Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2015-2017Mississippi State
Donald Gray
WR • 5'10" • 200 lbs • Memphis, TN, USA
Reliable chain-moverPossession profile
Donald Gray reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
39
Developing production for a receiver
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Reliability
45
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
46
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Mississippi State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Mississippi State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern State
Player Story
Donald Gray built his college career from 2015 through 2017 as a wide receiver from Memphis, TN wearing No. 6, spending time with Mississippi State. The clearest part of Donald Gray's career was his receiving role:...
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- Committed To
- Mississippi State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2013
Donald Gray, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Mississippi State. Donald Gray reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 1,309
- Receptions
- 86
- Touchdowns
- 10
Quick Answers
Donald Gray quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Mississippi State · WR
- Career Receiving Yards
- 1,309
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 5 entries · 29 games
- Best season
- 2016 Postseason · Mississippi State
- Top game
- Northwestern State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · White Station · Mississippi State
- High school pipeline
- White Station · 18 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 6 · Class 2017
- 2017 Receiving yards rank
- 214 receiving yards · WR 464th (top 47%) · SEC 60th (top 29%) · National 589th (top 31%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Postseason | Mississippi State | 9 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 53 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 9 | 19 | 346 | 2 | 53 |
| 2016 Postseason | Mississippi State | 12 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 70.8 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 12 | 39 | 691 | 5 | 70.8 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 8 | 24 | 214 | 3 | 48 |
Related Context
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Donald Gray played WR for Mississippi State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Donald Gray recorded 1,309 receiving yards, 2 tackles, and 10 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Mississippi State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Postseason
Mississippi State paired 709 primary output with 73.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 54.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2017 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Charleston Southern
Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2017 Regular Season · Mississippi State
Games
8
Receiving Yards / G
26.8
Efficiency
54.4
Usage
18.3
Consistency
46.2
Best Game by takeover score
Charleston Southern
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Charleston Southern: 57. Louisiana Tech: 19. LSU: 19. Georgia: 13. Auburn: 6. BYU: 41. Kentucky: 51. Texas A&M: 8
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Charleston Southern: 3 by 100. Louisiana Tech: 4 by 31.7. LSU: 3 by 42.2. Georgia: 2 by 43.3. Auburn: 1 by 40. BYU: 4 by 68.3. Kentucky: 6 by 56.7. Texas A&M: 1 by 53.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins32.5 · Games = 6 · +23 vs Losses
Losses9.5 · Games = 2 · -23 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Charleston Southern
Best efficiency game
100 vs Charleston Southern
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 10/28 | @ Texas A&M | W 35-14 | — | 1 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 8 |
| Sat 10/21 | vs Kentucky | W 45-7 | — | 6 | 51 | 8.5 | 8.50 | 0 | 21 |
| Sat 10/14 | vs BYU | W 35-10 | — | 4 | 41 | 10.3 | 10.30 | 1 | 13 |
| Sat 9/30 | @ Auburn | L 10-49 | — | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Sat 9/23 | @ Georgia | L 3-31 | — | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 6.50 | 0 | 7 |
| Sat 9/16 | vs LSU | W 37-7 | — | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 6.30 | 0 | 11 |
| Sat 9/9 | @ Louisiana Tech | W 57-21 | — | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 4.80 | 1 | 8 |
| Sat 9/2 | vs Charleston Southern | W 49-0 | — | 3 | 57 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 24 |
Player Story
Donald Gray story
Donald Gray built his college career from 2015 through 2017 as a wide receiver from Memphis, TN wearing No. 6, spending time with Mississippi State. The clearest part of Donald Gray's career was his receiving role: 86 catches, 1,309 receiving yards, and 10 touchdowns across 29 career games in the available record. His career also includes 2 tackles and 295 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Donald Gray's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Mississippi State
2015-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20152015201620162017
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Postseason | Mississippi State | 386 | 68.3 | 11.4 | — |
| 2015 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 386 | 68.3 | 11.4 | 0 |
| 2016 Postseason | Mississippi State | 709 | 73.2 | 18.6 | 323 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 709 | 73.2 | 18.6 | 0 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 214 | 54.4 | 18.3 | -495 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Northwestern State
Week 3 · W 62-13
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
140
Receiving Yards
94.4 takeover
140 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
vs Samford
Week 9 · W 56-41
207
Receiving Yards
88.9 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
207 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
vs Charleston Southern
Week 1 · W 49-0
57
Receiving Yards
83.3 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
57 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
vs Kentucky
Week 8 · W 45-7 · Conference game
51
Receiving Yards
82.1 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
51 receiving yards with a 56.7 efficiency score.
#5
vs Arkansas
Week 12 · L 42-58 · Conference game
92
Receiving Yards
77.3 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
92 receiving yards with a 87.6 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Postseason · Mississippi State
709 primary output · 73.2 efficiency · 18.6 usage
70.8
#2
2016 Regular Season · Mississippi State
70.8
709 primary · 73.2 efficiency · 18.6 usage
#3
2015 Postseason · Mississippi State
53
386 primary · 68.3 efficiency · 11.4 usage
Milestones
2
100+ receiving yards
1
8+ catch outings
1
2+ TD games
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