LSU defensive back Daniel Graff has been given a sixth year of eligibility by the NCAA, the LSU Athletic Department announced Wednesday in a news release.Graff has been at LSU for three years after transferring in 2007. He played in all 13 of LSU’s games in 2009 and racked up seven total tackles. He has collected 18 total tackles in 26 career games at LSU.He has mainly served as a key contributor on special teams, blocking a punt against Tulane in 2009 in the Tigers’ 42-0 win against the Green Wave. Graff began his athletic career in 2005 at Louisiana-Lafayette on a track scholarship. He returned home to Metairie shortly after arriving in Lafayette to help his family after Hurricane Katrina.Graff then enrolled at the University of New Orleans in fall 2006 before transferring to LSU.Other recent LSU players to receive sixth years of eligibility from the NCAA include defensive linemen Kirston Pittman and Charles Alexander. Pittman received a sixth year for the 2008 season, and Alexander’s sixth year came in 2009.—-Contact The Daily Reveille’s sports staff at [email protected].
Football: NCAA grants DB Graff sixth year of eligibility
February 18, 2010