Graham was born and raised in Cairns, Queensland.

[1] He began playing junior football for the North Cairns Tigers at five years of age.

[2] Graham later switched to the Cairns Saints and was placed in the Gold Coast Suns Academy as a teenager.

At the start of 2016, he relocated with his family to the Gold Coast where he started playing locally for the Palm Beach Currumbin Australian Football Club and attended Palm Beach Currumbin State High School.

[3] While at Palm Beach Currumbin he played in back-to-back QAFL senior premierships,[4] including playing on former AFL Premiership forward Barry Hall at 17 years and 10 days of age in the 2017 QAFL Grand Final.