American football linebacker Willie Gay Jr., born on February 15, 1998, plays for the National Football League’s Kansas City Chiefs (NFL).
His college football career was spent at Mississippi State. In the 2020 NFL Draft, the Chiefs selected him with the 63rd overall pick.
Who is Willie Gay Jr father?
William Gay, a former cornerback and current defensive backs coach for the Missouri State Bears, was born on January 1, 1985.
Prior to being selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the fifth round of the 2007 NFL Draft, he played college football for Bobby Petrino’s University of Louisville from 2003 to 2006. Later, he and the club would defeat the Arizona Cardinals to win Super Bowl XLIII.
Gay signed with the Cardinals prior to the 2012 NFL season before going back to Pittsburgh the following year.
Gay participated in 46 games while playing collegiate football for the University of Louisville, recording 134 tackles.
In the final seconds of Louisville’s 2006 game versus Rutgers, Gay was offside as a defender on a field goal kick attempt, which is a minor point of interest. Despite the fact that the kick was failed, Louisville was assessed a penalty, giving the kicker a second chance. This one worked out well.