NFL CAREER – Signed by the Saints after the 2018 NFL Draft, this Mississippi native played in five regular season games in his rookie season, contributing on special team with two coverage tackles. Gray will take advantage of his first full offseason with the club as he seeks to secure a roster spot once again, competing on both defense and special teams.
CAREER TRANSACTIONS – Signed to reserve/future contract, 1/21/19; Signed to the practice squad, 11/15/18; Waived, 11/13/18; Signed as an undrafted free agent, 5/2/18.
2017 – Played in five regular season games for the Saints, spending the remainder of the season on the club’s practice squad…Had one solo special teams tackle at Atlanta, Sept. 23…Recorded one assisted coverage stop at N.Y. Giants, Sept. 30.
COLLEGE – Played in 45 games with 17 starts for the Bulldogs from 2014-17 and collected 210 tackles, 14.5 tackles for loss, four sacks, eight passes defensed and an interception…In 2017, ranked third on team in tackles (65) while playing MSU’s S/LB hybrid…As a junior ranked third on the team in tackles (71), playing in all 13 games at Viper and starting 10 contests…In 2015, played in all 13 games at linebacker and ranked fourth on the team in tackles (74) and added 3.5 tackles for loss and one sack…Industrial Technology major.
PERSONAL – Played junior season at Coolidge (Ariz.) HS, before transferring to Clarksdale (Miss.) HS for senior campaign...Grew up in the Magnolia State and came home for final high school season...Helped the Cougars to a 7-5 record as a senior as his team advanced to the second round of the Class 5A Mississippi state playoffs...A member of The Clarion-Ledger’s Targeted 22...Took part in the Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Classic...Earned Arizona Division IV Section II first-team as a DB after junior season and second-team as a RB in 2012...Played on both sides of the ball as a senior and recorded 58 tackles and offensively, rushed for 939 yards and 16 scores...As a junior, tallied 60 carries for 914 yards and 15 scores while catching ten passes for 117 yards and a TD...Defensively, booked a team-leading 112 tackles and two interceptions…Ran track for Coolidge and qualified for the state meet in the 100-meter dash, 200-meter run, high jump and long jump…Juantavius Tavon Gray was born Jan. 18, 1996 in Clarksdale, Miss.
