Two-time Super Bowl champion Brandon Graham announced his retirement from the NFL at a press conference on Tuesday.
Graham, 36, spent his entire 15-year career with Philadelphia Eagles after being drafted in the first round of 2010 NFL draft of Michigan.
“First, I just want to say thank you to everyone, you know I gave everything I had and I have no regret. That’s one thing I tell the young boys: Don’t have any regret,” said an emotional graham.
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Philadelphia Eagles Defensive than Brandon Graham (55) against Kansas City Chiefs under the Super Bowl Lix at Caesar’s Superdome on February 9, 2025. (Mark J. Revilas-prescribed images)
“FIRST, I JUST WANT TO SAY, 15 years AGO I WALKED INTO THIS CITY AS A Young Man With Dreams, Big Dreams. A Little Bit of Nervousness and A Whole Lot of Fire In My Heart. In Had No Idea Back then What This Journey Would Bring. Tested, I Didn’t Know How Much I Would Grow, and I Surely Didn’t Know How Deeply I Would Fall In Love With These Fans, And The Team, And This City, “Graham Continued as He Fought Back The Tears.
“Today, when I sit here, I just want to thank God because I know he was the main reason.”
No one has played more games in Eagle’s story than Graham (206) and he is third on the franchise’s bag list for all the time with 76.5 sacks.
“Without a doubt, Brandon Graham is the embodiment of everything you want in a Philadelphia Eagle. He is a special player and a special person. It is only appropriate that he has played in more games than anyone else in the history of our franchise,” Eagle’s chairman and CEO Jeffrey Lurie said in a statement.
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Philadelphia Eagles Defensive than Brandon Graham (55) celebrates under the Super Bowl Lix Championship Parade and Rally on February 14, 2025. (CAEAN COUTO PREPARED PICTURES)
“The positive energy he brought every day was contagious, whether it was a practice, a game or just walking around the building, anyone who has had the pleasure of interacting with him would tell you that it is impossible to have a bad day after he was in his presence. Give no mistakes, he was also a tough, physically and talented player who has played an integrated role in the success we had over the success.”
Graham is responsible for one of the most iconic plays in Eagle’s history.
In the Eagles’ Super Bowl victory over New England Patriots in 2018, Graham striped Tom Brady with 2:11 back in the fourth quarter to seal the 41-33 victory for the Eagles.
Kansas City Chiefs Quarterback Patrick Mahomes (15) runs with the ball against Philadelphia Eagles Defensive End Brandon Graham (55) and Defensive Tackle Jordan Davis (90) during the second half of the Super Bowl Lix at Caesar’s Superdome. (Bill Streicher-Preferred Pictures)
In the Eagles’ latest Super Bowl -Se win over Kansas City Chiefs in February, Graham returned to play after missing the previous 11 weeks with a triceps injury.
Graham played 13 snaps in the victory, but re -image his triceps, according to a report from the NFL Reporter Derrick Gunn.
Graham had 3.5 sacks in 20 tackles in 11 games in regular season last season.
