Cedric Gray: LB · North Carolina · #33.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Cedric Gray
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Fourth year in the same linebacker corps at North Carolina. ACC Linebacker Player of the Week in 2023 made it three straight seasons on the honors list. One game to point at: 18 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against Virginia — Week 8, 2023.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
121 tackles. 4 passes defended. 1 interception. 11 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
247Sports Nov 3
Syracuse.com Oct 22Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | North Carolina | 121 | 64 | 11.0 | 5.0 | 4 | 1 |
| 2022 | North Carolina | 136 | 76 | 10.0 | 1.0 | 6 | 2 |
| 2021 | North Carolina | 99 | 52 | 6.0 | 2.5 | 3 | 2 |
| 2020 | North Carolina | 3 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 359 | 192 | 27.0 | 8.5 | 13 | 5 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-17vs South Carolina | 9 | 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 40-34vs App State | 11 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 31-13vs Minnesota | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 41-24@ Pittsburgh | 7 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | W 40-7vs Syracuse | 8 | 6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 41-31vs No. 25 Miami | 10 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 27-31vs Virginia | 18 | 11 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 18 tackles |
| Wk 9 | L 42-46@ Georgia Tech | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 59-7vs Campbell | 9 | 7 | 3.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 11 | W 47-45vs Duke | 11 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 20-31@ Clemson | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 20-39@ NC State | 17 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 121 | 64 | 11.0 | 5.0 | 1 | 4 |
Week 10 · 2023
W 59-7
vs Campbell
2 sacks · 3 tackles for loss · 9 tackles
Dominant 52-point win at home against Campbell.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
121tackles this seasonTFL rate
9%11 TFLSack rate
4%5 sacksPD rate
3%4 pass breakups121 tackles · 11 for loss · 5 sacks · 1 interception.
4 seasons under Mack Brown — 31-21 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 10.6 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| Road4g | 9.5 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 8.7 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 11.5 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mack Brown
Pass share
48.5%
460 pass / 489 run
Plays / game
73.0
13 games
Team sack rate
7.2%
503 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2023
121 tackles in 12 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS linebacker who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #18 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at North Carolina, 359 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2022) — drafted at #106 overall by the Tennessee Titans.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-ACC · 1ST TEAM
All-ACC 1st team (2022)
Weekly recognition
1 weekly honor (2023)
3 career weekly honors across 3 seasons
Coaching lineage · 2020–2023
1 coachPlayed every college season under Mack Brown.
Next stop · NFL
Tennessee TitansEntering 3rd NFL season
Tennessee TitansEntering 3rd NFL season
