2017 National Signing Day Class
Roster
TJ Rayam
- Position:
- Defensive Tackle
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 300
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Alabaster, Ala.
- High School:
- Peddie School
2018 (SOPHOMORE): Earned playing time in nine games at defensive tackle ... eight tackles on the season ... career-high four stops against Holy Cross (9/8/18).
2017 (FRESHMAN): Appeared in seven games as a true freshman at defensive tackle … one tackle for loss on the season.
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.
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 political science major ... recipient of the Edward J. O'Brien, Jr. M.D. '63 Family Football Scholarship.
