Eric Gray

RB · Sr. · Oklahoma5′10″ · 211 lb · Memphis, TN · Lausanne Collegiate School

Eric Gray: RB · Oklahoma.

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Eric Gray

RB · Oklahoma · Sr

Hits the crease and outruns the angle. Played for three head coaches at two programs in four seasons: Jeremy Pruitt, Bob Stoops and Brent Venables. The first one came in 2022: All-Big 12. A game that shows it: 211 rushing yards and 12 receiving yards against West Virginia — Week 11, 2022.

Style of play

Style of play

Play style

Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.

Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape

Steady, not spectacular

187Carries
1228Yards
16.5%Top-5 share
11.2%Stuffed rate

Just 16.5% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 11.2% of his carries. 11 carries for 59 yds vs Texas; 25 for 211 vs West Virginia.

Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.

Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share

Not actually a closer

36.5%Carry share
22.5%Q4-lead share
81.2%In competitive games

36.5% of carries overall (188/515) → 22.5% of Q4-with-lead carries (16/71) — 81.2% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.

Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

16/203rd/4th & short
11/23Inside-5 share

16 of 20 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (80.0%). 11 of the team's 23 inside-the-5 carries (47.8%).

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