Two-time Super Bowl champion Brandon Graham announced his retirement Tuesday after a franchise-record 206 regular-season games over 15 seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles.
The 36-year-old defensive end became a Philadelphia icon, returning from a torn triceps to play in last month’s Super Bowl LIX triumph after making one of the biggest plays in the team’s first championship in Super Bowl LII.
“I gave it everything I have,” said Graham, who ranks third in Eagles history with 76.5 sacks. “I have no regrets.”
A first-round draft pick (13th overall) by Philadelphia in 2010, Graham recorded 153 quarterback hits, 126 tackles for loss, 22 forced fumbles and seven fumble recoveries. He made the Pro Bowl after an eight-sack season in 2020 and recorded a career-high 11 sacks in 2022.
“Brandon Graham is the embodiment of everything you want in a Philadelphia Eagle,” team owner Jeffrey Lurie said in a statement. .”.. It was the way he played the game and the way he carried himself that earned him the love and respect of his coaches, teammates and fans.”
In 2024, Graham landed on injured reserve on Nov. 26 after sustaining the triceps injury in a Week 12 win against the Los Angeles Rams.
Activated from IR the day before Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans, the team captain played 13 snaps and recorded one tackle in the 40-22 victory against the Kansas City Chiefs.
Graham was one of the heroes of Philadelphia’s 41-33 win against the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LII, recording a strip-sack of Tom Brady late in the fourth quarter to help clinch the franchise’s first Lombardi Trophy.
–Field Level Media
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