Honors and Awards

• Big 12 Commissioner's Spring Academic Honor Roll (2009)

2009 Outlook
Redshirt freshman walk-on Graham Stoddard made a strong impression on the Nebraska coaching staff as a redshirt in 2008, then again during spring practice. The 6-2, 230-pound Lincoln Southwest product enters fall camp among four redshirt freshmen slated to battle for playing time at the Buck linebacker spot.

2008 (Redshirt)
Stoddard redshirted and worked with the scout team defense.

Before Nebraska (Southwest HS)
Stoddard earned 2006 all-conference honors and was a two-time honorable-mention all-city pick by the Lincoln Journal Star. He was a member of the 2005 Silverhawk team that was the state runner-up in Class A under Coach Mark King. As a junior, Stoddard made 69 tackles, five sacks and two interceptions from his defensive end position, helping Southwest to a 10-1 record. Stoddard also participated in track and field, and finished on the seventh-place 400-meter relay team at the state track meet. He was also nominated for the 2007 Lead America Youth Leadership Conference and was a 2006 Scholar Athlete Award winner.

Personal
Graham was born on July 31, 1990, and is the son of Larry and Karen Stoddard. He is a finance major and has volunteered his time as a School is Cool Week speaker. Stoddard was named to the Big 12 Commissioner’s Spring Academic Honor Roll.