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Published Oct 19, 2020
Homegrown and unbothered: WR Danny Gray knows the pressure, welcomes it
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Damon Sayles  •  TheHillTopics
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Being a playmaker is nothing foreign to SMU's Danny Gray. Doing it for his city actually motivates him.

Before Danny Gray chose to sign with SMU over TCU last December, he had multiple conversations with the SMU coaching staff. There were great expectations for the former Blinn College standout -- a wide receiver who had his own set of expectations being someone who wanted to represent the city of Dallas.

"When they recruited me, they told me I was going to be a playmaker," said Gray, a Dallas Madison High School graduate. "They told me I was coming in to make big plays."

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