Senior defensive back on Kansas's 2025 roster.
6′0″ · 200 lb · Fort Worth, TX
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The story
Senior defensive back on Kansas's 2025 roster.
The record fills in as he plays.
The full story, with sourcesD.J. Graham
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Across five seasons and three programs, five head coaches: Lincoln Riley, Bob Stoops, Brent Venables, Nate Dreiling and Lance Leipold. The receipt: 5 tackles, 1 TFL against UCF — Week 6, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2020–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Les Miles → Lance Leipold. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Kansas | 24 | 22 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 3 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Utah State | 42 | 28 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | -- |
| 2022 | Oklahoma | 14 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Oklahoma | 36 | 25 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | -- |
| 2020 | Oklahoma | 20 | 15 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 136 | 95 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 10 | 4 | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 46-7vs Wagner | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 31-42@ Missouri | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 41-10vs West Virginia | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 34-37vs Cincinnati | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 27-20@ UCF | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 7 | L 17-42@ Texas Tech | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 17-42vs Kansas State | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | W 38-21vs Oklahoma State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 14-38@ Iowa State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 24 | 22 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025
W 46–7
vs Wagner
3 tackles · 2 solo tackles
Dominant 39-point win at home against Wagner.
With J. Daniels — 280 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · QBR 80.7 · 18 rush yds (3 car) · T. Nagy — 2 rec · 20 yds
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: qb hurries (22nd percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Defender profile · Production by role
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
12%3 pass breakupsTackle volume
24tackles this seasonTFL rate
8%2 TFL24 tackles · 2 for loss · 3 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lance Leipold
Pass share
41.2%
89 pass / 127 run
Plays / game
72.0
3 games
Team sack rate
5.1%
99 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Big 12
Based on 2025: #42 of 42 Big 12 DBs
15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
24 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
Player DNA
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jason Marshall Jr.’s 2021 season.
Matches Jason on
Differs from Jason on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Jaelen Stokes's graduate season at South Florida (2025).
Matches Jaelen on
Player DNA