SACRAMENTO, California – Former Sacramento State defender Ricky Ray has been elected to the Canadian Football Hall of Fame, it was announced today. Ray is one of five players in the class as well as three builders in the Class of 2022.
The class will officially be introduced September 16 at the Tim Hortons Field and they will be recognized again in the Hall of Fame match between Hamilton and Winnipeg.
Ray played 16 seasons in the CFL, splitting his time between the Edmonton Eskimos and the Toronto Argonauts. He appeared in 235 games, including 219 starts, and led his teams in 14 playoffs. He is the only full-back in CFL history to have won four Gray Cups, winning titles with Edmonton in 2003 and 2005 and with Toronto in 2012 and 2017. He holds the Gray Cup career record with nine. touchdown passes and 1,512 crosses in the championship game.
Ray is second in CFL history among 1,000 passers with a 68.2 completion rate. He’s also fourth in career passes (60,736) and fifth with 325 touchdown passes. Ray holds the team pass record for both Edmonton (40,531) and Toronto (20,205). He has been named a CFL All-Star three times and a Division All-Star four times.
Ray played for Sacramento State in 1999 and 2000 after two years at Shasta JC. During his two seasons with the Hornets, Ray threw 4,622 yards and 33 touchdowns while completing 61.9% of his passes. Ray ranks third in school history for career completion rates, fourth for passes per game and pass efficiency, and seventh for passes, completions and touchdowns. in career.
Along with his graduate career in the CFL, Ray also played in Arena Football League 2 and had starting slots with the New York Jets and San Francisco 49ers in the NFL.
Ray is the second former Sacramento State player to be elected to the Canadian Football Hall of Fame, along with former Hornet teammate Charles Roberts, who was inducted in 2014 after playing with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers (2001-08). and BC Lions (2008).
