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2020 NIU Football Roster

57 Rayshawn Gay

  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 219
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Position Linebacker
  • Hometown Maywood, Ill.
  • High School Proviso East

Biography

2019
• Saw action in five games, playing primarily on special teams.
• Recorded a career-high three tackles, two solo against Akron (10-26).
• Credited with an assisted tackle at Central Michigan (11-2).

2018
• Played in 10 games as a regular on multiple special teams including kickoff, kickoff return and punt return.
• Recorded his first career tackle, a solo stop, vs. Utah (9-8), in his first career game.
• Played in each of the last nine games of the year.

2017
Redshirted.

High School
• Three-year letterwinner. earned first-team all-conference honors after tallying 110 tackles, forcing three fumbles and recovering another in 2016. 
• Finished last season with two pass deflections and three blocked kicks. 
• Named team’s Most Improved Player in 2015.

Personal
• Born Jan. 7, 1999 in Maywood, Ill.
• Son of Ray Gay and Julie Williams.
• Admires Khalil Mack.
• Undecided Major

Statistics

Season:
2020

Season Statistics

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 46

    2017Freshman

    LB
    6'1" 200 lbs
    46
  • 46

    2018Redshirt Freshman

    Linebacker
    6'1" 219 lbs
    46
  • 17

    2019Redshirt Sophomore

    Linebacker
    6'2" 215 lbs
    17
  • 57

    2020Redshirt Junior

    Linebacker
    6'2" 219 lbs
    57