Danny McCray life and biography

Danny McCray is a former American football safety for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League. He was signed by the Dallas Cowboys as an undrafted free agent in 2010.

COLLEGE:

# Played in 52 games with 13 starts at LSU and recorded 196 tackles, including seven tackles for losses and three sacks.
# Added three interceptions, three forced fumbles and four fumble recoveries.
# Played both linebacker and safety during his career.
# Had two starts at strong safety in 13 games as a senior recording 49 tackles and two fumble recoveries.
# Finished fourth on the team as junior with 53 tackles playing in 12 games with eight starts.
# Added two tackles for loss and five pass breakups – good for fourth on the team.
# As a sophomore, had a career-high game in the Tigers win over South Carolina, recording a team-leading 11 tackles, plus an interception and a pass breakup.
# Earned three starts in 14 games to post a career-best 64 tackles, four sacks and three tackles for loss. Added two interceptions and a fumble recovery.
# Played in all 13 games as a true freshman to record 30 tackles, three forced fumble and one interception.

PERSONAL:

# Member of the Westfield High School (Houston, Texas) Class 5A state championship team in 2004.
# Earned first-team all-district honors in 2005.
# Ranked 22nd in the nation by Rivals.com in a listing of safeties.
# Recorded 96 tackles and two interceptions as a junior in high school.
# Maintained a 4.0 GPA in high school.
# Majored in business.

SURVIVOR:

In 2020, McCray was cast on the 41st season of the American reality competition series Survivor. Due to the COVID-19 crisis, production of that season was delayed until 2021. When production finally resumed, McCray and 17 other contestants were flown to Fiji to participate in Survivor 41...On Day 21, the three remaining in McCray's alliance wanted to target Ricard Foyé, but the rest of the tribe decided to eliminate Wallace. After Foyé won immunity on Day 23, McCray and Radden suddenly became the targets. That night, the first vote ended in a tie between the two. Upon the second vote, McCray was unanimously voted out, making him the sixth member of the jury...
At the Final Tribal Council on Day 26, McCray voted for Radden to win the game, but he was the only juror to do so, as Erika Casupanan earned the other seven jury votes to win Sole Survivor.

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