Johnathan Gray

Johnathan Gray (born April 22, 1993) is an American former football running back. He played for the Frisco Fighters of the Indoor Football League (IFL) in 2021. He played college football for the University of Texas at Austin. He attended Aledo High School in Aledo, Texas. Gray earned a 2011 USA Today High School All-American nomination, and was also named Gatorade National Player of the Year. After becoming the first junior to win ESPN HS Mr. Football USA, he became the first two-time winner of the award following the 2011 high school football season.

Gray chose the University of Texas over Arkansas, Auburn, TCU, and Texas A&M.

Early life Gray attended Aledo High School in Aledo, Texas, where he broke the all-time high school touchdown record with 205 eclipsing Mike Hart's record of 204 touchdowns. As a junior, he rushed for 323 yards and eight touchdowns in the Texas Class 4A Division II championship game against La Marque High School on December 17 at Cowboys Stadium, which gave him a total of 59 rushing touchdowns for the 2010 high school football season and surpassed Kenneth Hall's single-season record of 57 set in 1953. Along the way, he scored his 205th touchdown establishing the national high school career record.

+ High school rushing stats YearAttemptsYardsAverageTouchdowns 2008 140 969 6.9 15 2009 372 2,798 7.5 50 2010 351 3,223 9.2 59 2011 346 3,891 11.2 65 Total 1,209 10,881 8.7 189

Gray was also on the school's track & field team, where he competed as a sprinter. He was a 3 time district champion in the 100-meter dash. As a junior in 2009, he won the 100 meters at the 4th Johnny Perkins Pirate Relays, with a career-best time of 10.58 seconds. He also competed in the 200 meters, placing fifth at the 2009 Elk Relays.

College career Gray tore his right Achilles tendon in 2013, and his left Achilles in 2015. The tendon tears put Gray's career on hold, and Gray went undrafted in the 2016 NFL draft.

College statistics Year GP–GS Rushing Receiving Att Yds Avg TD Long Rec Rec–Yards Avg TD Long 2012 13-5 149 701 4.7 3 49 11 151 13.7 1 34 2013 9-8 159 780 4.9 4 45 15 61 4.1 0 10 2014 13–13 147 637 4.3 7 42 20 122 6.1 0 17 2015 11–11 123 489 4.3 3 46 6 84 14.0 0 26 Totals 43-36 578 2607 4.5 17 49 52 418 8.0 1 34

Professional career Despite being injured while preparing for the draft, several NFL teams showed interest in Gray as a free agent following the draft. In 2017, after demonstrating a 4.5-second 40-yard dash and a 36-inch vertical leap at the annual Texas Pro Day workout, Gray landed a tryout with the New York Giants. After attending the Giants' rookie camp, Gray received went to rookie camps for the Calgary Stampeders, Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League; however, Gray ultimately never played for any of them.

For some time he was running track professionally and training kids in Fort Worth.

On April 8, 2021, the Frisco Fighters announced that they had signed Gray for the 2021 season. He spent one season with the team, though recorded no stats; helping them to a league-best 15-3 record and into the second round of the playoffs.

Coaching Following his one season in the IFL, he retired as a player and became an assistant coach for his alma mater Aledo High School.