Running back, Liberty (from NC State), 2021–25
Julian Gray
- Number
- No. 1
- Height
- 5′11″
- Weight
- 195 lb
- Class (2025)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Charlotte, NC
Julian Gray played running back at NC State (2021–23) and Liberty (2024–25).
Career highs
80receiving yards, career highvs. VMI, 2023Rushing
Returns
Receiving
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | NC State | 1 | RB | Yr 1 | ||
| 2022 | NC State | 1 | RB | Yr 2 | ||
| 2023 | NC State | 1 | RB | Yr 3 | ||
| 2024 | Liberty | 1 | RB | Yr 4 | ||
| 2025 | Liberty | 1 | RB | Sr. (Yr 5) | 5′11″ | 195 |
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Per play
| Season | Team | Plays | EPA/play | Pctile | Median | Total | Usage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | NC State | 3 | 0.02 | – | – | 0.1 | – |
| 2022 | NC State | 20 | 0.60 | – | – | 12.0 | 3% |
| 2023 | NC State | 24 | 0.40 | – | – | 9.6 | 3% |
| 2024 | Liberty | 18 | 0.34 | – | – | 6.2 | – |
| 2025 | Liberty | 39 | 0.32 | – | – | 12.6 | 8% |
Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.
Game by game
2025 Liberty 8 games, 11 returns, 313 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | KR | Yds | PR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 | vs. Maine | W 28–7 | 6 | 39 | 0 | 2 | 55 | – |
| Sep 6 | at Jacksonville State | L 24–34 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 44 | – |
| Sep 13 | at Bowling Green | L 13–23 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 30 | – |
| Sep 20 | vs. James Madison | L 13–31 | 2 | 7 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Sep 27 | at Old Dominion | L 7–21 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 54 | – |
| Oct 8 | at UTEP | W 19–8 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Oct 14 | vs. New Mexico State | W 30–27 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 130 | – |
| Nov 1 | vs. Delaware | W 59–30 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
2024 Liberty 8 games, 19 returns, 363 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | KR | Yds | PR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | vs. Campbell | W 41–24 | – | – | – | 3 | 62 | – |
| Oct 23 | at Kennesaw State | L 24–27 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Oct 30 | vs.Jacksonville State | L 21–31 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Nov 9 | at Middle Tennessee | W 37–17 | 3 | 52 | 1 | 2 | 20 | – |
| Nov 16 | at Massachusetts | W 35–34 | – | – | – | 3 | 71 | – |
| Nov 23 | vs. Western Kentucky | W 38–21 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 101 | – |
| Nov 29 | at Sam Houston | L 18–20 | – | – | – | 3 | 74 | 2 |
| Jan 4 ✦ | vs. Buffalo | L 7–26 | 4 | −4 | 0 | 2 | 20 | – |
2023 NC State 11 games, 18 returns, 447 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | KR | Yds | PR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | at UConn | W 24–14 | – | – | – | 3 | 87 | – |
| Sep 9 | vs. Notre Dame | L 24–45 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 52 | – |
| Sep 16 | vs. VMI | W 45–7 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 94 | – |
| Sep 22 | at Virginia | W 24–21 | – | – | – | 2 | 49 | 1 |
| Sep 29 | vs. Louisville | L 10–13 | – | – | – | 1 | 38 | – |
| Oct 7 | vs. Marshall | W 48–41 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 42 | – |
| Oct 14 | at Duke | L 3–24 | – | – | – | 2 | 39 | – |
| Oct 28 | vs. Clemson | W 24–17 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Nov 4 | vs. Miami | W 20–6 | – | – | – | 1 | 18 | – |
| Nov 11 | at Wake Forest | W 26–6 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Dec 28 ✦ | vs. Kansas State | L 19–28 | – | – | – | 2 | 23 | – |
2022 NC State 11 games, 16 returns, 380 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | KR | Yds | PR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | at East Carolina | W 21–20 | – | – | – | 2 | 31 | – |
| Sep 10 | vs. Charleston Southern | W 55–3 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Sep 17 | vs. Texas Tech | W 27–14 | 1 | 7 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Sep 24 | vs.UConn | W 41–10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Oct 8 | vs. Florida State | W 19–17 | – | – | – | 1 | 16 | – |
| Oct 27 | vs. Virginia Tech | W 22–21 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 68 | – |
| Nov 5 | vs.Wake Forest | W 30–21 | – | – | – | 3 | 80 | – |
| Nov 12 | vs. Boston College | L 20–21 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 46 | – |
| Nov 19 | atLouisville | L 10–25 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 89 | – |
| Nov 25 | at North Carolina | W 30–27 | – | – | – | 2 | 50 | – |
| Dec 30 ✦ | vs. Maryland | L 12–16 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
2021 NC State 2 games, 3 catches, 18 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | KR | Yds | PR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | vs. South Florida | W 45–0 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Sep 18 | vs. Furman | W 45–7 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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