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Career Statistics Year 2011 2012 Totals

G/GS 12/9 14/1 26/10

UT-AT-TT 17-13-30 12-21-33 29-34-63

SACK 1.0 0.0 1.0

TFL 3.5 2.0 5.5

PBU 2 1 3

INT 0 0 0

FF 0 0 0

2012 Game-By-Game 2012 - Sophomore

2011 - True Freshman

-Appeared in all 14 games, including a start in the Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl -Boasted 33 tackles with 2.0 tackles for loss -At Akron 8/30: Recorded three tackles -At Ohio State 9/8: Registered four total tackles -FIU 9/15: Added two tackles -Missouri 9/29: Recorded four tackles (three solo) -ECU 10/4: Had three tackles -At Memphis 10/20: Had his best game of the season with six tackles (two solo) and a 3-yard TFL -UAB 11/24: Collected three tackles -At C-USA Championship 12/1: Posted five tackles vs. Tulsa -Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl 12/21: Started against Ball State and one had tackle for loss and a break-up

-Voted on to the C-USA All-Freshman Team -Appeared in all 12 games with starts at OLB in the final nine games -Finished with 30 tackles (17 solo), 3.5 tackles for loss and one sack -Charleston Southern 9/3: In his first collegiate game, recorded two tackles -At FIU 9/17: Registered two tackles -At BYU 9/23: Added four tackles (three solo) -Marshall 10/8: Recorded two tackles (one solo) with 0.5 TFL -At UAB 10/20: Had six tackles (three solo) -Memphis 10/29: Recorded four tackles (three solo) with 2.0 TFL and one sack -At Southern Miss 11/12: Earned two tackles and a half a tackle for loss -At East Carolina 11/19: Tied a season-high with six tackles and had a break-up -UTEP 11/25: Broke up a pass and posted a half TFL

High School

-Regarded as one of Georgia’s top outside linebacker prospects -Coached by Shane Queen at North Cobb -Played in the 2010 Cobb County All-Star Senior Bowl -Finished his senior season with 119 tackles and three sacks -Reported to have benched 300 pounds and squatted 490 with a 42-inch vertical jump -Most notably as a junior, he led talent-rich Cobb County in tackles with 127, and with six sacks -Had 59 tackles and three sacks as a sophomore -Of his five tackles as a freshman, two were sacks -Entered his senior season with much acclaim after being named to the NIKE Atlanta All-Combine Team in March -Received three stars from Rivals, ESPN and Scout -Additionally, Rivals listed him as the No. 56 outside linebacker nationally and No. 56 on their Georgia Postseason Top 8 -ESPN listed Gray as the No. 62 outside linebacker nationally, while Scout had him at No. 86 nationally -Also active in community service with the Shop with a Warrior program, special needs volunteering and football bible study -Lettered twice in baseball and once in track outside of four varsity football letters -Had nearly a dozen scholarship offers and chose to be a Knight over the likes of Arkansas, Mississippi State, Kentucky, Virginia, Syracuse, Illinois, East Carolina and Air Force

Personal -Son of Troy Gray, Sr., and Angela Albert -Major is interdisciplinary studies

Opponent at Akron - 8/30 at OSU - 9/8 FIU - 9/15 Missouri - 9/29 ECU - 10/4 USM - 10/13 at MEM - 10/20 at MAR - 10/27 SMU - 11/3 at UTEP - 11/10 at Tulsa - 11/17 UAB - 11/24 at Tulsa - 12/1 vs. BSU - 12/21

UT-AT-TT 2-1-3 0-4-4 1-1-2 3-1-4 1-2-3 1-0-1 2-4-6 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-3-3 1-4-5 1-0-1

SACK 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

TFL 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 1.0-3 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 1.0-2

PBU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

INT 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

FF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2012 - Redshirt Freshman -Voted on to the C-USA AllGreen’s Honors Freshman Team

-Saw game action in 12 contests •C-USA All-Freshman Team - ‘12 including one start -Finished his first full season with 18 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss and 4.0 sacks -At Akron 8/30: Registered three solo tackles and collected one sack -Missouri 9/29: Recorded two tackles -ECU 10/4: Tallied a 14-yard loss sack -At Marshall 10/27: Collected six tackles, 3.5 TFLs and dropped the quarterback for two sacks -SMU 11/3: Racked up four tackles -At UTEP 11/10: Added one tackle for a loss -UAB 11/24: Had two QB hurries

2011 - True Freshman

High School

Personal

-Did not see game action

-Played defensive end for Edgewater, but also played on the offensive side of the ball at tight end, and was coached by Bill Gierke -Led his team to the Class 4A Region 2 District 7 title with an 8-3 overall record and perfect 5-0 mark in the district -Team advanced to the Class 4A regional quarterfinals against Lakeland Kathleen -Posted 80 tackles and 11 sacks as a junior -Rivals, ESPN and Scout rated him with three stars -Rated as the No. 91 defensive end by ESPN, while Scout listed him at No. 131 -Member of the National Honor Society -Edgewater has seen several future UCF football players walk through its halls, including the late Ed Gantner (1979-81), Doug Gatewood (1979-82), Arnell Spencer (1987-88), Gerod Davis (1992-95) Kevin Stewart (1992-96), Mike SimsWalker (2003-06), Quincy McDuffie (2009-12) and E.J. Dunston (2010-current) -Chose UCF after also being recruited by Texas Tech, Michigan State, Georgia Tech, Miami, Rutgers and USF

-Son of Venecia Green -Majoring in interpersonal/organizational communication

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