.”
But the 6-3, 320-pound first-team All-American is already many draft analysts’ top interior D-lineman in a draft that Mougey said on Tuesday has “a really strong defensive line group.” And Graham is not bragging but he’s not shy about agreeing with that consensus.
“Just how hard I work, off-the-field-stuff, that I’m all about business — no one’s really concerned about that,” he said of the tone of the several team interviews he already had Tuesday evening. “I’m not a mysterious guy. You don’t have to look deep into me to find out about me. Everything’s out there, nothing to hide.”
What’s out there has wowed the scouts. Lance Zierlein of NFL.com had a few choice phrases to describe his game: “Graham’s first-step quickness makes interior disruption inevitable” and “Harmonious hands and feet are the catalyst for his edge-to-edge counters.” Pro Football Focus gave him a 2024 run defense grade of 92.6, tops among all FBS defensive lineman, and an overall 91.1 defensive grade, tied for the best among interior DL.
“I pride myself on playing the run and the pass, because I feel that’s what a complete D-lineman does,” he said. “But obviously, rushing the passer I feel like I’m really good at, too. I can run through guys or I can be a finesse guy at the same time.”
Graham’s impact was larger than his numbers of 81 tackles, 14.5 tackles for loss and 6.5 sacks his last two seasons as a Michigan starter. He was named first-team All-Big Ten both years and was the Rose Bowl Defensive MVP at the end of the ’23 season.
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