Player Dossier

2015-2017

Georgia Tech

A.J. Gray

DB • 6'1" • 218 lbs • Sandersville, GA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

A.J. Gray shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 31 disruption score.

Usage / Role

64%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

78

High-end production for a defensive back

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Reliability

67

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

82

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Georgia Tech

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Georgia Tech
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Georgia Southern

Player Story

A.J. Gray built his college career from 2015 through 2017 as a defensive back from Sandersville, GA wearing No. 5, spending time with Georgia Tech. The clearest part of A.J. Gray's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2022 · Rating 0.8067

Jesuit · Tampa, FL

Committed To
Rhode Island
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2022

A.J. Gray, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Georgia Tech. A.J. Gray shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 31 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
126
TFL
6
Sacks
1
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
4

Quick Answers

A.J. Gray quick answers

Latest team and position
Georgia Tech · DB
Career Tackles
126
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 25 games
Best season
2017 Regular Season · Georgia Tech
Top game
Georgia Southern
Recruit profile
3-star · Jesuit · Rhode Island
High school pipeline
Jesuit · 33 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 5 · Class 2017
2017 Tackles rank
54 tackles · DB 128th (top 16%) · ACC 67th (top 12%) · National 600th (top 11%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2015 Regular SeasonGeorgia Tech20-0--023.9
2016 PostseasonGeorgia Tech138-0--038.1
2016 Regular SeasonGeorgia Tech13643.50-2038.1
2017 Regular SeasonGeorgia Tech10542.5112055.5

Related Context

A.J. Gray played DB for Georgia Tech. Across 3 tracked seasons, A.J. Gray recorded 126 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Georgia Tech.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season

Georgia Tech paired 8.5 primary output with 31 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 31 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2017 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Pittsburgh

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2017 Regular Season · Georgia Tech

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

0.8

Efficiency

31

Usage

8.1

Consistency

23.1

Best Game by takeover score

Pittsburgh

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Tennessee: 0. Jacksonville State: 0. Pittsburgh: 3. North Carolina: 2. Miami: 0. Wake Forest: 1. Clemson: 0. Virginia Tech: 2. Duke: 0.5. Georgia: 0

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. Tennessee: 3 by 12.5. Jacksonville State: 3 by 12.5. Pittsburgh: 4 by 46.7. North Carolina: 4 by 36.7. Miami: 6 by 25. Wake Forest: 5 by 30.8. Clemson: 10 by 41.7. Virginia Tech: 5 by 40.8. Duke: 9 by 42.5. Georgia: 5 by 20.8

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins1.6 · Games = 5 · +1.5 vs Losses
Losses0.1 · Games = 5 · -1.5 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

10 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Pittsburgh

Best efficiency game

46.7 vs Pittsburgh

Result
Sat 11/25vs GeorgiaL 7-3855000
Sat 11/18@ DukeL 20-43970.5000
Sat 11/11vs Virginia TechSplash gameW 28-2255100
Sun 10/29@ Clemson10+ tacklesL 10-24106000
Sat 10/21vs Wake ForestW 38-2455001
Sat 10/14@ MiamiL 24-2565000
Sat 9/30vs North CarolinaSplash gameW 33-7440020
Sat 9/23vs PittsburghSplash gameW 35-1744111
Sat 9/9vs Jacksonville StateW 37-1032000
Tue 9/5vs TennesseeL 41-4230000

Player Story

A.J. Gray story

A.J. Gray built his college career from 2015 through 2017 as a defensive back from Sandersville, GA wearing No. 5, spending time with Georgia Tech. The clearest part of A.J. Gray's career was his defensive production: 126 tackles, 6 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 3 interceptions across 25 career games in the available record. That gives A.J. Gray's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Georgia Tech

    2015-2017

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2015201620162017
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 Regular SeasonGeorgia Tech110
2016 PostseasonGeorgia Tech5.527.364.5
2016 Regular SeasonGeorgia Tech5.527.360
2017 Regular SeasonGeorgia Tech8.5318.13

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Georgia Southern

Week 7 · W 35-24

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Havoc Plays

86.4 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 86.4 takeover score.

#2

vs Pittsburgh

Week 4 · W 35-17 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

82.2 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.

#3

vs Virginia Tech

Week 11 · W 28-22 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

69.2 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 69.2 takeover score.

#4

vs North Carolina

Week 5 · W 33-7 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

67.8 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 67.8 takeover score.

#5

@ Duke

Week 4 · L 20-34 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Regular Season · Georgia Tech

8.5 primary output · 31 efficiency · 8.1 usage

55.5

#2

2016 Postseason · Georgia Tech

38.1

5.5 primary · 27.3 efficiency · 6 usage

#3

2016 Regular Season · Georgia Tech

38.1

5.5 primary · 27.3 efficiency · 6 usage

Milestones

5

Impact games

4

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games