Texas A&M Athletic Hall of Fame
Childress, Jr., Ray
Ray Childress, Jr.
- Induction:
- 1990
- Class:
- 1985
Known as one of college football’s most feared defensive linemen of the early 1980s, Ray Childress earned All-America honors for Texas A&M in 1983 and 1984. He remains Texas A&M’s defensive line tackle leader with 360 stops from 1981-84 and he ranked second on the school quarterback sacks season and career lists with 15 and 25 when he graduated.
A team captain in 1984, he was credited by then-head coach Jackie Sherrill with changing the trajectory of Aggie football with his leadership that season. After a humbling road loss to Arkansas late in the season, Childress stood up and challenged every player in the locker room, and the team responded by beating nationally-ranked TCU and Texas to end 1984 with a winning record. The following season, the Aggies won their first outright conference title since 1967 and beat Auburn in the Cotton Bowl. With the program’s culture changed, Texas A&M would go on to win six of the next nine conference championships.
Childress was the third player chosen in the first round of the 1985 NFL Draft by the Houston Oilers. He played 12 years in the NFL, 11 with the Oilers and played his final season (1996) with the Dallas Cowboys. He made five Pro Bowl appearances and was named to the All-Pro team five times. He recorded 76.5 career quarterback sacks and helped the Oilers make the NFL playoffs seven straight seasons.
He was named to the Texas A&M Athletics Hall of Fame in 1990, the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in 2007 and the College Football Hall of Fame in 2010.
A team captain in 1984, he was credited by then-head coach Jackie Sherrill with changing the trajectory of Aggie football with his leadership that season. After a humbling road loss to Arkansas late in the season, Childress stood up and challenged every player in the locker room, and the team responded by beating nationally-ranked TCU and Texas to end 1984 with a winning record. The following season, the Aggies won their first outright conference title since 1967 and beat Auburn in the Cotton Bowl. With the program’s culture changed, Texas A&M would go on to win six of the next nine conference championships.
Childress was the third player chosen in the first round of the 1985 NFL Draft by the Houston Oilers. He played 12 years in the NFL, 11 with the Oilers and played his final season (1996) with the Dallas Cowboys. He made five Pro Bowl appearances and was named to the All-Pro team five times. He recorded 76.5 career quarterback sacks and helped the Oilers make the NFL playoffs seven straight seasons.
He was named to the Texas A&M Athletics Hall of Fame in 1990, the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in 2007 and the College Football Hall of Fame in 2010.
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