The Philadelphia Eagles have got help on the football defense of Super Bowl LIX.
The day before the big game, Philadelphia announced they were revitalizing defensive lineman Brandon Graham for Super Bowl LIX. Graham has been in the injured reserve since he tore his triceps.
We activated De Brandon Graham from the injured reserve, activated FB Khari Blasingame and LB Nicholas Morrow for the game, and placed Nick Gates in the injured reserve. pic.twitter.com/taugubare
– Philadelphia Eagles (@eagles) February 8, 2025
The Eagles opened Graham's practice window a few days after the NFC Championship game.
Graham's Super Bowl status was a question mark heading this week, but it appeared that Pass Rusher would return on Monday night. Graham spoke during the Super Bowl opening night and said he was “excited” to be able to return to the Super Bowl.
“I feel good,” Graham said. He said Monday at the opening night of the NFL Super Bowl. “I'm looking forward to playing this game. I'm just enjoying the moment.”
Now the return is official.
Speaking to the media after Philadelphia wins Washington Commander In the NFC Championship Game, Graham himself spoke about how Super Bowl returns are options before focusing on his teammates.
“We're going to see, as I always say.” I said Graham after the NFC Championship Game. “Now it's not about me, it's about our team, and I'm very pleased that the team got out there and looked after the business.”
This return is an incredible conclusion to his last NFL season. The defensive lineman announced he would retire at the end of the campaign in the summer. “That was my last year, man.” Graham said in July. “So I'm just trying to soak it all, enjoy it every day and give it all. The stones aren't turned over.”
Graham spent his entire 15-year career in Philadelphia since being drafted by the team in the first round of the 2010 NFL Draft. Before his injury, he appeared in 11 games for the Eagles, recording 3.5 bags.
Graham is also known for one of the biggest theatres in the history of the Eagles, a strip sack of Tom Brady in Super Bowl LII, which helped seal the Philadelphia victory.
A return to action in Super Bowl LIX and similar plays with Patrick Mahomes will be the storybook that will end for the longest-equipped player in Eagles history.
