Running back, Pittsburgh, 2009–⁠12

Ray Graham

Lettered 2009–⁠11 (school media guide)

Number: No. 1
Height: 5′9″
Hometown: Elizabeth, NJ
Born: Sep 18, 1990, in Elizabeth, New Jersey

Wikipedia readers: about 144 a month over the past year

Ray Graham played running back at Pittsburgh (2009–⁠12).

Best season: 1,042; Rushing yards, 2012 (Pittsburgh, 6–⁠7)
Best game: 277 yards; Vs. Florida International, week 5, 2010: No. 1 rushing game in FBS that week

277rushing yards, career highvs. Florida International, 2010 3rushing touchdowns, career highthree times; last vs. Maine, 2011 8catches, career highvs. Notre Dame, 2011

Team titles: Big East champions, 2010

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record

349

922

958

1,042

10–⁠3AP 158–⁠56–⁠76–⁠7

Season	Team	Car	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
2009	Pittsburgh	61	349	5.7	4	53
2010	Pittsburgh	148	922	6.2	8	79
2011	Pittsburgh	164	958	5.8	9	75
2012	Pittsburgh	222	1,042	4.7	11	78
Career		595	3,271	5.5	32	79

Receiving

Season	Team	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
2009	Pittsburgh	8	46	5.8	0	14
2010	Pittsburgh	24	213	8.9	2	33
2011	Pittsburgh	30	200	6.7	0	15
2012	Pittsburgh	36	340	9.4	2	33
Career		98	799	8.2	4	33

Returns

Season	Team	KR	Yds
2009	Pittsburgh	15	337
2010	Pittsburgh	23	501
2011	Pittsburgh	2	35
Career		40	873

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Ht
2009	Pittsburgh	1	RB
2010	Pittsburgh	1	RB
2011	Pittsburgh	1	RB
2012	Pittsburgh	1	RB	5′9″

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.

Game by game

2012 Pittsburgh 12 games, 1,042 rushing yards, 11 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD
Sep 1	vs.Youngstown State	L 17–⁠31	14	71	0	–	–	–
Sep 6	atCincinnati	L 10–⁠34	19	103	0	4	51	0
Sep 15	vs.Virginia Tech	W 35–⁠17	24	94	2	2	17	1
Sep 22	vs.Gardner-Webb	W 55–⁠10	8	94	1	3	23	0
Oct 5	atSyracuse	L 13–⁠14	24	57	1	4	31	0
Oct 13	vs.Louisville	L 35–⁠45	6	20	0	5	51	0
Oct 20	atBuffalo	W 20–⁠6	20	74	1	–	–	–
Oct 27	vs.Temple	W 47–⁠17	19	109	2	4	71	1
Nov 3	atNotre Dame	L 26–⁠29	24	172	1	6	25	0
Nov 9	atUConn	L 17–⁠24	15	41	0	3	21	0
Nov 24	vs.Rutgers	W 27–⁠6	23	113	1	5	50	0
Dec 1	atSouth Florida	W 27–⁠3	26	94	2	–	–	–

2011 Pittsburgh 8 games, 958 rushing yards, 9 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD
Sep 3	vs.Buffalo	W 35–⁠16	29	201	3	2	6	0
Sep 10	vs.Maine	W 35–⁠29	28	121	3	5	30	0
Sep 17	atIowa	L 27–⁠31	22	97	0	6	50	0
Sep 24	vs.Notre Dame	L 12–⁠15	21	89	0	8	43	0
Sep 29	vs.South Florida	W 44–⁠17	26	226	2	4	42	0
Oct 8	atRutgers	L 10–⁠34	24	159	1	2	19	0
Oct 15	vs.Utah	L 14–⁠26	12	46	0	3	10	0
Oct 26	vs.UConn	W 35–⁠20	2	19	0	–	–	–

2010 Pittsburgh 12 games, 922 rushing yards, 8 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD
Sep 11	vs.New Hampshire	W 38–⁠16	9	115	2	3	32	0
Sep 23	vs.Miami	L 3–⁠31	14	100	0	3	41	0
Oct 2	vs.Florida International	W 44–⁠17	29	277	3	3	19	0
Oct 9	atNotre Dame	L 17–⁠23	8	44	0	2	19	0
Oct 16	atSyracuse	W 45–⁠14	11	53	0	3	22	1
Oct 23	vs.Rutgers	W 41–⁠21	14	56	1	1	17	0
Oct 30	vs.Louisville	W 20–⁠3	9	40	1	1	0	0
Nov 11	atUConn	L 28–⁠30	16	75	1	1	9	0
Nov 20	atSouth Florida	W 17–⁠10	10	44	0	3	9	1
Nov 26	vs.West Virginia	L 10–⁠35	10	21	0	3	31	0
Dec 4	atCincinnati	W 28–⁠10	1	7	0	–	–	–
Jan 8 ✦	vs.Kentucky	W 27–⁠10	17	90	0	1	14	0

2009 Pittsburgh 13 games, 349 rushing yards, 4 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD
Sep 5	vs.Youngstown State	W 38–⁠3	6	22	0	–	–	–
Sep 12	atBuffalo	W 54–⁠27	1	2	1	–	–	–
Sep 19	vs.Navy	W 27–⁠14	3	18	1	2	−2	0
Sep 26	atNC State	L 31–⁠38	2	6	0	–	–	–
Oct 2	atLouisville	W 35–⁠10	12	75	1	1	6	0
Oct 10	vs.UConn	W 24–⁠21	8	53	0	1	14	0
Oct 16	atRutgers	W 24–⁠17	2	−2	0	1	5	0
Oct 24	vs.South Florida	W 41–⁠14	11	88	0	–	–	–
Nov 7	vs.Syracuse	W 37–⁠10	7	17	0	3	23	0
Nov 14	vs.Notre Dame	W 27–⁠22	3	57	1	–	–	–
Nov 27	atWest Virginia	L 16–⁠19	1	−1	0	–	–	–
Dec 5	vs.Cincinnati	L 44–⁠45	3	14	0	–	–	–
Dec 26 ✦	vs.North Carolina	W 19–⁠17	2	0	0	–	–	–

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Played in the 2013 East–West Shrine Game (East team, lost 13–⁠28).

Drill	Combine 2013	Combine or pro day 2013
Height	5′9⅛″
Weight	199 lb
Arm length	30¼″
Hand size	9⅝″
40-yard dash	4.80 s
10-yard split		1.73 s
Vertical jump	32½″
Broad jump	9′4″
Bench press	18 reps
3-cone drill	7.17 s
20-yard shuttle	4.21 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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At a glance

Career highs