Draft Dope from Pigskin Paul
I have not been as profuse in my praise of BRANDON GRAHAM/DE/MICHIGAN as many have been after watching him in Mobile last week. I see GRAHAM as a very high-energy player with some pass-rush ability. But I think he is limited and and will be facing a move to OLB in the NFL. He does not remind me of DWIGHT FREENEY. He is more like ELVIS DUMERVIL of the BRONCOS. I only saw GRAHAM using an upfield, outside push move in pass rushing during the game last Saturday. He looked a lot like KGB in his last couple of years in Green Bay... a 1-trick pony. Another factor working against GRAHAM as a down pass-rusher are his short arms, which measured only 30 1/2”. DUMERVIL’s arms were almost 34” long when measured during Senior Bowl Week some years ago.
GRAHAM is a nice player who will be effective in the NFL as an OLB in a 3-4 scheme, ala former teammate LAMARR WOODLEY. In fact he mentioned WOODLEY during a Press Conference in Mobile, saying he taught him everything he knew about the pass-rush before leaving Michigan. But I think rankings I have seen this week with some “experts” placing him in the late First Round are misguided. Mid-to-late Round 2 is more like it for this hard working, athletic guy.
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