Jon McGraw
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Manhattan, Kansas, U.S.
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| Position | Safety | ||||||||||||||||
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| Born | April 2, 1979 Manhattan, Kansas, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 208 lb (94 kg) | ||||||||||||||||
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| High school | Riley County (Riley, Kansas) | ||||||||||||||||
| College | Kansas State | ||||||||||||||||
| NFL draft | 2002: 2nd round, 57th overall pick | ||||||||||||||||
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Jon Michael McGraw (born April 2, 1979) is an American former professional football player who was a safety in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Kansas State Wildcats and was selected by the New York Jets with a second-round pick in the 2002 NFL draft. He also played with the Kansas City Chiefs and Detroit Lions.
McGraw played collegiately as a walk-on under head coach Bill Snyder at Kansas State University from 1997 to 2001. He was a non-scholarship redshirt his freshman year of 1997. McGraw became a starter in 2000 after getting action as a back-up in 1999. In 2000 as a junior, he was a Big 12 Honorable Mention by the AP and coaches. He led the Wildcats to a Cotton Bowl victory over the Tennessee Volunteers. 2001 would be McGraw's final season, a season that Wildcats struggled to a 6–5 record, after a loss to the Syracuse Orangemen in the 2001 Insight.com Bowl.
Longtime Green Bay Packers wide receiver Jordy Nelson credited McGraw with inspiring him to intentionally pursue a career in the NFL, as they attended the same high school (Riley County), with McGraw a few years ahead of Nelson and they both succeeded as walk-ons at Kansas State.[1]
