Mason Graham: DL · Michigan · #55.
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Mason Graham
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. Played for two head coaches at Michigan: Jim Harbaugh and Sherrone Moore. All-America (Consensus) in 2024 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. On tape: 7 tackles against Ohio State, Week 14, 2024.
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
46 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 7 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 12 games
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| 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 No. 3 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 No. 11 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@ No. 22 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 No. 1 Oregon | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 15-20@ No. 8 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@ No. 2 Ohio State | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Total | 46 | 24 | 7.0 | 3.5 | — | 1 |
Week 5 · 2024
W 27-24
vs Minnesota
2 sacks · 2 tackles for loss · 4 tackles
A close one, won by 3 at home.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
15%7 TFLSack rate
8%4 sacksHurry rate
7%3 hurries46 tackles · 7 for loss · 3.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 12 games
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
Head Coach
Sherrone Moore
Pass share
39.2%
308 pass / 477 run
Plays / game
60.4
13 games
Team sack rate
4.6%
323 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2024
First team on every major selector list.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #109 at the position.
Selector Grid · 2024
Named Consensus All-American — recognized on 3+ of the 5 NCAA-recognized selector lists.
Career, closed
Gone at #5 overall.
How it ended
Three seasons at Michigan, 9 sacks, a Unanimous All-American season (2024) — drafted at #5 overall by the Cleveland Browns.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AMERICA · UNANIMOUS
Unanimous AA (2024)
Named to 11 first-team selectors
ALL-BIG TEN · 1ST TEAM
All-Big Ten 1st team (2024)
Coaching lineage · 2022–2024
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Jim Harbaugh → Sherrone Moore. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Next stop · NFL
Cleveland BrownsEntering 2nd NFL season
Cleveland BrownsEntering 2nd NFL season
