Notre Dame adds explosive playmaker Mylan Graham. Discover his elite speed, route-running precision, and game-changing ability with the ball in hand.
Notre Dame has sought hard over the last two seasons to add impact talent to the wide receiving corps, and the 2026 portal class with Mylan Graham certainly adds that. The Irish landed the former Ohio State wide receiver as part of a extremely talented one-two punch that includes Graham's teammate, Quincy Porter.
Let's look at the scouting report for Graham.
School: Ohio State
Height/Weight: 6-1, 195
Class/Eligibility: Junior/Sophomore
2025 Stats: 6 catches, 93 yards, 15.5 YPC
Analysis:
Graham is an exciting player that I first saw in person at the Irish Invasion prior to his junior season of high school. At the time he was a relatively unknown prospect that didn’t have much of a recruiting profile. That changed quickly and he eventually became a Top 50 caliber recruit that dominated his final two seasons of high school football. Graham impressed me that day, and we saw him catching passes from CJ Carr, and along with Carr, Cam Williams and Tae Johnson he was one of the most impressive players in the camp.
The first thing that stood out was his explosiveness. Graham has truly elite athletic skills, beginning with his excellent burst off the line and his dynamic ability with the ball in his hands. I’m not sure what his track speed is, but his football speed is outstanding. His speed is best coming off the line and getting out of his top ends. He absolutely explodes off the line and gets to full speed in a hurry, which allows him to immediately threaten the cushion of defenders. Graham is extremely smooth, but he also has top notch agility and suddenness, which helps him be an excellent separator out of breaks.
Graham is also a very well schooled route runner, thanks to the training he received from Dre Muhammad in high school and also what he received at Ohio State. He’s polished, he understands how to use his release to gain leverage advantages and he is quite good as sinking his hips and then exploding out of cuts with little wasted movement. Graham's efficiency and explosiveness coming out of his top ends allows him to gain immediate separation. Combined with his post-break acceleration makes him a very different player to defend. I’m not sure if his top end speed is quite as good as his initial burst, but he won’t have a problem getting over top of the defense.
What truly separates Graham from other players is what he does once he has the football. He’s electric with the ball in his hands, both with his speed after the catch, but also thanks to his agility, suddenness and vision. Graham shows good focus with the ball in the air and he uses his hands to attack the football instead of letting it get into his body. He has to be more consistently focused from snap to snap, but when he’s locked in he’s a nightmare matchup for corners.
Notre Dame Fit: The ideal spot for Graham is at the Z position, which is the field outside position in the Notre Dame offense. If you study his Ohio State film you’ll notice that Ohio State also lines him up in the boundary at times, and I think he has the tools to do both for Notre Dame. Mike Denbrock could certainly find a boundary package for Graham that resembles how he used Chris Brown back in 2015, and that ability allows coaches to move Graham all around the field. In the Notre Dame offense he would also be able to line up and do damage from the slot, especially in the quick game, screen game and cross/over concepts. Notre Dame would like to get more RPO and screen game going in the pass game, and a pass game that has Jordan Faison, Jaden Greathouse and Graham would be quite dynamic in this area.
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