Woods Ray

SOPHOMORE (2024) Got into every game as a holder, while also getting in pass attempts vs. Fordham and Yale … Started at Yale and finished 2-of-7 for 12 yards. FIRST-YEAR (2023) Did not see game action … In the spring, received the team’s most improved award for quarterback. HIGH SCHOOL All-State first team … Birmingham Quarterback Club Back of the Year and All-Metro South Player of the Year … All-Birmingham Offensive Player of the Year … All-Region player of the year … All-Over The Mountain first team … Threw for 2,646 yards last fall, completing 62.1 percent of his passes (181-294) with 27 touchdowns and four interceptions … Also ran for 812 yards and 12 TDs … In a 57-56 overtime loss in his final game accounted for 470 total yards, passing for 295 and rushing for another 175 … Completed 32-of-48 passes with five touchdown throws, three rushing touchdowns and a pair of 2-point conversion passes. PERSONAL Full name is Walter Heywood Ray … Father David played baseball at Alabama … Uncle Brodie Croyle was Cotton Bowl MVP as QB for Alabama before playing for the Kansas City Chiefs from 2006-10 and finishing his career with the Arizona Cardinals … Interested in studying engineering and pursuing it as a career … Enjoys chess … Born on Star Wars day (May 4) and is a huge fan of the franchise. COACH McCORKLE ON RAY “I’ve bumped into SEC coaches down there and gotten nothing but positive feedback about him. He’s a student of the game who played at a good program in a good football state.”