Cleveland Browns first-round prime Mason Graham doesn't caput ceding the spotlight to fifth-round enactment Shedeur Sanders astatine this week's rookie minicamp successful Berea, Ohio.
'I travel to play football,' the erstwhile Michigan antiaircraft tackle told reporters Friday. 'If the media's connected me, past they're connected me. If the media's not, past it's not.'
On Saturday, reporters didn't person overmuch of a prime but to announcement Graham aft helium got sick successful beforehand of teammates, coaches, unit and photographers, each of whom seemed to witnesser the unfortunate scene.
'That was gross,' Browns manager Kevin Stefanski told reporters connected Saturday. 'I deliberation helium ate excessively much. I deliberation the cooking successful the room is excessively good. A fewer little wings adjacent time.'
As reported by Cleveland.com's Mary Kay Cabot, Graham was participating successful 11-on-11 drills erstwhile helium abruptly vomited. Photos from Imagn Images Ken Blaze amusement a abrupt eruption of bile exploding done the openings of Graham's facemask.
He past near the tract to lavation disconnected his helmet earlier returning to drills, according to Cabot.
Cleveland Browns antiaircraft tackle Mason Graham (94) gets sick astatine rookie minicamp
Graham's unwellness was blamed connected 'too galore wings' by coach Kevin Stefanski connected Saturday
The fifth-overall prime of past month's NFL Draft, Graham is expected to commencement for the Browns
'He besides apologized to the violative enactment due to the fact that they were existent adjacent to it and astir lasting successful it,' Stefanski told reporters earlier calming immoderate fears: 'He's fine. He's got the close mentality.'
Of course, arsenic anyone acquainted with outpouring shot tin attest, it's not antithetic for players to occasionally suffer their luncheon arsenic they awaken their bodies from a wintertime slumber.
But portion vomit isn't precisely a astonishment astatine rookie minicamp, Stefanski insisted helium and his unit aren't being reckless with players.
'We privation it to beryllium hard – and arsenic you saw from Mason, it was hard – but we're trying to beryllium smart, too, and not enactment anybody successful harm's way, truthful to speak,' helium said.
'I deliberation the presumption coaches are doing a truly bully occupation and making definite we're getting our money's worth… but it's besides a teaching tempo the bulk of the clip we're retired there.'
Although astir reporters are focused connected Sanders – the lad of Deion who plummeted from a projected first-round prime to No. 144 wide – it's Graham who stands to lend the astir successful 2025.
Graham is penciled successful to commencement alongside All-Pro antiaircraft extremity Myles Garrett connected what could beryllium 1 of the amended antiaircraft lines successful shot adjacent season, depending connected the improvement of 23-year-old task Isaiah McGuire.
The highest-rated antiaircraft lineman successful the 2025 NFL Draft, Graham is credited arsenic a large jock who knows however to usage leverage acknowledgment to his inheritance arsenic a precocious schoolhouse wrestler.
'Graham tin beryllium a nightmare for O-line coaches due to the fact that the defence tin enactment him up implicit the worst jock inside,' 1 NFL squad unit manager told NFL.com.