Jeremy Gray
Member of the Alabama House of Representatives
from the 83rd district
Assumed office
November 7, 2018
Preceded byGeorge Bandy
Personal details
Born
Jeremy Askew Gray

Opelika, Alabama, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
EducationNorth Carolina State University (BS)
Auburn University (MBA)
American football career
Career information
College:NC State
Position:Cornerback
Career history
Saskatchewan Roughriders (2015)

Jeremy Askew Gray is an American politician, fitness instructor, and retired football player serving as a member of the Alabama House of Representatives from the 83rd district and as Co-Chair of the Alabama Future Caucus under the Millennial Action Project. He assumed office on November 7, 2018.

Early life and education

Born in Opelika, Alabama, Gray graduated from Opelika High School in 2004 where he was a star football and track athlete. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in sports management from North Carolina State University. As an undergraduate, Gray was a defensiveback for the NC State Wolfpack football team.[1]

Career

From 2013 to 2015, Gray worked as a fitness instructor in Opelika. In 2015, he played as a cornerback for the Saskatchewan Roughriders.[2][3] Gray later returned to Alabama, where he has since worked as a personal trainer and yoga instructor.[4] Gray was elected to the Alabama House of Representatives and assumed office on November 7, 2018.[5]

Gray has worked to lift a ban on yoga in Alabama schools.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Jeremy Gray". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2021-05-07.
  2. ↑ Rojas, Rick (2020-03-09). "In a Plan to Bring Yoga to Alabama Schools, Stretching Is Allowed. 'Namaste' Isn't". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-05-07.
  3. ↑ "From handball to yoga, Jeremy Gray has done it all". leaderpost. Retrieved 2021-05-07.
  4. ↑ "Lawmaker who had COVID-19 worried about healthy carriers". al. 2020-09-03. Retrieved 2021-05-07.
  5. ↑ opelikaobserver. "Opelika's Jeremy Gray readies for November midterm elections | Opelika Observer". Retrieved 2021-05-07.
  6. ↑ "Alabama lawmakers OK legislation to lift yoga ban in schools | Lexington Herald Leader". Archived from the original on 2021-05-18.
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