Kendarin Ray

HISTORY — From College Profile

TULSA – A four-year letterwinner and two-year starter … played in 39 career games and had 25 starts … had 222 career tackles, 6.5 TFL for -19 yards, 13 PBUs, four fumble recoveries, four forced fumbles and one INT … had seven career 10+ tackle games … entered the transfer portal following the 2022 season. 

 

2022 – Played in all 12 games and started 11 contests … had 86 stops, three TFL for -7 yards, three forced fumbles, five PBUs, one INT and one fumble recovery …had four double-digit tackle games … totaled 11 tackles, including 10 solos vs. USF … tied his career-high with 13 tackles, and added one PBU and had his first career INT for a 23-yard return vs. #19 Tulane … had eight stops at Temple … totaled his second 10-tackle game of the season at Navy and added 1.5 TFL for -3 yards and one forced fumble … had six stops and one PBU vs. Cincinnati … also had 10 stops and added one forced fumble, one fumble recovery and one PBU vs. #13 Ole Miss … had five stops and caused one fumble vs. JAX State … tallied seven stops and one TFL for -2 yards at Wyoming. 

 

2021 – Played in six games and started five contests … missed the final seven games with a season-ending injury … had 33 tackles, one sack and one forced fumble …  had a career-high 13 tackles in the season opener against UC Davis … tallied four stops, all solos, at Oklahoma State … had six tackles, one sack for -7 yards and one forced fumble, all in the second half, at No. 9-ranked Ohio State … missed the first half of the Ohio State game due to a targeting call a week earlier … totaled six stops vs. Arkansas State. 

 

2020 – Played and started in all 9 games … led the team with 63 tackles and seven pass breakups … earned honorable mention all-AAC honors … ranked 10th in the AAC for passes defended and 12th for total tackles …had two double-figure tackle games … made his first career start in the 2020 season opener at #11 Oklahoma State and tallied 11 tackles, all solos … had his next double-digit tackle game with 10 stops and one pass breakup against Tulane … had seven stops and one pass breakup at #11 UCF … had four stops, all solos, one TFL for -2 yards and one pass breakups at USF … compiled nine stops, including seven solos, and added two pass breakups against East Carolina … had 5 tackles and one pass breakup in the AAC Championship game at #6 Cincinnati … tallied six stops at Navy … also recorded six stops and one pass breakup against Mississippi State in the Armed Forces Bowl.  

 

2019 – Played in all 12 games … recorded 40 tackles, 1.5 stops for -2 yards, three fumble recoveries and one pass break-up … had four tackles in his first collegiate playing time at Michigan State in the season opener … had a career-high with his first double-digit tackle game of 12 stops at Tulane … totaled five tackles in back-to-back games against #23 Cincinnati and #25 Memphis … was credited with four stops at East Carolina … had three tackles and one TFL for -2 yards vs. Houston … totaled two stops and one fumble recovery in the UCF game … had two tackles and recovered an onside kick fumble at the one-yard line to score a touchdown at SMU … also tallied two stops and one PBU vs. Wyoming. 

 

2018 – Was one of several true freshmen to sit out the season due to redshirt status. 

 

 

 

HIGH SCHOOL –?Was a two-year starter at Brenham High School, where he played quarterback… completed 105-of-219 passes for 1,598 yards and 16 touchdowns, while rushing for 1,953 yards, a 6.7 average and 19 TDs in his two years … threw for 1,039 yards and 11 touchdowns and rushed for another 1,163 yards and 11 TDs his senior season … high school coach was Glen West. 

 

 

PERSONAL –?Favorite NFL team is the Dallas Cowboys … his favorite NFL player is Lamar Jackson, while his favorite professional athlete is Lebron James … favorite movie is Friday … his favorite sports movie is Friday Night Lights … favorite food is seafood … his favorite superhero is Captain America … began playing football at age 5 … the super-power he would most like to have is that of a mind-reader … lists Cancun as his best vacation spot … chocolate cake is his favorite dessert … has four older siblings … father is Richard Ray and mother is Sheila Hughes … majoring in education … born May 14, 2000. 

 

-- 6/23/23

2022

fumbles
REC	LOST	FUM
2.0	0.0	0.0

defensive
TFL	QB HUR	TOT	TD	PD	SACKS	SOLO
3.0	2.0	86.0	0.0	5.0	0.0	55.0

interceptions
TD	AVG	YDS	INT
0.0	23.0	23.0	1.0

2021

defensive
TFL	QB HUR	TOT	TD	PD	SACKS	SOLO
1.0	1.0	33.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	17.0

2020

defensive
TFL	QB HUR	TOT	TD	PD	SACKS	SOLO
1.0	1.0	63.0	0.0	7.0	0.0	44.0

2019

defensive
TFL	QB HUR	TOT	TD	PD	SACKS	SOLO
1.5	0.0	40.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	21.0