A.J. Gray

Defensive back for Georgia Tech. 2017: 2 interceptions, 2 pass breakups, 54 tackles.

DB · Georgia Tech · #5

6′1″ · 218 lb · Sandersville, GA

Georgia Tech 2017 alumnus

The story

2017 defensive back for Georgia Tech. 2017: 2 interceptions, 2 pass breakups, 54 tackles.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Georgia Tech, 126 tackles — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Georgia Tech

2015–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2015–2017

1 coach

2015–2017

Paul Johnson

Georgia Tech

Played his entire career under Paul Johnson.

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Paul Johnson — 17-19 over that span.

2015Georgia Tech3-9HC: Paul Johnson · Run-heavy

2016Georgia Tech9-4HC: Paul Johnson · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2017Georgia Tech5-6HC: Paul Johnson · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (89th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Solo tackles#270 / 2682 · 89th pct

Tackles#584 / 2682 · 78th pct

Interceptions#144 / 795 · 72nd pct

Passes defended#746 / 2682 · 66th pct

QB hurries#717 / 2682 · 63rd pct

Sacks#799 / 2682 · 62nd pct

1.0

Tackles for loss#1180 / 2682 · 53rd pct

2.5

Forced fumbles#69 / 715 · 45th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	4.1	0.3	0.1	0.3
Road3g	8.3	0.2	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	4.0	0.2	0.2	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	6.8	0.3	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Brent Key

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Georgia Tech	54	43	2.5	1.0	2	2	--
2016	Georgia Tech	72	55	3.5	0.0	2	--	--
2015	Georgia Tech	--	--	--	--	--	1	--
Career		126	98	6.0	1.0	4	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2017

W 28–22

vs Virginia Tech

5 TOT · 5 SOLO · 1 TFL

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 6 at home.

With T. Marshall — 140 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 36.1 · 64 rush yds (22 car) · 2 TD · B. Stewart — 1 rec · 60 yds · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week