Northeastern State University Athletics

NORTHEASTERN STATE – A three-year letterwinner . . . has played in 34 career games and has made 25 starts . . . owns a career 171 tackles and 16.0 tackles for loss . . . has one career sack and two interceptions, which all came as a redshirt freshman . . . lone career sack came against Eastern New Mexico (Nov. 6, 2010), while his two interceptions were against Texas A&M-Commerce (Oct. 9, 2010) and Midwestern State (Nov. 13, 2010) . . . has four career pass breakups and one forced fumble . . . owns four double-digit tackling performances, all coming junior year . . . career high for tackles in a single game is 13 against Central Missouri (Oct. 20, 2012) . . . sat out as a true freshman and took a redshirt . . . earned a medical redshirt in 2013 after missing all but one game with an injury.
 
Senior (2013) – Started the first game of the year and sat out the rest of the campaign after suffering a season-ending injury in the preseason . . . finished with five tackles and 0.5 TFL’s against Pittsburg State . . . was awarded a medical redshirt.
 
Junior (2012) – Started all 10 games . . . finished third on the team with 77 tackles, and added 4.0 tackles for loss . . . recorded two pass breakups . . . registered at least 10 tackles in four-straight games, including 13 against Central Missouri, 12 against Southwest Baptist, 11 against Missouri Western and 10 against Lincoln . . . added nine stops in the season-finale against Central Oklahoma.
 
Sophomore (2011) – Saw action in all 12 games and made eight starts on the year . . . registered 47 tackles and was third on the team with 6.5 TFL . . . collected one pass breakup . . . tallied a season-high seven tackles against Nebraska-Kearney . . . also posted six stops against both Central Oklahoma and Minnesota State . . . had a 19-yard kick return against Arkansas-Monticello.
 
Redshirt Freshman (2010) – Played in all 11 contests and made six starts in his first year of action . . . finished the season with 42 tackles, which included five TFL and one sack . . . added two interceptions, two quarterback hurries, one pass breakup and one forced fumble . . . recorded picks against both Texas A&M-Commerce and Midwestern State . . . posted a season-high nine stops against Eastern New Mexico . . . also added a forced fumble and a sack against the Greyhounds . . . recorded eight tackles against Central Oklahoma . . . finished the Southwestern Oklahoma State contest with six stops.
 
Freshman (2009) – Redshirted.
 
High School – Was a four-year letterwinner at Chandler HS . . . named the District 2A-5 MVP as a senior . . . also named all-state and was a Mr. Football quarterfinalist senior year . . . helped lead the Lions to two district championships (sophomore, senior) and the state title game senior year . . . competed in the Oil Bowl . . . named all-state honorable mention as a junior . . . also played four years in baseball, three in basketball and one in powerlifting . . . led CHS to four district championships and one conference championship in baseball . . . competed in the state tournament as a junior and finished runner-up as a senior . . . qualified for state in powerlifting senior year.
 
Personal – Majoring in geography . . . son of Jack Gray and Sarah and Rob McCollough . . . born Aug. 6, 1990.