2019 Football Roster
Roster
TJ Rayam
- Class:
- Junior
- Position:
- Defensive Tackle
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 300
- Hometown:
- Alabaster, Ala.
- High School:
- Peddie School
RAYAM'S CAREER HIGHS
Tackles: 11 vs. Wake Forest, 9/28/19
Tackles for loss: 1.5 at Syracuse, 11/2/19
2020 (SENIOR): Played in all 11 games with six starts at defensive tackle … made two tackles against Pittsburgh (10/10) … had one tackle against Virginia Tech (10/17) … three total, one solo, tackle against Clemson (10/31) ... had two total, one solo, tackles against Syracuse (11/7) … logged one solo tackle against Notre Dame (11/14) … recorded two total, one solo, tackles against Louisville (11/28) … had five total, one solo, against Virginia (12/5).
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2019 (JUNIOR): Started 12 games, while playing in all 13, at nose tackle... made 41 tackles, including 6.5 TFLs, with three quarterback hurries and two PBUs... career-high five tackles off the bench against Virginia Tech (8/31/19)... made first career start vs. Richmond (9/7/19) with a TFL... totaled four tackles and a TFL in a second consecutive start vs. Kansas (9/13)... one tackle and a pass break-up at Rutgers (9/21)... career-high 11 tackles, including one TFL, against Wake Forest (9/28)... credited with one tackle at Louisville (10/5)... assisted on two tackles, including 0.5 TFL, with a quarterback hurry vs. NC State (10/19)... two tackles at Clemson (10/26)... five tackles, including 1.5 TFLs, at Syracuse (11/2)... totaled four tackles, including 0.5 TFLs, vs. Florida State (11/9)... made three solo tackles at Notre Dame (11/23)... posted a tackle and knocked down a pass at Pittsburgh (11/30)... added one tackle in the Birmingham Bowl vs. Cincinnati (1/2).
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2018 (SOPHOMORE): Earned playing time in nine games at defensive tackle ... eight tackles on the season ... career-high four stops against Holy Cross (9/8).
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2017 (FRESHMAN): Appeared in seven games as a true freshman at defensive tackle … one tackle for loss on the season.
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HIGH SCHOOL: Defensive tackle who spent last year at the Peddie School in New Jersey for head coach Chris Malleo ... originally signed with UMass after senior season at Thompson High School in Alabama, but decided to spend the year at The Peddie School ... earned All-Prep A honors at the Peddie School in 2016 ... 2015 ASWA all-state second-team selection ... 2014 ASWA all-state first-team honoree ... won the Alabama Class 7A heavyweight state championship in wrestling in 2015.
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PERSONAL: Thomas Leon Rayam Jr. ... son of Thomas and Elaine Rayam ... father Thomas played at Alabama and spent time in the NFL and CFL ... one of three Rayam children ... enrolled in the Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences as a history major ... recipient of the Edward J. O'Brien, Jr., M.D. '63 Family Football Scholarship Fund.
