Opendorse NIL Profile
Honors
2024 HBCU+ Player of the Year Watch List
2024 BOXTOROW Preseason All-American
2024 Preseason First Team All-SWAC
2024 Preseason First Team Phil Steele All-SWACÂ
2023: Played in 11 games… Hauled in 41 receptions for 584 yards and four touchdowns… Recorded a season-long 47 yard reception… Averaged 14.2 yards per reception… Averaged 53.1 yards per game… Recorded a season-high eight receptions for 79 yards against Alabama State (Oct. 14)… Recorded seven receptions for 136 yards and a touchdown against UAPB (Oct. 28)… Recorded six receptions against Texas Southern (Nov. 4) and Alcorn State (Nov. 18)… Recorded 109 yards against Alcorn State (Nov. 18) with a pair of touchdowns.
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Before Jackson State: Appeared in all 12 games as a wide receiver and special teams units in 2022 at Northern Illinois… Caught 13 passes for 174 yards and returned two kickoffs for 30 yards along with four special teams tackles… Made three receptions for 46 yards vs. Vanderbilt (Sept. 17)… Appeared in all 14 games as a wide receiver and on multiple special teams units in 2021… Caught two passes for 14 yards with a long reception of nine yards at the Cure Bowl vs. Coastal Carolina (Dec. 7)…. Recorded a five-yard catch vs. Wyoming (Sept. 11)… Saw action on the kickoff coverage, kickoff return and punt return teams. … Credited with a solo tackle vs. Maine (Sept. 25)… Appeared in two games in 2020… Caught one pass for 34 yards against Buffalo (Nov. 4)… Redshirted in 2019… Appeared in two games, both as a contributor on special teams, one of 16 true freshmen to see playing time…. Saw his first action as a Huskie against Akron (Oct. 26), serving on the kickoff team…. Served on the punt return unit at Toledo (Nov. 13).
High School: Ranked as the number three defensive player in Chicagoland by the Chicago Sun-Times in 2018… Named to 2018 Chicago Sun-Times All-Public League team…. Led Phillips with 41 receptions, 589 yards, and seven touchdowns as a junior in 2017; also intercepted seven passes on defense…. Won IHSA Class 5A state championship at Phillips in 2017, in a game played at Huskie Stadium.
Personal: Son of Nathaniel McCray and Latonya Thomas...Born February 7 in Chicago, Illinois…. Majoring in Sports Science.
