Senior defensive lineman on Army's 2025 roster.
6′3″ · 265 lb · Gaston, SC
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
How he plays
Disrupts the pocket from the interior.
QB hurries: 82nd percentile.
The full scouting readThe numbers
sacks · 2025
15 tackles · 3 hurries
Best game: 1 tackles, at Kansas State
His career numbers, season by seasonDeshontez Gray
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Third year in the Army defensive front, same address the whole way. One game to point at: 4 tackles against Air Force — Week 10, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2023–2025
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Jeff Monken.
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Jeff Monken — 25-14 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: qb hurries (82nd percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (7th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2025 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Monken
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-AAC
Based on 2025: #43 of 53 American Athletic DLs
15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025
W 24–21
at Kansas State
1 QB HUR · 1 PD · 1 SOLO
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.
With N. Short — 52 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 99.8 · 61 rush yds (10 car) · C. Hellums — 43 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 69.0 · 124 rush yds (41 car) · 2 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 27-30vs Tarleton State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 24-21@ Kansas State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 38-45vs North Texas | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 31-13@ UAB | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 24-7vs Charlotte | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 17-24@ Tulane | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 20-17@ Air Force | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 11 | W 14-13vs Temple | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 25-26vs Tulsa | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 15 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
15 tackles. 1 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
2026 Outlook
Army
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive line · Army
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Army · Last season: 7-6 · Talent rank #136 · 2026 recruiting class #138
Player DNA
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Quin Williams’s 2021 season.
Matches Quin on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Michael Reese's junior season at Duke (2022).
Matches Michael on
Differs from Michael on
Player DNA