2013-14 Football
1 Devan Gadson DB
2 Alan Porter Jr. DB
3 Derrick Estell ATH
4 Denzell Conway RB
5 Ryan Gorski QB
6 Jabril Baker RB
7 Dylan Simkin WR
8 Ali Shahine DB
9 Ben Lehman QB
10 Tanner Kuramata WR
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 Melvin Graham III DB
18 Fred Gladney WR
19 Eric Hoffman QB
20-S Mike Pando K
20 Cody Labanowitz ATH
21 Carl Jaskiw WR
22 Alex Grask DB
23 Ryan Singh DB
24 Patrick Derbak LB
25 Grayson Bastin RB
26 Colin Burke LB
27 Brett Fox TE
27 J.J. Nunes RB
28 Dale Cook DB
29 Hayden Hast RB
30 Idode Kerobo DB
31 Brandon Hall RB
32 Colton Sanchez LB
33-S Alexander Kozlowski P/K
33 Jay Slone LB
34-O Branden Slattery TE
35 Tevin Johnson LB
36 Charles Carter S
37 Robert Macari LB
38 Hannibal Mathis DB
39 Roberto Kelly LB
40 Steven Holman LB
40 Nate Saari LB
41 Cody Cotton DB
42 Zach Bihary TE
43 Aaron Brunner TE
44 Matt Mallon TE
45 Kenneth Floyd RB
45 Tim Foley DB
46 Alex Green LB
47 Jordan Lewis LB
48 Ryan Mundy LB
49 Jake Hutson RB
50 Connor Rettig OL
51 Lucas Lanzon LB
52 Francis Baker, Jr. LB
54 David Horak OL
55 Connor Conzelman LB
56 Dillon Sampson OL
57 Bill Bodzianowski OL
58 Matt Barlow DL
59 J.T. Rotroff LB
60 Michael Buchanan DL
61 Nate Koeneman OL
62 Tom Ehrlich OL
63 Jonathan Hammond DL
64 Ben DuKatz OL
65 Colm Flaherty OL
66 Matt Jaeger OL
67 Charlie Hackett DL
68 Kyle Jones OL
69 Daniel Terrana DL
70 Brandon Doepke DL
71 Sam Manternach OL
72 Drew White DL
73 James Tanton OL
74 Brian Lang OL
75 Stuart Barkley OL
76 Remy Linares OL
78 Brendan Flaherty OL
79 Sean Cook OL
81 Tony Taibi WR
82 Kent Warren WR
83 Justin Banks WR
84 Nathaniel Emminger WR
85 Andrew Butts WR
86 Ryan Shea WR
86 Kurtis Slenk WR
87 Colin Marcott WR
87 Randall Cork WR
88 Jacob Newman K
88 Colton Hill WR
89 Austin Etzler WR
89 Justin Ward WR
90 John Guilford DL
91 Johnathan Coyne DL
92 Bryce Dempsey DL
93 John Giovenco DL
94 Matthew McGinnis DL
95 Nick Moffitt DL
96 Jonathan "Bama" Powell DL
97 Austin Broshar DL
98 Nick Scoville DL
99 Wesley Manderscheid LS
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Melvin Graham III

#17 Melvin Graham III

Pos. DB
Ht. 5-9
Wt. 155
Yr. So.
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.