D.J. Graham is a defensive back who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Kansas.
Graham moves between deep coverage and the slot. The five seasons span three programs and five head coaches: Lincoln Riley, Bob Stoops, Brent Venables, Nate Dreiling and Lance Leipold. A game that shows it: 5 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against UCF — Week 6, 2025.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
24 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Kansas | 24 | 22 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 3 | -- |
| 2024 | Utah State | 42 | 28 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2022 | Oklahoma | 14 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- |
| 2021 | Oklahoma | 36 | 25 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2020 | Oklahoma | 20 | 15 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Career | 136 | 95 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 10 | 4 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 46-7vs Wagner | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 31-42@ Missouri | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 41-10vs West Virginia | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 34-37vs Cincinnati | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 27-20@ UCF | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 7 | L 17-42@ No. 9 Texas Tech | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 17-42vs Kansas State | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | W 38-21vs Oklahoma State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 14-38@ Iowa State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 24 | 22 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
12%3 pass breakupsTackle volume
24tackles this seasonTFL rate
8%2 TFL24 tackles · 2 for loss · 3 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lance Leipold
Pass share
45.1%
344 pass / 419 run
Plays / game
63.6
12 games
Team sack rate
4.9%
371 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Big 12
Based on 2025: #42 of 42 Big 12 DBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
Coaching lineage · 2020–2025
4 coachesPlayed for 4 head coaches at 3 schools: Lincoln Riley, Brent Venables, Nate Dreiling and Lance Leipold.
