Jalen Graham

Golden Nuggets

• Despite playing QB in high school, his only scholarship offers were to play S due to his 6'2", 207-pound frame as a senior.
• Went viral while at Cass Tech (Detroit, MI) HS after completing a game-winning Hail Mary on 4th-and-27 in the second game of his senior season (2018).

Golden Nuggets

• Despite playing QB in high school, his only scholarship offers were to play S due to his 6'2", 207-pound frame as a senior.
• Went viral while at Cass Tech (Detroit, MI) HS after completing a game-winning Hail Mary on 4th-and-27 in the second game of his senior season (2018).

Goldmine

• Became the third 49ers draft pick out of Purdue in the last 50 years. He is also the second Purdue LB in franchise history, the first being Keena Turner who won four Super Bowls with San Francisco after being selected in the second-round of the 1980 NFL Draft.

College

• Appeared in 38 games (35 starts) in four years (2019-22) at Purdue and registered 169 tackles, 16 PDs, 12.5 TFLs, 3 INTs, 3 FFs, 2 FRs and 2.0 sacks. In 2022 as a senior, started 9 games and notched 52 tackles, 6 PDs, 5.0 TFLs, 1.0 sacks, 1 INT and 1 FF, earning All-Big Ten honorable mention honors. In 2021 as a junior, started all 13 games and tallied 64 tackles, 9 PDs, 4.0 TFLs, 2 INTs, 1 FF and 1.0 sacks, earning All-Big Ten honorable mention honors. As a sophomore in 2020, started 5 games and registered 16 tackles, 2 FR and 1 FF. As a freshman in 2019, they appeared in 11 games (8 starts) and registered 37 tackles, 2.5 TFLs, and 1 PD.