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Jersey Number 3
JoVoni Johnson-McCray
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 204
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Conway, Arkansas
- High School:
- Conway
Bio
Honors at Rice
2024
Saw action in five games and had one reception for six yards vs. Texas Southern on a season-high 18 snaps.
2023
Made one start and played in six games both on offense and special teams… Caught a pass for 14 yards in the opener at Texas and followed that with two catches for a career-high 40 yards vs. Houston, including a career-long of 23 yards… Made his first career start at wide receiver vs. UConn.
2022
Appeared in a pair of games at wide receiver… A member of the Executive Board of Rice Owls of Color Unite and was one of six Rice student-athletes to represent Rice at the 2023 Black Student-Athlete Summit in Los Angeles where ROC-U was named the Student-Athlete Group of the Year.
2021
Did not see action while working with the wide receivers during the fall ... Off the field, was one of four Sport Management majors who captured the Commission on Sport Management Accreditation (COSMA) Case Study Cup.
2020
Stepped into the starting role in the Owls' historic shutout of #15 Marshall, and completed 10 of 14 passes for 86 yards... Both of his career starts have come against Marshall... Started the finale against UAB and threw for a career-best 139 yards and a touchdown but left the game late with an injury... Rushed five times for 37 yards in the opener vs. Middle Tennessee.
2019
True freshman quarterback who saw action in four games, including his first career start, while preserving his redshirt… Made his debut at UTSA with a career-best run of 26 yards on his first snap… Also saw action vs. Southern Miss before making the start against Marshall… Compiled 162 yards of total offense (65 rushing, 97 passing) against The Herd… Opened the game by completing his first four career pass attempts and later connected with Austin Trammell for his first career touchdown (2 yards)… Scored his first two rushing touchdowns in the second half of the season finale and UTEP and finished the game with 10 carries for 62 yards… Ranked third on the team with 159 yards on the ground and tied for second with two rushing touchdowns. A member of Mike Bloomgren's second recruiting class signed in February of 2019.
Conway High School
7A Central All-State selection for coach Keith Fimple after leading the Wampus Cats to the state semifinals… Threw for 1,548 yards and ran for another 929 as a senior while being responsible for 34 touchdowns as a senior… Selected to play in the Arkansas High School All-Star game… Air National Guard Scholar-Athlete of the Year… Completed his career with 2,161 yards passing and 1,367 yards on the ground and totaled 52 touchdowns… National Honor Society and National Merit Scholar… Golden Lamp Outstanding Student… Arkansas 2nd District Teen Court… Caring Cats Special Education Inclusion Tutoring.
Personal
Full name: JoVoni O’Keith Johnson-McCray... Born: February 2 at Conway, Arkansas ... Parents: Dwayne McCray and Markiba Johnson... One brother, one sister…… Rice major: Sport Management/Economics. Rice College: Sid Richardson
Sid Richardson College
- C-USA Commissioner's Academic Medal 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
- C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
- AAC All-Academic 2024, 2025
- Rice Honor Athlete- 2025
2024
Saw action in five games and had one reception for six yards vs. Texas Southern on a season-high 18 snaps.
2023
Made one start and played in six games both on offense and special teams… Caught a pass for 14 yards in the opener at Texas and followed that with two catches for a career-high 40 yards vs. Houston, including a career-long of 23 yards… Made his first career start at wide receiver vs. UConn.
2022
Appeared in a pair of games at wide receiver… A member of the Executive Board of Rice Owls of Color Unite and was one of six Rice student-athletes to represent Rice at the 2023 Black Student-Athlete Summit in Los Angeles where ROC-U was named the Student-Athlete Group of the Year.
2021
Did not see action while working with the wide receivers during the fall ... Off the field, was one of four Sport Management majors who captured the Commission on Sport Management Accreditation (COSMA) Case Study Cup.
2020
Stepped into the starting role in the Owls' historic shutout of #15 Marshall, and completed 10 of 14 passes for 86 yards... Both of his career starts have come against Marshall... Started the finale against UAB and threw for a career-best 139 yards and a touchdown but left the game late with an injury... Rushed five times for 37 yards in the opener vs. Middle Tennessee.
2019
True freshman quarterback who saw action in four games, including his first career start, while preserving his redshirt… Made his debut at UTSA with a career-best run of 26 yards on his first snap… Also saw action vs. Southern Miss before making the start against Marshall… Compiled 162 yards of total offense (65 rushing, 97 passing) against The Herd… Opened the game by completing his first four career pass attempts and later connected with Austin Trammell for his first career touchdown (2 yards)… Scored his first two rushing touchdowns in the second half of the season finale and UTEP and finished the game with 10 carries for 62 yards… Ranked third on the team with 159 yards on the ground and tied for second with two rushing touchdowns. A member of Mike Bloomgren's second recruiting class signed in February of 2019.
Conway High School
7A Central All-State selection for coach Keith Fimple after leading the Wampus Cats to the state semifinals… Threw for 1,548 yards and ran for another 929 as a senior while being responsible for 34 touchdowns as a senior… Selected to play in the Arkansas High School All-Star game… Air National Guard Scholar-Athlete of the Year… Completed his career with 2,161 yards passing and 1,367 yards on the ground and totaled 52 touchdowns… National Honor Society and National Merit Scholar… Golden Lamp Outstanding Student… Arkansas 2nd District Teen Court… Caring Cats Special Education Inclusion Tutoring.
Personal
Full name: JoVoni O’Keith Johnson-McCray... Born: February 2 at Conway, Arkansas ... Parents: Dwayne McCray and Markiba Johnson... One brother, one sister…… Rice major: Sport Management/Economics. Rice College: Sid Richardson
Sid Richardson College
WBB: Rice vs. Marshall Postgame Presser
Wednesday, March 09
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Saturday, December 04
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