RichardGray

Hoping to earn playing time at the nose tackle position … Although a bit undersized for his position, don’t count out this hard-nosed walk-on … Compensates for his size with excellent quickness and a feisty attitude … Has a knack for slicing through a gap in the line of scrimmage and penetrating the backfield … Zipped through the first-team offensive line to record a sack during the Blue/White Spring Game … Has played in two games.

2002 (Redshirt Freshman): Saw action in two games, UK’s wins over Texas-El Paso and Indiana … Made three tackles, including a four-yard tackle for loss, against UTEP … Got his first varsity letter.

2001 (Freshman): Redshirted.

High School: Three-year letterman and starter at Sevier County (Tenn.) HS … Set school career record with 41 quarterback sacks … Totaled 76 tackles as a senior, including 15 sacks and 28 other tackles for loss … Had 22 sacks as a junior when Sevier County won the Class AAAAA state championship … Had eight sacks in a game against Oak Ridge … All-state as a junior and senior … Region Defensive Player of the Year as a senior … Three-year member of the all-county team … Coached by Stephen Brewer … Four-year member of the track team, competing in the 100- and 200-meter dashes … Two-year member of the wrestling team and advanced to the state wrestling meet.

Personal: Full name is Richard Sullivan Gray … Born 8-16-83 in Kansas City, Mo. … Son of Victoria Jacobs Gray … Richard’s grandfather, Edwin “Sully” Jacobs, was a three-year letterman as a UK football player in 1938-40 … Major is political science.

Gray Career Statistics

Year Position    G-GS  Tackles  TFL-Yds.  Sacks-Yds.2002 Def. Tackle  2-0     3       1-4          0