He loved playing basketball Thomas Jefferson High School, but football got him to the University of Colorado where he won the Mackey Award as the nation's best tight end. In 2002, after his stellar college career, Daniel Graham was drafted 21st overall by the New England Patriots where he won two Super Bowls. He tested the free agent market after four years with the Pats and landed back home in Denver with the Broncos. He was a captain, a leader and in October of 2009, he appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated. The next year, the Broncos released him. Two more NFL teams did the same before he hung up the cleats and retired in 2012.

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