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2025 Football Roster

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Connor Graf

73 Matt Fries

  • Ht./Wt. 6-5 / 275
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Position Offensive Line
  • Hometown Cranford, NJ
  • Highschool Cranford
  • Prev School Illinois

Biography

2024 (Sophomore)
  • Started at left tackle in four games 
  • Part of the nation's second ranked offensive unit in total offense (489.9 yards), scoring offense (39.0 points), and passing offense (332.5 yards)
  • Made his first-career start at left tackle against Eastern Washington (8/29)
  • Started against Lafayette (9/7), Maine (9/14), and Bryant (10/19)
2023 (Redshirt Freshman)
  • Saw action in three games as a reserve on the offensive line
  • Named to the Spring CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll
Before Monmouth
  • Spent the 2022 season at Illinois but did not see any game action
  • Played offensive tackle at Cranford High School for head coach Erik Rosenmeier
  • Three-year varsity letter winner at Cranford
  • 2021 NJ.com All-State
  • 2020 and 2021 All-Conference
  • 2020 and 2021 JSZ All-Zone Public Offense
  • Led Cranford to the 2021 state championship
  • Also played lacrosse for four years and basketball for two years at Cranford
Personal
  • Son of Harold and Maureen Fries
  • Brother, Will, attended Penn State and plays offensive line for the Indianapolis Colts
  • Intends to major in Business

Statistics

Season:
2025

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 73

    2023Redshirt Freshman

    Offensive Line
    6'5" 275 lbs
    73
  • 73

    2024Sophomore

    Offensive Line
    6'5" 275 lbs
    73
  • 73

    2025Redshirt Junior

    Offensive Line
    6'5" 275 lbs
    73