2025 Football Roster

38 Markeegan Gray

  • Position Defensive Back
  • Height 5-9
  • Weight 190
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Slidell, La.
  • Highschool Slidell

Biography

2024 – Redshirt Junior
  • Burlsworth Trophy nominee
  • Appeared in all 12 games
  • Totaled seven tackles, primarily on special teams
  • Matched a career-high three tackles at Texas (Sept. 21)
  • Made a pair of tackles at Marshall (Nov. 2)
2023 – Redshirt Sophomore
  • Appeared in seven games
  • Totaled seven tackles (three solo, four assists)
  • Posted career-high three tackles at Southern Miss
  • Recorded one pass breakup vs. Troy
2022 – Redshirt Freshman
  • Appeared in eight games
  • Posted a tackle vs. Texas State and at Troy
2021 – Freshman 
  • Redshirted
  • Earned Scout Team Defensive Player of the Week honors twice, vs. Liberty and vs. Arkansas State
Slidell High School
  • Three-year starter for Coach Larry Favre
  • Helped the Tigers to a combined record of 23-11 (.676), including back-to-back District 6-5A Championships in 2018 and ’19
  • Two-time All-District 6-5A First-Team selection
  • Intercepted three passes as a senior in 2020
  • Two-way player rushed 10 times for 58 yards and two touchdowns vs. St. Paul’s
  • Made seven tackles vs. Mandeville
  • Earned All-South Louisiana First-Team honors as a junior in 2019
  • Recorded career highs for tackles (113), interceptions (4) and pass break-ups (13) as a junior; also forced two fumbles
  • Posted 57 tackles (29 solos, 28 assists), including four for losses, and two interceptions as a sophomore in 2018
  • Made nine stops each in back-to-back games vs. Covington and Ponchatoula (added a tackle for loss and an interception)
  • Credited with two forced fumbles vs. Fontainebleau
  • Also lettered in track and field, competing in the 100, 200, 4x100 and 4x200
Personal
  • Born July 31, 2003, in Slidell, Louisiana
  • Son of Michael Gray and Aniskea Taylor
  • Has two siblings: Michael and Marshay
  • Majoring in sports management
  • Enjoys fishing and playing golf

Statistics

Season:
2025

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 38

    2021Freshman

    Safety
    5'9" 195 lbs
    38
  • 38

    2022Redshirt Freshman

    Linebacker
    5'8" 199 lbs
    38
  • 38

    2023Sophomore

    Outside Linebacker
    5'9" 199 lbs
    38
  • 38

    2024Junior

    Defensive Back
    5'9" 190 lbs
    38
  • 38

    2025Redshirt Senior

    Defensive Back
    5'9" 190 lbs
    38