Willie Gay Jr. is an American football linebacker who currently plays for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League. He was born on February 15, 1998.
He attended Mississippi State University for his college football career. In the NFL Draft of 2020, the Kansas City Chiefs selected him with the 63rd overall pick. Starkville High School,
located in Starkville, Mississippi, was Gay’s alma mater. The 2017 United States Army All-American Bowl had him as a participant.
He will play collegiate football at Mississippi State University, where he has already made a commitment. Between the years 2017 and 2019, Gay was a student at Mississippi State.
In 2019, he was a junior and participated in only five games owing to suspensions that caused him to miss eight games.
At the end of the season, he made the decision to enter the 2020 NFL Draft rather than play his senior year. His career stats include 99 tackles, six sacks, three interceptions, and one touchdown.
He also scored one touchdown. The Kansas City Chiefs made the selection of Bill Gay in the second round of the NFL Draft in 2020.
The game against the Las Vegas Raiders in Week 5 was the one in which Gay recorded the first sack of his career.
After being placed on injured reserve on February 6, 2021, Gay was unable to play in Super Bowl LV due to his injury.
As a result of Gay’s arrest in January 2022, the National Football League (NFL) handed him a four-game suspension on September 19, 2022, for breaching the league’s personal conduct code.
How much does Willie Gay Jr. make?
His annual pay comes to an average of $1,317,761, which he receives. In 2022, Gay Jr. will bring in a starting salary of 863 811 dollars.