ANN ARBOR, Mich. — As a general rule, freshmen are to be seen and not heard in college football.
But in the case of Mason Graham, that’s all it took for his Michigan teammates to understand he was no ordinary newcomer. Seeing was believing, almost from the moment the 18-year-old defensive tackle from southern California arrived on campus as an early enrollee last December.
Braiden McGregor recalls an early conditioning workout where he and fellow junior defensive end Jaylen Harrell were going through a series of bench-press sets at 225 pounds — five reps at a time — in the weight room inside Schembechler Hall.
