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Fresno State: Made a switch from one of the WACÕs top safeties to linebacker last year and didnÕt miss a beat, earning second-team all-conference honors É one of the WACÕs hardest hitters É dubbed the WACÕs hardest hitting player by Street and SmithÕs É a consensus preseason first-team All-WAC selection by all major college football magazines É despite playing a new position, reads plays very well and always seems to find himself around the ball É opened the 2002 season rated the 19th-best safety in the nation by The Sporting News É was dubbed Fresno StateÕs best defensive player by collegefootballnews.com É named an honorable mention preseason All-American by Street and SmithÕs É graduated in four years with a degree in mass communication and journalism in May 2003.
(2002) Played in all 14 games, starting 13 É switched from safety to linebacker before the Rice game to fill in at the injury-torn position É against the Owls, he made nine tackles, including two for loss É also had nine tackles against SMU É finished the year third on the team in tackles with 80 É third on the team with 13 tackles for loss É also had six sacks, four pass breakups, one quarterback hurry and one fumble recovery É blocked a punt against Louisiana Tech ... had a huge game in the Silicon Valley Football Classic against Georgia Tech, recording 11 tackles, two for losses, one sack, forced a fumble and had an interception.
(2001) Played in all 14 games, starting 13 É second on the team in tackles with 95 É has racked up 165 tackles in two seasons É third on the team in tackles for loss with 10 É also had four sacks and a team-high four interceptions É broke up six passes É an absolutely vicious hitter, a trait he displayed in the season opener when he leveled Colorado quarterback Craig Ochs on a blitz, causing a fumble, which Fresno State recovered, leading to a touchdown and a 24-22 victory over the Buffaloes É piled up 10 tackles, including one for loss, in the Silicon Valley Football Classic against Michigan State É had back-to-back 11-tackle games against Colorado and Oregon State É picked off two passes in a victory against Tulsa É a blackshirt recipient six times É had at least six tackles in 10 games ... honorable mention All-WAC.
(2000) In just his first season, finished fourth on the team in tackles with 70 É had nine tackles for loss, three sacks and one interception É helped seal the 14-7 victory over SMU with an interception as the Mustangs were driving on their final possession of the game É had a big game against SMU, racking up 11 tackles and a sack É posted 10 tackles against HawaiÕi and a season-high 12 against San Jose State É his six sacks were second-best on the squad É forced two fumbles and blocked a kick.
(1999) Redshirted.
High School: All-Southeast Yosemite League as a junior and senior É Prep Star preseason all-region nominee É Bakersfield Jockey Club athlete of the month É as a junior, posted 20 solo tackles and 61 assisted tackles with two for a loss É recorded 43 solo tackles, 83 assisted tackles, five interceptions, three blocked kicks, two caused fumbles and four fumble recoveries his senior season É rushed for 700 yards on 102 carries (6.9 avg.) with 10 touchdowns É had six receptions for 110 yards.
Personal: Born Aug. 14, 1981 É parents names are Pamela Lindsay and Floyd McGill É has a brother, Ramon Grayson É lists favorite athlete as former Detroit Lions running back Barry Sanders É enjoys playing video games.
Statistics Year G-GS Solo Asst Total TFL-Yds Sacks-Yds 1999 Redshirted 2000 12-1 42 28 70 9-64 6-36 2001 14-13 65 30 95 10-40 4-25 2002 14-12 46 34 80 13-37 6-19 Totals 40-27 153 92 245 32-141 16-80Year FC PBU FR Int-Yds 1999 Redshirted 2000 2 3 0 1-49 2001 1 6 0 4-47 2002 2 4 1 1-6 Totals 1 3 1 6-102
