2021 Football Roster
Nov 15 (Sat)
12:00 P.M.
Roster
Graham Flinn
- Position:
- Defensive Back
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Senior
- Weight:
- 190
- Hometown:
- Richmond, Va.
- Previous School:
- Benedictine College Prep
- College:
- Enrolled at Columbia College
- Major:
- Political Science
CAREER
Fifth-year senior who will graduate in February 2022 … Has seen action in 26 career games, mainly on special teams … Has made 11 career tackles (five solo) with one tackle for loss … Three-year letterman.
2021
Played in all 10 games with one start at strong safety as a senior defensive back and special teams specialist … Listed as the backup at strong safety … Finished the year with seven total tackles (four solo) with one tackle for loss for two yards … Registered a career-high five tackles (four solo) with 1.0 tackle for loss for two yards in first career start at Yale (Oct. 30) … Made on tackle on special teams at Central Connecticut State (Oct. 9) … Made one tackle on special teams vs. Georgetown (Sept. 25).
2020
Season canceled due to COVID pandemic.
2019
Saw action in nine of 10 games as a junior defensive back … Played primarily on special teams … Earned varsity letter … Finished season with two tackles on special teams … Registered tackle vs. Harvard (Nov. 9) … Made tackle vs. Central Connecticut State (Oct. 12).
2018
Saw action in six games, primarily on special teams and at defensive back … Made two tackles on the year (one solo) … Made first career solo tackle vs. Cornell (Nov. 17) … Made first career tackle at Harvard (Nov. 3) … Saw first career game action at Penn (Oct. 13).
2017
Did not see any game action as a first-year defensive back … Contributed on the scout team.
HIGH SCHOOL
A 2017 graduate of Benedictine College Prep, a military school in Richmond, Va., where he played four years of varsity football for head coach Greg Lilly … Selected a VISAA All-State player as a junior safety … Helped guide Benedictine Cadets to back-to-back Virginia Independent Schools Division 1 titles in 2014 and 2015 and intercepted two passes and recovered a fumble in two state title games … Made 14 tackles and one interception as a senior … Injured as a senior … Named team captain as a senior … Guided the Cadets to a third straight title game appearance and 7-3 record as a senior in 2016 … Three-year starter on defense … Also returned punts and kicks … Made 47 tackles with four interceptions, two tackles for loss, one fumble recovery, scored two touchdowns and accumulated 116 punt return yards and a TD as a junior … Best performance was a six-tackle (one TFL), two interception and touchdown game vs. Fork Union … Led Cadets to a state title and 10-2 record as a junior … Made 50 tackles, intercepted four passes and recovered two fumbles as a sophomore … Led Cadets to a state title and 10-2 record as a sophomore … Three-year varsity basketball player and competed in track and field … Played point guard on basketball team … Earned the Warren S. Rutledge Scholarship to attend Benedictine Prep … National Honor Society member … Involved in a variety of volunteer activities … Honor Roll student.
PERSONAL
Born Graham Moyer Flinn on July 13, 1998 … Son of Troy and Denise Flynn ... Has a brother Madelyn and sister Griffin … Both parents attended VCU … Father played baseball at VCU in 1982 … Hobbies and interests include fishing and cooking … Committed to Columbia on Sept. 24, 2016 … Chose Columbia for the Ivy League education in New York City … Chose Columbia over Yale, Dartmouth, Campbell, Bucknell and William & Mary … Enrolled at Columbia College … Majors in Political Science.
ARTICLES
Benedictine’s Flinn headed to Ivy League
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