Tray Crayton Season 1995

Honors & Awards

• Member of Two Nebraska National Championship Teams (1994, 1995)

Career

Tray Crayton joined the Huskers in 1994 as a scholarship athlete and redshirted. During his redshirt freshman year, he backed up Tony Veland as a free safety. Following the 1995 season, Crayton decided to pursue other interests and left Nebraska as a member of its back-to-back national championship teams.

1995 (Freshman)

Crayton backed up free safety Veland as a redshirt freshman, but did not see any playing time.

1994 (Redshirt)

A scholarship athlete, Crayton redshirted his first year in Lincoln.

Before Nebraska (El Camino High School)

A SuperPrep and Blue Chip All-American, Crayton was a teammate of fellow Husker corner Michael Booker for Coach Herb Meyer at El Camino High. Crayton intercepted seven passes and made more than 100 tackles as a senior and received the "Hit-of-the-Year" award from the San Diego Union newspaper. He also threw for 751 yards and 12 touchdowns and scored 14 touchdowns with 898 yards rushing as El Camino's starting quarterback. Crayton helped El Camino to three CIF championships and the state title his senior year. He chose Nebraska over Texas A&M, Oregon and Washington State.

Personal

The son of Clarence and Josephine Crayton, Tray was born March 24, 1976. His older brother Chris (5-11, 190) was a walk-on junior on the Husker basketball team during the winter of 1994.