![]() Gray talking to press ahead of the 2025 CFP National Championship. | |
Notre Dame Fighting Irish–No. 29 | |
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Position | Cornerback |
Class | Junior |
Personal information | |
Born: | May 26, 2005 |
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
Weight | 187 lb (85 kg) |
Career history | |
College |
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Bowl games | |
High school | De Smet Jesuit (Creve Coeur, Missouri) |
Christian Amir Gray (born May 26, 2005) [1] is an American college football cornerback for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.
Gray attended De Smet Jesuit High School in Creve Coeur, Missouri. He was rated as a four-star recruit and committed to play college football for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish over offers from schools such as Alabama, LSU, USC, and Ohio State. [2] [3]
As a freshman in 2023, Gray appeared in 12 games for Notre Dame, where he notched 11 tackles, two pass deflections, and an interception. [4] [5] He entered the 2024 season as one of the starting cornerbacks for the Fighting Irish. [6] In the 2024 regular-season finale, Gray returned an interception 99 yards for a touchdown in a win versus USC which clinched a CFP bid. [7]
Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | |||||||||
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GP | GS | Total | Solo | Ast | Sack | PD | Int | Yds | TD | FF | FR | TD | ||
2023 | Notre Dame | 12 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 | Notre Dame | 15 | 15 | 35 | 26 | 9 | 0.0 | 9 | 3 | 99 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Career | 27 | 15 | 46 | 35 | 11 | 0.0 | 11 | 4 | 99 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |