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| Born: | March 7, 1984 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. | ||||||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||||
| Weight: | 185 lb (84 kg) | ||||||||||
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| High school: | Atlanta (GA) Therrell | ||||||||||
| College: | Rhode Island | ||||||||||
| Position: | Defensive back | ||||||||||
| Undrafted: | 2007 | ||||||||||
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Virgil Carl Gray (born March 7, 1984) is a former arena football defensive back. He played college football for the University of Rhode Island.
Gray attended Therrell High School in Atlanta, Georgia and was a student and a standout in football and basketball. In football, he was a three-year letterman, and as a senior, he served as a team captain and was an All-City selection. Gray graduated in 2002.
Gray continued his football career at the University of Rhode Island. As a freshman in 2002, Gray red-shirted. Gray would play the next 4 seasons for the Rams, lettering each season, and was named a Second-Team All-Atlantic 10 Conference selection as a senior in 2006.[1]
In 2008, Gray signed with the Lubbock Renegades of af2. Gray played the competition of the 2008 season with the Renegades to a 9–7 record, and a berth in the af2 playoffs where they lost in the first round.
In 2009, Gray signed with the Spokane Shock after the Renegades folded. The Shock finished the season 15–1 and won, what happened to be the final, ArenaCup.
In 2010, Gray was assigned to the Milwaukee Iron, who had joined a number of other af2 teams in forming Arena Football 1.[2]
In 2011, former Shock teammate Nick Davila, convinced Gray to join him on the Arizona Rattlers.[3]
Gray signed with the Power on September 14, 2013.
In his first season with the Power, Gray missed 7 games due to a high ankle sprain but still finished with 42 tackles, 23 pass breakups and 11 interceptions returned for 297 yards and 2 touchdowns. Gray also returned 15 kickoffs for 344 yards and 1 touchdown.
Gray was assigned to the San Jose SaberCats on September 29, 2014.
Gray was selected by the Guangzhou Power of the China Arena Football League (CAFL) in the fifteenth round of the 2016 CAFL Draft.[4]
On March 21, 2018, Gray was assigned to the Baltimore Brigade.[5]
On March 7, 2017, Gray was named to the Baltimore Brigade coaching staff as an assistant coach.