Jimmy Graham
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| Chicago Bears - No. | |
| Tight end | |
| Date of birth: November 24, 1986 | |
| Place of birth: Goldsboro , North Carolina | |
| Height: 2.01 m | Weight: 120 kg |
| NFL debut | |
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| 2010 for the New Orleans Saints | |
| Career | |
| College : Miami (FL) | |
| NFL Draft : 2010 / Round: 3 / Pick: 95 | |
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| Current status: active | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Selected NFL stats as of week 17 of the 2019 season |
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| Captured passports | 649 |
| Yards | 7,883 |
| Captured touchdowns | 74 |
| Statistics at NFL.com | |
| Statistics at pro-football-reference.com | |
Jimmy Graham (* 24. November 1986 in Goldsboro , North Carolina ) is an American American football poker players on the position of tight ends . He has played for the Chicago Bears in the National Football League (NFL) since 2020 . He began his professional career with the New Orleans Saints , where he set several franchise records before moving to the Seattle Seahawks in 2015 and the Green Bay Packers in 2018 . He was elected to the Pro Bowl five times .
Early years
Graham was born in Goldsboro, North Carolina and had a difficult childhood. His mother gave him up at the age of eleven, after which he grew up in a group accommodation with other young people and was physically abused. In high school , he was finally adopted by a tutor, which improved his grades from now on and made him a basketball star, which eventually earned him a scholarship from the University of Miami .
college
Graham played basketball for the Miami Hurricanes from 2005 to 2009 . He graduated with a degree in Marketing and Management in 2009 and still attended lectures for another year while playing football on the side. As a tight end, he finished the season with 17 passes caught for 213 yards and five touchdowns .
NFL
New Orleans Saints
The scouts described Graham before the NFL Draft in 2010 as "extremely athletic, with an outstanding combination of size and speed," yet he was seen as a diamond in the rough after he had collected only one year of college football experience. He was selected by the New Orleans Saints in the third round to 95th place and signed shortly after a four-year contract for 2,445,000 US dollars .
2011
In his rookie season, he only appeared in five games behind the veteran Jeremy Shockey . In his first game, however, he succeeded equal a 19 yards - touchdown . At the end of the season, he had 31 trapped passes for 356 yards and five touchdowns.
2012
In his second season he got 99 catches for 1,310 yards and eleven touchdowns as a regular player, and he was elected to his first Pro Bowl . It was also the first tight end in Saints history to gain more than 1,000 yards of space. The Saints reached the play-offs , but were eliminated in the Divisional Round against the San Francisco 49ers .
2013
Under the NFL's new collective agreement, Graham was a free agent after the 2013 season . The Saints used Franchise Tag to prevent Graham from signing with another team without compensation. After some legal turmoil, the two parties agreed on a new four-year $ 40 million deal shortly before the end of the transfer deadline, making Graham the NFL's highest-paid tight end.
Graham is best known for its characteristic touchdown jubilation, in which he related his basketball past the football over the goal frame dunkt . In the game against the Atlanta Falcons , however, the gate bent, whereupon the NFL decided to issue a penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct for this celebration from the 2014 season . He became the first player to be fined $ 30,000 for this offense against the Tennessee Titans in August 2014.
Seattle Seahawks
2015
On March 10, 2015, Graham and a four-round pick were given to the Seattle Seahawks . In return, the Saints Center received Max Unger and a first round pick in the 2015 draft. He caught 48 passes for 605 yards and two touchdowns in his first season for the Seahawks before tearing his patellar tendon against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Matchday 12 and the season ahead of schedule had to finish.
2016
After Graham was listed as Physically Unable to Perform at the beginning of the 2016 season because of the injury , he received permission from the medical department to participate in the training on August 10, 2016. He still played in all 16 games of the season, 15 of them from the start. He caught 65 balls for 923 yards and six touchdowns. In the play-offs he caught six passes for 59 yards and one touchdown in two games.
Green Bay Packers
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In March 2018, the Green Bay Packers signed Graham and gave him a three-year contract.
On March 12, 2020, the Packers terminated the contract with Graham.
Chicago Bears
In March 2020, the Chicago Bears signed Graham.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ TE prospect adept at overcoming obstacles (English) sports.yahoo.com, Retrieved May 8, 2015
- ^ Saints' rookie Graham grateful for life's lessons. foxsports.com, May 15, 2010, accessed April 22, 2019 .
- ^ Profile Jimmy Graham (English) nfl.com, accessed on May 8, 2015
- ^ NO Saints agree to terms with rookie TE Jimmy Graham (English) nola.com, Retrieved May 8, 2015
- ^ Jimmy Graham first Pro Bowl nola.com, accessed May 5, 2015
- ↑ Graham and Saints agree to 4-year, $ 40M contract (English) nfl.com, accessed May 8, 2015
- ↑ what should Graham's new touchdown celebration be? (English) nola.com, accessed May 8, 2015
- ^ Grahams touchdown celebrations cause rift with Sean Payton nola.com, accessed May 8, 2015
- ↑ Unger exits as Seahawks trade for Graham ( Memento of March 12, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (English) seahawks.com, accessed on April 22, 2019
- ↑ graham out for season after knee injury seattletimes.com, accessed November 30, 2015
- ↑ Bob Condotta: Tight end Jimmy Graham returns to practice for the Seahawks. The Seattle Times, August 10, 2016, accessed August 10, 2016 .
- ↑ Packers reportedly signing top tight-end target Jimmy Graham to a three-year deal. Accessed March 15, 2018 .
- ↑ NFL: Green Bay Packers fire tight end Jimmy Graham on spox.com. March 12, 2020, accessed March 13, 2020.
- ↑ Larry Mayer: Report: Bears add tight end Jimmy Graham. Chicago Bears, March 18, 2020, accessed March 19, 2020 (American English): "According to a report on NFL Network report, the Bears have agreed to terms with veteran tight end Jimmy Graham."
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Graham, Jimmy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 24, 1986 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Goldsboro , North Carolina , United States |