Defensive end, Texas A&M, to 1984

Ray Childress

Born
Oct 20, 1962, in Memphis, Tennessee

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Ray Childress played defensive end at Texas A&M (to 1984). The Houston Oilers took Childress in the first round, No. 3 overall in the 1985 NFL Draft. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2010.

At a glance

Best season
1984
First-team All-Southwest Conference
Drafted
No. 3
Overall, 1985 NFL Draft (Houston Oilers)

Honors

All-America: UPI first team 1984; AP third team 1984; Sporting News 1984; Gannett News Service second team 1983

The teams in those years

Our player records start in 2004; before that they hold the honors, the Heisman vote and the draft (from 1936), with college years from the player’s Wikipedia article where it gives them.

In the NFL

Pro Bowls: 5 (1988, 1990–⁠93) · First-team All-Pro (AP): 1992 · Second-team All-Pro (AP): 3 (1988–⁠90)

All-Pro teams: AP first team 1992; AP second team 1988–⁠90; Pro Football Writers first team 1990, 1992; Sporting News first team 1990; NEA first team 1991–⁠92; NEA second team 1988, 1990.

Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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