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31 Liam Gray

  • Position PK
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 205
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown / HS / Last School Westminster, Colo.

Biography

Honors
2023 College Football Network Preseason All-Sun Belt Honorable Mention (Kickoff Specialist)
2022 College Football Network (CFN) All-Sun Belt Second Team

2022 College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District Team



2023 (Redshirt Sophomore)

  • Named a 2023 College Football Network Preseason All-Sun Belt honorable mention selection as a kickoff specialist
  • Played in 13 games, serving as the kickoff specialist
  • Had 67 kickoffs for 4,231 yards on the season
  • Averaged 63.1 yards per kickoff 
  • Totaled 44 touchbacks on the year
  • Limited opponents to just 13 kickoff returns all season
  • Made seven of his 12 field-goal attempts
  • Career-high three made field goals against Jacksonville State (Sept. 9)
  • 11 kickoffs for 688 yards, both career highs, against Duquesne (Sept. 16)
  • Tied career high with six touchbacks against Marshall (Oct. 28)
  • Converted all six kickoffs into touchbacks against Old Dominion (Nov. 4)
  • Named to the Dean's List (3.5 GPA or higher) for the 2024 spring semester


2022 (Redshirt Freshman)

  • Named to the 2022 College Football Network (CFN) All-Sun Belt second team as a kickoff specialist
  • Played in 10 games, serving as the kickoff specialist
  • Missed the first three games of the year due to a lower-body injury
  • Had 49 kickoffs for 3,025 yards on the season
  • Averaged 61.7 yards per kickoff on the year
  • Totaled 16 touchbacks on the year
  • Made his season debut at Georgia State (Sept. 22) with a season-high eight kickoffs for 512 yards and six touchbacks
  • Had six kickoffs for 364 yards and two touchbacks against Georgia Southern (Oct. 1)
  • Recorded six kickoffs for 370 yards in the home win over Appalachian State (Nov. 3)
  • Finished with six kickoffs for 358 yards and two touchbacks in the win versus Southern Miss (Nov 12)
  • Also had five kickoffs for over 300 yards in wins at ULM (Oct. 8) and Marshall (Oct. 29)
  • Totaled three kickoffs for 182 yards and a touchback in the 2022 Hercules Tires Sun Belt Conference Football Championship game at Troy (Dec. 3)
  • Tallied four kickoffs for 244 yards in the 2022 TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl game versus East Carolina (Dec. 27)
  • Named to the 2022 College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District Football team
  • Earned a spot on the Dean's List (3.5 GPA or higher) for the 2023 spring semester


2021 (Freshman)

  • Redshirt season
  • Played in three games for the Chanticleers
  • Totaled 15 points on the year
  • Made a 46-yard field goal in the win over ULM (Oct. 2)
  • Was also 12-for-13 on extra points on the season
  • Had five kickoffs for a total of 307 yards and two touchbacks
  • Averaged 61.4 yards per kickoff
  • Earned a spot on the Dean's List (3.25 GPA or higher) for the 2021 fall semester

High School
  • Rated a 5.0-star kicker by Kornbluekicking.com
  • Ranked the No. 4 kicker in the nation in the Class of 2021 by Kornbluekicking.com
  • Lined up at wide receiver, punter, and placekicker at Holy Family High School for head coach Mike D. Gabriel
  • Named first-team all-county and Special Teams Player of the Year his senior season
  • A first-team all-state selection in 2020 after picking up second-team all-state accolades in 2019
  • A two-time first-team all-region selection (2019 and 2020)
  • Also a two-time first-team all-conference honoree (2019 and 2020)
  • Earned all-region honorable mention and all-conference honorable mention honors as a sophomore in 2018
  • Ranked No. 5 in kickoffs at the Kohl’s Kicking 2020 National Scholarship Camp averaging 75.7 yards per kick over his last two rounds
  • Helped lead his team to a state semifinals appearance and a league championship title in 2020
  • Was 5-of-6 in field goal attempts and 36-of-36 in PATs his senior year
  • Also recorded 45 touchbacks on the year
  • Led the team with 23 receptions, 503 receiving yards, and had 11 touchdowns his senior year
  • Accounted for 119 of the team’s 321 total points on the year in 2020
  • Played soccer most of his life and started kicking in 2017 as a freshman in high school

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Historical Player Information

  • 31

    2021Freshman

    PK
    6'2" 210 lbs
    31
  • 31

    2022Redshirt Freshman

    PK
    6'0" 215 lbs
    31
  • 31

    2023Redshirt Sophomore

    PK
    6'0" 205 lbs
    31
  • 31

    2024Redshirt Junior

    PK
    6'0" 205 lbs
    31