Austin Ray

Position:
Tight End
Height:
6-6
Weight:
240
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Columbia, Mo.
High School:
Rock Bridge

AT COLORADO: This Season (Fr.-RS)—Enters the fall listed fifth at tight end, but the competition at the position is wide open and CU will utilize multiple tight end sets, so he has a chance to contribute. He caught three passes for 59 yards in the four main spring scrimmages.

2012 (Fr.)—Redshirted; practiced the entire fall at tight end.

HIGH SCHOOL—As a senior, he earned SuperPrep All-American honors, with the publication ranking him the No. 5 tight end in the nation and the second tight end and No. 21 overall player in the Midlands Region (along with the No. 6 player in the state of Missouri). Rivals.com ranked him as the No. 15 player from Missouri and as the top tight end; ESPN.com ranked him the No. 29 tight end nationally (also the No. 11 player from Missouri and No. 125 overall in the Midlands Region); and Scout.com ranked him as the No. 34 tight end in the country. ESPNHS Missouri magazine named him first-team All-State and he also earned All-District and All-Conference honors both his junior and senior seasons. Playing in a run-oriented offense, he made the most of his opportunities, with 47 career receptions that went for just under 750 yards and 16 touchdowns. As a senior, he caught 22 passes for 338 yards and five touchdowns; he had 18 catches for 250 yards and eight touchdowns as a junior and had seven catches for 150 yards and three scores his sophomore year. His top games included beating Rock Bridge’s city rival, Hickman, each of his three seasons at Missouri’s Faurot Field (he caught a TD pass in the game as a sophomore and made key catches in each his junior and senior seasons). He was also the long snapper for the punt unit on special teams. A three-year starter for coaches Justin Conyers (senior year) and former Missouri Tiger A.J. Ofodile, Rock Bridge was 7-4 his senior season (advancing to the state playoffs), 4-6 his junior year and 5-5 his sophomore campaign. He was an accomplished three-sport athlete, also lettering in basketball three times and track and field once. On the hardwood, he averaged 11 points and eight rebounds per game as a junior to help Rock Bridge advance to the state semifinals. In track, he placed fifth in the state in the shot put and also went to state throwing the discus.

ACADEMICS—He is majoring in Business at Colorado. A member of the National Honor Society and the Honor Roll in high school, he maintained a 3.6 grade point average as a prep.

PERSONAL—He was born October 12, 1993 in Columbia, Mo. His hobbies include playing most sports recreationally, hunting, fishing and hanging out with friends. He has done a good amount of community service, most notably when his football team helped assist with a breast cancer awareness fundraiser.