Jay Graham (born July 14, 1975) is an American football coach and former running back who is formerly the special teams coordinator and tight ends coach at the University of Alabama.
Playing for Concord High School from 1990–92, Graham was a nationally recruited running back who broke school records in single-season and career rushing in his two and one half seasons with the Spiders. Named All-State and All-American, Graham signed a football scholarship with the University of Tennessee in 1992.
Graham rushed for 2,609 yards in his career (1993–96), ranking sixth on the Vols all-time rushing list. He is second on the all-time carries list with 540 and he scored 25 touchdowns in his four-year career as a Volunteer. Graham had season best totals in 1995 when he rushed for 1,438 yards on 272 carries putting him second in both categories in Vols school history. He tallied a career-best 211 yards against Vanderbilt. He also holds the single-season record for the most 100-yard rushing games with 10.
Graham returned to his alma mater for the 2005 season as a Graduate Assistant before moving on to the UT-Chattanooga where he spent the 2006 season as their Running Backs coach. He moved again the next off season, this time to UT-Martin where he was the RB coach and Recruiting Coordinator. He changed locations again prior to the 2008 season when he became the RB coach for the Miami RedHawks. For the 2009 season he accepted a position with the South Carolina Gamecocks as the RB coach. After three seasons at South Carolina, he was named the new RB coach for the Volunteers, again returning to his alma mater. In February 2013, he left Tennessee to accept a similar position with the Florida State Seminoles.[2][3] After the 2019 season he joined head coach Jeremy Pruitt and became the running backs coach at University of Tennessee.
Graham was hired as the special teams coordinator and tight ends coach at Alabama in 2021.[4]
On March 24, 2021, Graham resigned and left Alabama after only two months with the program [5]
Following his resignation at Alabama, Graham was hired as special teams and offensive line quality control coach at East Tennessee State in 2021. [6]
ReferencesEdit
^"1997 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
^Woodberry, Evan (March 27, 2013). "BRIEF: Former UT running backs coach Jay Graham will make $275,000 at Florida State". Knoxville News Sentinel. Retrieved April 4, 2013.
^. Florida State Official Site. Archived from the original on May 11, 2013.
^Zenitz, Matt (January 28, 2021). "Alabama set to fill remaining assistant coach opening". AL.com. Retrieved January 28, 2021.
^"Alabama assistant Jay Graham no longer part of Nick Saban's football coaching staff".
^"VFL, former NFL'er Jay Graham making impact on Bucs coaching staff". September 8, 2021.
October 15, 2023
graham, born, july, 1975, american, football, coach, former, running, back, formerly, special, teams, coordinator, tight, ends, coach, university, alabama, 35position, running, backpersonal, informationborn, 1975, july, 1975, concord, north, carolina, height, . Jay Graham born July 14 1975 is an American football coach and former running back who is formerly the special teams coordinator and tight ends coach at the University of Alabama Jay GrahamNo 34 35Position Running backPersonal informationBorn 1975 07 14 July 14 1975 age 48 Concord North Carolina U S Height 5 ft 11 in 1 80 m Weight 215 lb 98 kg Career informationHigh school Concord NC College TennesseeNFL Draft 1997 Round 3 Pick 64Career historyAs a player Baltimore Ravens 1997 1999 Seattle Seahawks 2001 Green Bay Packers 2002 Montreal Alouettes 2003 As a coach Tennessee 2005 Graduate assistant Chattanooga 2006 Running backs coach UT Martin 2007 Running backs coach amp recruiting coordinator Miami OH 2008 Running backs coach South Carolina 2009 2010 Running backs coach South Carolina 2011 Running backs amp tight ends coach Tennessee 2012 Running backs coach Florida State 2013 Running backs coach Florida State 2014 2017 Running backs coach amp special teams coach Texas A amp M 2018 2019 Running backs coach Tennessee 2020 Running backs coach Alabama 2021 Special teams coordinator amp tight ends coach East Tennessee State 2021 Special teams amp offensive line quality controlCareer highlights and awardsAs coachBCS national champion 2013 Career NFL statisticsRushing yards 454Yards per carry 3 5Rushing touchdowns 2Receptions 20Receiving yards 104Player stats at NFL com PFRPlaying career EditPlaying for Concord High School from 1990 92 Graham was a nationally recruited running back who broke school records in single season and career rushing in his two and one half seasons with the Spiders Named All State and All American Graham signed a football scholarship with the University of Tennessee in 1992 Graham rushed for 2 609 yards in his career 1993 96 ranking sixth on the Vols all time rushing list He is second on the all time carries list with 540 and he scored 25 touchdowns in his four year career as a Volunteer Graham had season best totals in 1995 when he rushed for 1 438 yards on 272 carries putting him second in both categories in Vols school history He tallied a career best 211 yards against Vanderbilt He also holds the single season record for the most 100 yard rushing games with 10 Graham was drafted in the third round of the 1997 NFL Draft 1 During his professional career he played for the Baltimore Ravens 1997 99 the Seattle Seahawks in 2001 and the Green Bay Packers for the 2002 season He also played in the Canadian Football League s Montreal Alouettes during the 2003 season Coaching career EditGraham returned to his alma mater for the 2005 season as a Graduate Assistant before moving on to the UT Chattanooga where he spent the 2006 season as their Running Backs coach He moved again the next off season this time to UT Martin where he was the RB coach and Recruiting Coordinator He changed locations again prior to the 2008 season when he became the RB coach for the Miami RedHawks For the 2009 season he accepted a position with the South Carolina Gamecocks as the RB coach After three seasons at South Carolina he was named the new RB coach for the Volunteers again returning to his alma mater In February 2013 he left Tennessee to accept a similar position with the Florida State Seminoles 2 3 After the 2019 season he joined head coach Jeremy Pruitt and became the running backs coach at University of Tennessee Graham was hired as the special teams coordinator and tight ends coach at Alabama in 2021 4 On March 24 2021 Graham resigned and left Alabama after only two months with the program 5 Following his resignation at Alabama Graham was hired as special teams and offensive line quality control coach at East Tennessee State in 2021 6 References Edit 1997 NFL Draft Listing Pro Football Reference com Retrieved March 30 2023 Woodberry Evan March 27 2013 BRIEF Former UT running backs coach Jay Graham will make 275 000 at Florida State Knoxville News Sentinel Retrieved April 4 2013 Jay Graham Florida State Official Site Archived from the original on May 11 2013 Zenitz Matt January 28 2021 Alabama set to fill remaining assistant coach opening AL com Retrieved January 28 2021 Alabama assistant Jay Graham no longer part of Nick Saban s football coaching staff VFL former NFL er Jay Graham making impact on Bucs coaching staff September 8 2021 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jay Graham amp oldid 1167732678, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
