Chiefs Speak With Michigan OLB/DE Brandon Graham at Senior Bowl

by Joel Thorman on Jan 26, 2010 9:13 PM CST in 2010 Kansas City Chiefs Draft

Ah, one of the most popular terms during NFL Draft season: Hybrid.

That's what they're calling 6'1", 263 pound linebacker/defensive end Brandon Graham out of Michigan. The Chiefs spoke with him at the Senior Bowl and he came away intrigued.

"I’ve met with almost everybody so far," Graham told Chris Steuber of Scout.com, "but the teams that stick out to me the most are the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Kansas City Chiefs. But, I couldn’t really tell if a team showed more interest over another. It’s exciting to just meet with NFL teams in general. For them to want to interview me and see what I’m about, that’s a blessing."

ESPN's Todd McShay said the Michigan defense wasn't great last season but Graham was "always hustling, always making plays, always dominating against double-team attention all the time."

Graham said some teams have told him they like him at linebacker while others haven't specified. He did say that many of the teams noted his "motor", a description that fits another Kansas City linebacker that the coaching staff hs come to like.

Graham also the comparison he hears most often is Lamarr Woodley, former Michigan star and current linebacker for the Steelers. In fact, he's using the same Michigan strength and conditioning coach to prepare for the NFL Combine that Woodley did.

NFLDraftScout.com ranks him as the sixth best defensive end in the draft but the Chiefs would likely be interested in him as a linebacker.

The Chiefs could use help at both inside and outside linebacker.

(H/T WTexKC)

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WTexKC has my number!

Beat me on the last few stories in the FanShots.

That’s okay…I like the competition! :)

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by Joel Thorman on Jan 26, 2010 9:16 PM CST reply actions

Ha,

sorry Joel, just trying to do my part :-)

by WtexKC on Jan 26, 2010 9:18 PM CST up reply actions

Much appreciated

Got another coming up momentarily…see if you can beat me.

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by Joel Thorman on Jan 26, 2010 9:23 PM CST up reply actions

Oh....the suspense

by Nick Britt on Jan 26, 2010 9:24 PM CST up reply actions

I am hoping one of the NTs

Or OL..

by Nick Britt on Jan 26, 2010 9:27 PM CST up reply actions

Joel, I have a feeling there will be a lot of these stories posting

Too many Chiefs scouts and pro personel evaluators in Mobile. It might be easier to say who the Chiefs haven’t scouted.

by WesternChief on Jan 26, 2010 9:21 PM CST reply actions

Ha, I know

The Senior Bowl ends this weekend…after that there won’t be as many.

Gotta take the Chiefs content while we can!

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by Joel Thorman on Jan 26, 2010 9:23 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs

Amen to that.

by WesternChief on Jan 26, 2010 9:25 PM CST up reply actions

+1

Does he have cover skills? We all know who I want at Mike backer.
Still clinging to his leg as we speak. If HE was invited to the Senior Bowl that lump on his knee and that wow 500 lbs LB would be me and him :)

"For what we are about to see next, we must enter quietly into the realm of genius." Scott "Young Frankenstein" Pioli

by Steve_Chiefs on Jan 26, 2010 9:28 PM CST up reply actions

I like Graham

But most have him mid-to-late first round…but 3-4 OLB have been tough to predict over the last few years so there is a good chance they will fall in this years draft.

There is an outside chance Graham could fall to our first pick in the second round. I would love to have him or Jerry Hughes from TCU. I have a gut feeling we will take an OLB in this year’s Draft.

by Nick Britt on Jan 26, 2010 9:26 PM CST reply actions