2014-15 Football
1 Devan Gadson DB
2 Cody Cotton LB
3 Derrick Estell ATH
4 Denzell Conway WR
5 Alex Green LB
6 Idode Kerobo DB
7 Dylan Simkin WR
8 Bryce Dempsey TE
9 Ben Lehman QB
10 Tanner Kuramata WR
11 A.J. Bradley DB
12 Scott Staal QB
13 Dalton Stokes QB
14 Andrew Cassara WR
15 Ryan Shea WR
15-S Josh Young P
16 Ryan Clarke QB
17 Melvin Graham III DB
18 Fred Gladney WR
19 Cam Brown DB
20 Cody Labanowitz ATH
21 Colin Marcott DB
22 Andrew Johnson DB
23 Ryan Singh DB
24 J.J. Nunes DB
25 Grayson Bastin RB
26 Colin Burke LB
27 Brett Fox TE
28 Dale Cook DB
29 Hayden Hast RB
30 Frank Catrine RB
31-O Brandon Hall RB
31 Kellan Hughes DB
32 Colton Sanchez LB
33 Alexander Kozlowski P
34 Jay Slone LB
35 Tevin Johnson LB
36 Charles Carter S
37 Jarrett Morgan DB
37-D Robert Macari LB
38 Brandon Riley DB
39 Roberto Kelly LB
40 Chance Hanson FB
41 Charlie Hackett DL
42 Vincent McPherson DB
43 Aaron Brunner TE
44 Matt Mallon TE
45-O Kenneth Floyd RB
45 Tim Foley DB
46 Kye Hall LB
47 Spenser Pennington FB
48 Ryan Mundy LB
49 Jake Hutson RB
52 Johnathan Coyne DL
53 John Regan LB
54 David Horak OL
55 Bryson Eppinger DL
56 Tristan De La Rosa DL
57 James Tanton OL
58 Jesse Slawnikowski LB
59 J.T. Rotroff LB
60 Michael Buchanan DL
61 Nate Koeneman OL
62 Tom Ehrlich OL
63 Jonathan Hammond DL
64 Connor Rettig OL
65 Colm Flaherty OL
68 Kyle Jones OL
69 Daniel Terrana DL
70 Brandon Doepke DL
71 Sam Manternach OL
72 Drew White DL
74 Brian Lang OL
75 Stuart Barkley OL
77 Justin Lipe OL
78 Brendan Flaherty OL
80 Wynton Jones RB
81 Tony Taibi WR
82 Kent Warren WR
84 Jake Gajda TE
85 Andrew Butts WR
87 Randall Cork WR
88 Jacob Newman K
89 Austin Etzler WR
90 John Guilford DL
92 Matthew McGinnis DL
93 John Giovenco DL
95 Nick Moffitt DL
96 Tom Dabertin Jr. TE
97 Patrick McArdle DL
98 Jake Simpson K
99 Wesley Manderscheid LS
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Melvin Graham III

#17 Melvin Graham III

Pos. DB
Ht. 5-9
Wt. 160
Yr. Jr.
Hometown Indianapolis, Ind.
High School (Prev. School) North Central

2014: Appeared in ten games for the Brown and Gold in his junior campaign...amassed 60 tackles, led the team in passes defended with nine, tallied eight pass break-ups, and an interception...racked up nine tackles in the season opener at Western Illinois (Aug. 28)...registered 10 stops and batted away a pair of pass attempts in the home opener versus St. Joseph's (Sept. 6)...recorded a TFL as part of a nine-tackle afternoon at William Jewell (Sept. 20) in the Crusaders' 39-30 victory...picked off a pass at Campbell (Sept. 27)...accumulated a season-high 12 stops versus Marist (Oct. 4)...logged two stops versus Missouri Baptist (Oct. 11) in Valpo's 55-7 Homecoming rout...rattled off five solo stops at Dayton (Nov. 1)...broke up a pass attempt versus Butler in the Brown and Gold's 17-3 triumph over the Bulldogs...posted five tackles against Davidson (Nov. 22) in a 27-13 win in the season finale...named All-Pioneer Football League Honorable Mention.

2013: Appeared in ten contests for the Crusaders in his sophomore season...tied for the team lead in interceptions (2)...piled up four solo tackles in the season opener at North Dakota (Aug. 29)...recorded another four solo stops at Saint Joseph's (Sept. 7)...registered four tackles versus William Jewell (Sept. 14)...notched a season-high nine tackles (five solo), forced a fumble, and intercepted a pass in Valpo's 49-42 overtime win over Campbell (Sept. 28) on homecoming...picked off another pass, recovered a fumble, and racked up six tackles at Marist (Oct. 5)...made three tackles at Mercer (Oct. 12)...collected seven tackles (Five solo) versus Morehead State (Oct. 19)...recorded five stops versus San Diego (Nov. 2)...broke up a pass and made three tackles (one for a loss) at Butler (Nov. 9).

2012: Played in ten games for Valpo including one start...made his Crusader debut on Aug. 30th versus St. Joseph's...recorded six tackles (five solo) at Youngstown State (Sept. 8)...made three tackles at San Diego (Sept. 22)...had a solo tackle versus Butler on Oct. 6th...registered two tackles in four straight weeks: Marist (Oct. 27), Campbell (Nov. 3), Davidson (Nov. 10), and Morehead State (Nov. 17)...also broke up a pass in the Campbell and Davidson games.

Prep: A two-year letterwinner for the Panthers ... led team in interceptions as a senior ... also served as team captain in final season ... named team's most improved defensive back following junior campaign ... also earned one letter in wrestling ... an Academic All-State honoree on the mat ... team captain as a senior.

Personal: Melvin is the son of Melvin and Tania Graham ... major is engineering ... born March 28, 1994.