Mel Gray stats
Bio
- Height
- 5' 9"
- Debut
- 1984
- College
- Purdue
Bio
- Height
- 5' 9"
- Debut
- 1984
- College
- Purdue
Stats
Totals
Career regular season
- GP
- 121
- CAR
- 19
- YDS
- 99
- AVG
- 5.2
- TD
- 1
- LNG
- 14
- FD
- 0
- FUM
- 0
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | CAR: Times the player ran with the ball. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | AVG: Yards per attempt: per pass, per carry, per catch or per punt, depending on the player. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | LNG: Longest single play, in yards. | FD: First downs this player moved the chains for. | FUM: Times the player lost control of the ball, recovered or not. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 |  NO | 16 | 6 | 29 | 4.8 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | NO | 12 | 8 | 37 | 4.6 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | NO | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1989 | DET | 10 | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | DET | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1991 | DET | 16 | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | DET | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1993 | DET | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | DET | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | TEN | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | TEN | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 |  TEN/PHI | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 1
- CAR
- 0
- YDS
- 0
- AVG
- 0.0
- TD
- 0
- LNG
- 0
- FD
- 0
- FUM
- 0
Per game
Career regular season
- GP
- 121
- CAR
- 0.2
- YDS
- 0.8
- AVG
- 5.2
- TD
- 0.0
- LNG
- 14
- FD
- 0
- FUM
- 0
Per game: season totals ÷ games played. Derived here — averages, completion rate and longest plays are the stored figures and are left as they are.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | CAR: Times the player ran with the ball. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | AVG: Yards per attempt: per pass, per carry, per catch or per punt, depending on the player. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | LNG: Longest single play, in yards. | FD: First downs this player moved the chains for. | FUM: Times the player lost control of the ball, recovered or not. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | NO | 16 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 4.8 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | NO | 12 | 0.7 | 3.1 | 4.6 | 0.1 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | NO | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1989 | DET | 10 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 7.3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | DET | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1991 | DET | 16 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 5.5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | DET | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1993 | DET | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | DET | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | TEN | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | TEN | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | TEN/PHI | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Mel Gray's career stats?
Mel Gray played 12 seasons for the Saints, the Lions and the Titans. He had 19 carries for 99 yards, 13 catches for 164 yards and scored 10 touchdowns. His best season was 1987: 37 rushing yards, 1 rushing touchdown and 4.6 yards per carry.
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