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Mason Graham

Former defensive lineman at Michigan. 2024: 3.5 sacks, 7 tackles for loss, 46 tackles.

DL · Michigan · Jr. · #55

6′3″ · 320 lb · Anaheim, CA

CFB Index 68 · #109 of 426 edge rushersLow confidenceConsensus AACleveland — drafted 2025, Rd 1, Pick 5, #5 overall

On production he ranks #109 of 426 edge rushers; on reputation he is a consensus All-American. The gap between those two numbers is the story.

Recruiting

4★

DL recruit

No. 247 nationally · Signed with Michigan

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive lineman at Michigan. 2024: 3.5 sacks, 7 tackles for loss, 46 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Michigan in 2022.
Drafted round 1 by the Cleveland in 2025.
Named All-America (AFCA) in 2024.

His career, year by year

Career, closed

Gone at #5 overall.

How it ended

Three seasons at Michigan, 9 sacks, a Consensus All-American season (2024) — drafted at #5 overall by Cleveland.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

202212 games

Signed with Michigan4-star out of Servite

202312 games

All-Big Tenfirst

202412 games

All-Big Tenfirst
All-America13 selectors

2025

Drafted by Clevelandround 1, pick 5

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#247 national

CFB

College

Michigan

2022–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

R1 · #5

Cleveland · 2025

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

14 honors · 2 categories

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ALL-AMERICA · CONSENSUS

Consensus AA (2024)

11 first-team selectors

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ALL-BIG TEN · 1ST TEAM

All-Big Ten 1st team (2024)

Coaching lineage · 2022–2024

2 coaches

2022–2023

Jim Harbaugh

Michigan

2024

Sherrone Moore

Michigan

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Jim Harbaugh → Sherrone Moore. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

ClevelandEntering 2nd NFL season

#5Rd 1 · Pick 5

ClevelandEntering 2nd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Michigan13-1HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-heavy

2023Michigan15-0HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2024Michigan8-5HC: Sherrone Moore · Run-heavy, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

68Quality starter #109 of 426?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (90th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (89th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#243 / 2892 · 90th pct

3.5

Tackles for loss#304 / 2892 · 89th pct

7.0

QB hurries#397 / 2892 · 83rd pct

Tackles#713 / 2892 · 75th pct

Solo tackles#838 / 2892 · 70th pct

Passes defended#1155 / 2892 · 49th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home8g	3.4	0.7	0.4	0.0
Road4g	4.8	0.4	0.1	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.5	0.7	0.6	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	4.2	0.5	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kyle Whittingham

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Consensus All-American

First team on a majority of the recognized selector lists.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

68 · #109 of 426 edge rushers

Former four-star. Now #109 at the position.

Selector Grid · 2024

AP—

FWAA—

AFCA—

WCFF—

SN—

SI—

Named Consensus All-American — recognized on 3+ of the 5 NCAA-recognized selector lists.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Michigan	46	24	7.0	3.5	1	--	--
2023	Michigan	32	22	7.5	3.0	1	--	--
2022	Michigan	24	11	2.5	2.5	1	--	--
Career		102	57	17.0	9.0	3	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 14 · 2024

W 13–10

at Ohio State

7 TOT · 5 SOLO

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.

With T. Doman — 47 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 68 LONG · K. Mullings — 116 rush yds (32 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 30-10vs Fresno State	4	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 12-31vs Texas	3	2	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 28-18vs Arkansas State	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 27-24vs USC	6	3	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 27-24vs Minnesota	4	2	2.0	2.0	—	0	2 sacks
Wk 6	L 17-27@ Washington	2	0	0.5	0.5	—	1
Wk 8	L 7-21@ Illinois	6	1	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 24-17vs Michigan State	3	2	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 17-38vs Oregon	3	2	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 15-20@ Indiana	4	1	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 50-6vs Northwestern	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	W 13-10@ Ohio State	7	5	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 7 tackles
Total		46	24	7.0	3.5	—	1

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Mason Graham

202212 games

202312 games

202412 games

2025

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Consensus All-American

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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