Eagles two-time Super Bowl-winner Brandon Graham retires after 15 seasons

A Philadelphia favorite is flying into the sunset as a Super Bowl champion.

Brandon Graham, a member of each of the Philadelphia Eagles franchise’s Super Bowl-winning teams, announced Tuesday that he is retiring after 15 seasons -- all with Philly.

Graham’s career concludes with 76.5 sacks (third in franchise history), 487 total tackles, 126 for a loss, 153 QB hits and 22 forced fumbles in 206 regular-season games played -- the most in club chronicle.

Of course, his legacy will be forever linked with being part of three Eagles Super Bowl appearances and the club’s two Lombardi Trophy-winning bids.

After tearing his triceps in Week 12 of the 2024 regular season, Graham, 36, feared that not only his season, but his career was over. He was able to heal up in time to help the Eagles to a Super Bowl LIX win over the Kansas City Chiefs, in which he registered a tackle and played only 13 snaps but aided in authoring a defensive masterpiece for Philadelphia.

It was in the franchise’s first-ever Super Bowl triumph that Graham composed a moment that will forever live on in Philadelphia sports lore. With the Eagles clinging to a 38-33 lead over the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LII, Graham strip-sacked Tom Brady with 2:09 left in the ballgame. The ball was recovered by Derek Barnett and led to a Jake Elliott field goal for a 41-33 lead that would stand as the final score and send Philadelphia to its first Super Bowl celebration.

Graham earned his sole Pro Bowl selection in 2020 and posted his only double-digit-sack season in 2022 with 11. He was a constant over the autumns, though, offering a pass-rush punch off the bench or in the starting lineup.

After he inked a one-year deal with the Eagles for the second consecutive offseason this past year, a retirement had been in the making for a while now, but the midseason injury seemed to seal the end of his career. However, the Eagles were off and running en route to New Orleans and a Super Bowl berth.

In the two weeks leading up to the big game, Graham’s potential return became a prevailing storyline before it became a reality.

Graham is the latest Philly defender from the Super Bowl LIX victory who will not return to the team in 2025 (Milton Williams, Josh Sweat, Oren Burks, Darius Slay, Isaiah Rodgers and Chauncey Gardner-Johnson ).

Taken out of Michigan with the 13th overall selection of the 2010 NFL Draft, Graham became the Eagles franchise’s longest-tenured player of all time.

Along with Elliott, Lane Johnson and Rick Lovato, he is one of four Eagles to take part in both of the franchise’s Super Bowl wins.

An Eagle for the ages, Graham is going out on his terms and going out as a champion.

By: Grant Gordon, Digital Content Editor