Football

DylanGary

  • position Wide Receiver
  • height 6-4
  • Weight 198
  • class Junior
  • Hometown Sugar Hill, Ga.
  • High school North Gwinnett

2023 – Sophomore
• Practiced with the team
• Named to SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll

2022 – Freshman
• Practiced with the team

High School
• Two-year letter winner and one-year starter at North Gwinnett High School under head coach Bill Stewart
• As a starter at wide receiver his senior season, averaged 16.2 yards per reception and 49.9 yards per game, making 37 catches for 600 yards and five touchdowns through 12 games in 2021
• That same season, he was named to the All-County Team and the 8A All-Region Offensive First Team in football
• Was also a three-year varsity basketball player and two-year track athlete at North Gwinnett
• Named a 2022 8A All-Region First Team selection in basketball
• Aided in the North Gwinnett basketball team’s three straight regional championship titles and two straight Georgia High School Association (GHSA) Elite 8 appearances

Personal
• Born in Sugar Hill, Georgia
• Son of Willie and Sam Gary
• Has two sisters, Victoria and Averie
• Comes from a family of athletes as dad, Willie, played defensive back at Kentucky from 1997-01 … Was a 1997 Freshman All-America First Team selection by The Sporting News and a team captain in 2000 … Went on to play for the St. Louis Rams in 2001 … Mom, Sam, ran track at Tennessee from 1998-2002, competing in the 100-, 200- and 400-meters
• Major is pre-integrated strategic communication

Dylan Says
• One thing most people don’t know about him is he likes to watch anime
• He chose Kentucky because of the great campus
• One word to describe himself on the field is “tough”
• His sports hero is his dad because he’s a hard worker
• In just a few words, he would describe head coach Mark Stoops as “pretty funny”

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