{{Short description|American football player (born 1957)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox NFL biography |name=Earnest Gray |number=83, 87 |position=Wide receiver |birth_date={{Birth date and age|1957|3|2|mf=y}} |birth_place=Greenwood, Mississippi, U.S. |height_ft=6 |height_in=3 |weight_lb=195 |high_school=Greenwood (MS) |college=Memphis |draftyear=1979 |draftround=2 |draftpick=36 |pastteams=* New York Giants ({{NFL Year|1979|1984}}) * St. Louis Cardinals ({{NFL Year|1985}}) |highlights=* PFWA All-Rookie Team (1979) |statlabel1=Receptions |statvalue1=246 |statlabel2=Receiving yards |statvalue2=3,790 |statlabel3=Touchdowns |statvalue3=27 |pfr=GrayEa00 }}

'''Earnest L. Gray''' (born March 2, 1957) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Giants and St. Louis Cardinals. He played college football for the Memphis Tigers and was selected by the Giants in the second round of the 1979 NFL draft. He caught 78 passes for 1,139&nbsp;yards and five touchdowns in 1983.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=GRAYEAR01 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100212002644/http://databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=GRAYEAR01 | archive-date=2010-02-12 | url-status=usurped | title=RotoWire Fantasy Football, Baseball, Basketball and More }}</ref>

He played on a Giants team that in 1981 made the playoffs after a 18-year hiatus. He finished his career with 246 receptions for 3,790 yards and 27 touchdowns.

==NFL career statistics== {| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" ! colspan="2"| Legend |- | '''Bold''' | Career high |}

=== Regular season === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !rowspan="2"| Year !rowspan="2"| Team !colspan="2"| Games !colspan="5"| Receiving |- ! GP !! GS !! Rec !! Yds !! Avg !! Lng !! TD |- ! 1979 !! NYG | '''16''' || 14 || 28 || 537 || '''19.2''' || 53 || 4 |- ! 1980 !! NYG | '''16''' || '''16''' || 52 || 777 || 14.9 || 50 || '''10''' |- ! 1981 !! NYG | '''16''' || 3 || 22 || 360 || 16.4 || 45 || 2 |- ! 1982 !! NYG | 9 || 9 || 25 || 426 || 17.0 || 47 || 4 |- ! 1983 !! NYG | '''16''' || '''16''' || '''78''' || '''1,139''' || 14.6 || '''62''' || 5 |- ! 1984 !! NYG | 12 || 11 || 38 || 529 || 13.9 || 31 || 2 |- ! 1985 !! STL | 5 || 0 || 3 || 22 || 7.3 || 12 || 0 |- ! colspan="2"| !! 90 !! 69 !! 246 !! 3,790 !! 15.4 !! 62 !! 27 |}

=== Playoffs === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !rowspan="2"| Year !rowspan="2"| Team !colspan="2"| Games !colspan="5"| Receiving |- ! GP !! GS !! Rec !! Yds !! Avg !! Lng !! TD |- ! 1981 !! NYG | '''2''' || '''2''' || '''4''' || '''130''' || '''32.5''' || '''72''' || '''1''' |- ! 1984 !! NYG | '''2''' || 1 || 2 || 20 || 10.0 || 11 || 0 |- ! colspan="2"| !! 4 !! 3 !! 6 !! 150 !! 25.0 !! 72 !! 1 |}

==References== {{reflist}} {{Giants1979DraftPicks}}

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