The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
2023 Football Roster
Ray Thornton III
- Position:
- Safety
- Prev School:
- Clemson/USF
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 205
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Columbus, Ga.
- High School:
- Central
(2023) (UAB):
In his first season at UAB, appeared in eight games and started in three before missing the last three games due to injury...Recorded 20 tackles along with three breakups.
2022 (USF): Saw action in three games…posted three tackles and a pass break-up on the year…posted two tackles at No.18 Florida (9/17)…had a tackle at Louisville (9/24).
2021 (CLEMSON): A core special teams contributor … tallied ten tackles with a pass breakup in 75 snaps… credited with a special teams tackle at Syracuse … added two tackles at No. 23 Pitt and shared team special teams player of the game honors … had one tackle vs. Florida State … notched six tackles (one for loss) vs. UConn … contributed a tackle and a pass breakup vs. No. 13 Wake Forest … made one tackle at South Carolina.
2020 (CLEMSON): Credited with 17 tackles and a pass breakup in 158 snaps over 12 games (two starts) … recorded two tackles at Wake Forest … added a tackle vs. The Citadel, vs. Virginia and vs. No. 7 Miami … added three tackles at Georgia Tech … made one tackle at No. 4 Notre Dame … contributed two tackles at Virginia Tech.
2019 (CLEMSON): Appeared in four games while redshirting in 2019, playing three defensive snaps and contributing on special teams … made collegiate debut on special teams vs. Georgia Tech … contributed in a win against Charlotte … played on special teams vs. Wofford and vs. Wake Forest.
CENTRAL HS: Georgia native who played his high school football in Alabama … an athletic safety who originally joined his 2017 high school teammate Justyn Ross at Clemson… ranked as the 18th-best player in state of Alabama by ESPN.com and Rivals.com … ranked as No. 13 prospect in Alabama by the Birmingham News … integral reason why Central High won the state championship in 2018 with a 14-0 record … bright spot in the secondary that helped Central to 52-7 win in 7A state championship game against team led by Alabama signee Taulia Tagovailoa, the brother of Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa … had an interception and 68-yard return to set up a field goal in the third quarter of that game … helped lead Central to its first undefeated season since 1944 and first state championship since 1993 … had 57 tackles and two interceptions in 2017, helping Central to the semifinals of the state championship tournament … wore No. 5 in high school … played his high school football at Central High School for Jamey Dubose …
