Summary: Ray was a reserve his first two seasons but elevated his production in 2014 with the opportunity to become a starter. Explosiveness and speed are critical for Ray to win at the line of scrimmage, and analyst Lance Zierlein liked the “extreme passion and purpose” he saw in Ray’s pass-rush efforts. Zierlein wrote in a combine profile of Ray that he is “tough and plays with bad intentions on each snap.”
Stacking up: NFL Media analyst Mike Mayock ranked Ray as his second-best edge rusher after the NFL combine, but dropped him to fifth in his most recent rankings.