2012-13 Football
1 Devan Gadson DB
3 Eric Slenk WR
4 Tim Bennett WR
2 Alan Porter Jr. DB
5 Ryan Gorski QB
6 Jabril Baker RB
7 Dylan Simkin WR
8 Ali Shahine DB
9 Ben Lehman QB
10 Quinn Schafer QB
11 A.J. Bradley DB
12 Steve O'Bryant DB
13 Scott Staal QB
14 Andrew Cassara WR
15 Alex Hentgen WR
15-S Josh Young K
16 Keith Larson DB
16-O Trae Hoeske QB
17 Kevin Ferguson DB
18 Fred Gladney WR
19 Eric Hoffman QB
20 Mike Pando K
21 Dylan Storm DB
22 Alex Grask DB
23 Ryan Singh DB
24 Patrick Derbak LB
25 Sterling Summerville RB
26 Colin Burke LB
27 Carlos Hunter LB
28 Dale Cook DB
29 Hayden Hast DB
30 Max Delia RB
31 Melvin Graham III DB
32 Ryan Lehr TE
33 Chris Giehon RB
33-D Alexander Kozlowski P/K
34-O Branden Slattery TE
35 Cody Gokan LB
36 Tevin Johnson LB
37 Robert Macari LB
38 Christopher Howard LB
39 Roberto Kelly LB
40 Nate Saari LB
41 Cody Cotton DB
42 Zach Bihary RB
43 Aaron Brunner TE
44 Gabe Ali-El RB
46 Alex Green LB
47 Jordan Lewis LB
48 Ryan Mundy LB
49 Jake Hutson RB
50 Bruce Collins DL
52 Francis Baker, Jr. LB
57 Bill Bodzianowski OL
58 Matt Barlow DL
59 J.T. Rotroff LB
60 John Guilford DL
61 Nate Koeneman OL
62 Tom Ehrlich OL
63 Frankie Mannino OL
64 Ben DuKatz OL
65 Colm Flaherty OL
66 Colton Sanchez LB
67 Charlie Hackett DL
70 Matt Schroll OL
71 Sam Manternach OL
72 Drew White DL
73 Cody Hopkins OL
74 Curtis Vacendak DL
75 Stuart Barkley OL
77 Joe Anger OL
78 Brendan Flaherty OL
79 Sean Cook OL
80 Brad Sicula WR
81 Tony Taibi WR
82 Kent Warren WR
83 Mike Gerton TE
84 Tanner Kuramata WR
85 Andrew Butts WR
86 Cole Anderson WR
87 Colin Marcott WR
88 Greg Wood P
89 Austin Etzler WR
90 Matt Mallon TE
92 Bryce Dempsey DL
93 John Giovenco DL
95 Nick Moffitt DL
96 Ralph Laux LB
97 Austin Broshar DL
98 Nick Scoville DL
99 Wesley Manderscheid LS
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Melvin Graham III

#31 Melvin Graham III

Pos. DB
Ht. 5-9
Wt. 160
Yr. Fr.
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.