{{Short description|American gridiron football player (born 1968)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox NFL biography | name = Ray Ethridge | image = <!-- Only free-content images are allowed for depicting living people -- see WP:NONFREE. --> | alt = | caption = | number = 6, 85, 86 | position = Wide receiver | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|09|11|mf=y}} | birth_place = San Diego, California, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 10 | weight_lbs = 180 | high_school = Crawford<br>(San Diego, California) | college = Pasadena City College | draftyear = 1992 | draftround = 3 | draftpick = 63 | pastteams = * BC Lions ({{CFL Year|1991}}) * San Diego Chargers ({{NFL Year|1992}}) * Cleveland Browns (1995)*<ref>{{cite book |title=Raiders, 1997 Media Guide |page=58 |url=https://archive.org/details/ravens-1997-media-guide-baltimore-c/page/n63/mode/2up?view=theater |access-date=21 August 2024}}</ref> * Carolina Panthers (1995)* * Cleveland Browns ({{NFL Year|1995}}) * Baltimore Ravens ({{NFL Year|1996}}–{{NFL Year|1997}}) * San Diego Chargers ({{NFL Year|1999}})* | cflstatus = International | statleague = NFL | statlabel1 = Receptions | statvalue1 = 43 | statlabel2 = Receiving yards | statvalue2 = 421 | statlabel3 = GP / GS | statvalue3 = 32 / 10 | cflstatlabel1 = Receptions | cflstatvalue1 = 18 | cflstatlabel2 = Receiving yards | cflstatvalue2 = 200 | cflstatlabel3 = Kickoff / Punt returns | cflstatvalue3 = 16 / 8 | cflstatlabel4 = KO / Punt return yards | cflstatvalue4 = 402 / 75 | cflstatlabel5 = Total touchdowns | cflstatvalue5 = 2 | pfr = EthrRa20 | cfl = }} '''Raymond Arthur Ethridge Jr.''' (born September 11, 1968) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Pasadena City College. He was selected by the San Diego Chargers in the third round of the 1992 NFL draft.
==Early life== Ethridge was born in San Diego, but moved to Texas in seventh grade.<ref name="Deep Threat">{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-04-27-sp-611-story.html |title=Ethridge Regarded as Deep Threat |newspaper=LA Times |date=April 27, 1992 |last=Simers |first=T.J. |access-date=April 17, 2016}}</ref> He returned to San Diego in 12th grade and enrolled at Crawford.<ref name="Deep Threat" /> After finishing third in the 100, second in the 200 and fourth in the 400 relay at the state championship track meet.<ref name="Deep Threat" /> As a senior, he out ran future Cleveland Browns wide receiver Patrick Rowe.<ref name="Deep Threat" />
==College career== After playing football at Pasadena City College at the urging of NFL wide receiver Anthony Miller,<ref name="Deep Threat" /> signed a letter of intent to attend New Mexico State but instead chose to play in the Canadian Football League.<ref name="Deep Threat" />
==Professional career==
===Canadian Football League=== In his lone season playing for the BC Lions in the Canadian Football League, Ethridge played in six games and caught 18 passes for 200 yards and a touchdown.<ref name="Deep Threat" /><ref name="CFL stats">{{Cite web|url=http://www.profootballarchives.com/1991cflbc.html|title = 1991 British Columbia Lions (CFL) - Pro Football Archives}}</ref> He eventually asked for and was granted his release so that he could try out for the NFL.<ref name="Deep Threat" /> While in Canada, he beat Raghib "Rocket" Ismail in a 100-meter race.<ref name="Deep Threat" />
===National Football League=== Ethridge was selected in the third round (63rd overall) of the 1992 NFL draft by the San Diego Chargers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1992 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1992/draft.htm |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>
On September 5, 1995 he was signed by the Cleveland Browns to their practice squad.<ref name="Transactions">{{cite web | url=http://www.foxsports.com/nfl/ray-ethridge-player-transactions | title=NFL News, Scores, Standings & Stats }}</ref> He then spent the 1996 and 1997 season with the Baltimore Ravens, during which he played in 16 games with one start and caught two passes for 24-yards. He re-joined the Chargers in the late 1990s and was released on June 16, 1999.<ref name="Transactions" />
==Personal life== Ethridge has at least two children .<ref name="Deep Threat" />
==References== {{reflist}}
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