Eric Gray (American football)
Oklahoma Sooners – No. 0 | |
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Position | Running back |
Class | Junior |
Personal information | |
Born: | November 4, 1999 |
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
Weight | 205 lb (93 kg) |
Career history | |
College | Tennessee (2019–2020)
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Bowl games | |
High school | Lausanne Collegiate School (Memphis, Tennessee) |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Eric Gray is an American football running back for the Oklahoma Sooners. He previously played for the Tennessee Volunteers.
Early life and high school[]
Gray grew up in Memphis, Tennessee and attended Lausanne Collegiate School. He was named Tennessee Mr. Football after rushing for 2,251 yards and 38 touchdowns in his sophomore season. As a junior, Gray rushed for 3,151 yards and 45 touchdowns and was selected the Tennessee Gatorade Football Player of the Year and repeated as Tennessee Mr. Football. Rated a four-star recruit, he initially committed to play college football at Michigan during the summer going into his senior year.[1] He was named the Gatorade Football Player of the Year a second time and Mr. Football for a third straight season as a senior.[2] Towards the end of his senior season, Gray decommitted from Michigan and reopened his recruitment.[3] He ultimately committed to play at Tennessee a few weeks later.[4]
College career[]
As a true freshman, Gray gained 539 yards and scored four touchdowns on 101 carries and caught 13 passes for 115 yards and a touchdown.[5][6] He rushed for 246 yards, a school record for a freshman, and three touchdowns in the Volunteers final regular season game against Vanderbilt and was named the Southeastern Conference Freshman of the Week.[7] Gray lead Tennessee with 772 rushing yards and four touchdowns on 157 attempts and also gained 254 yards and scored two touchdowns on 30 receptions.[8] In January 2021, Gray announced that he was entering the transfer portal.[9]
Gray chose to transfer to the University of Oklahoma.[10]
References[]
- ^ "Michigan football gets commitment from 4-star running back Eric Gray". Detroit Free Press. July 1, 2018. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
- ^ "Lausanne's Eric Gray named Tennessee Gatorade football player of year". The Commercial Appeal. December 6, 2018. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
- ^ McMahon, Eric (December 1, 2018). "4-star RB Eric Gray pulls commitment to Michigan". MLive.com. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
- ^ "UT Vols football recruiting: Eric Gray picks Tennessee". The Commercial Appeal. December 20, 2018. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
- ^ "Vols' Eric Gray would love to be first 1000-yard rusher in 10 years". Chattanooga Times Free Press. August 20, 2020. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
- ^ Paschall, David (December 1, 2020). "Tennessee's Eric Gray on a 1,000-yard season: 'I think about that all the time'". Chattanooga Times Free Press. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
- ^ "Eric Gray sets UT freshman rushing record". Knoxville News Sentinel. November 30, 2019. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
- ^ Wilson, Mike (January 21, 2021). "Eric Gray, Tennessee football's top running back, enters transfer portal". Knoxville News Sentinel. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
- ^ Brown, Patrick (January 20, 2021). "Tennessee star RB Eric Gray enters NCAA transfer portal". 247Sports. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
- ^ Rittenberg, Adam (January 27, 2021). "Ex-Tennessee running back Eric Gray heading to Oklahoma as transfer". ESPN.com. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
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- Living people
- American football running backs
- Tennessee Volunteers football players
- Players of American football from Tennessee
- African-American players of American football
- 21st-century African-American people
- 1999 births