Ray Coney

Photo by: Jared Thomas

Position:
Linebacker
Height:
6-2
Weight:
240
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Fairfield, Ohio
High School:
Fairfield HS
Prev School:
ETSU

CAREER NOTES: Enrolled for the 2025 spring semester … Transferred to TU from ETSU where he played for head coach Tre Lamb … Has appeared in 35 career games and has made 273 career tackles, 21 tackles for loss, eight sacks and two forced fumbles.

2025 American All-Conference First Team (LB) selection
2025 Phil Steele’s American Conference First Team (LB) selection
2025 East-West Shrine Bowl 1000 Watch List
2023 Phil Steele Freshman All-American
2023 All-SoCon Freshman Team

2025: Appeared and started all 12 games for the Golden Hurricane … Led the team with 129 tackles on the season.

Was a team captain.
Named First Team All-Conference and to the East-Wast Shrine Bowl 1000 Watch List.
Led the team with 89 assisted tackles and a total of 129 tackles, a career-high.
His 129 tackles led the American Conference and ranked among the top seven nationally.
Was the first player for TU to record 100+ tackles in a season since 2023.
Finished the season leading the team in tackles in ten of the 12 games he played in.
Recorded seven tackles for loss, leading the team in this category.
Achieved two sacks for a total of 18 yards lost.
Forced one fumble and broke up two passes.
Registered four quarterback hurries, the highest on the team.

PRIOR TO TULSA: Spent two season at ETSU and played for Coach Lamb his final season at ETSU … Appeared in 21 games and made 97 tackles, 12 tackles for loss, five sacks and forced two fumbles.

Coney played in and started all 12 games at linebacker for the Blue and Gold during the 2024 season.
He led all Buccaneer defenders with 97 tackles and 12 tackles for loss in 2024.
The Fairfield, Ohio native also registered five sacks, broke up six passes, forced two fumbles and added a quarterback hurry.
His best game of the season came against Western Carolina where he totaled a season-high 17 tackles and 1.5 sacks.
Also registered double-digit tackle totals against Furman (12) and Mercer (10).
Coney played in all 11 games for ETSU as a freshman in 2023.
Finished the season with 47 tackles, two quarterback hurries one sack, and one pass breakup.
Recorded a season-high seven total tackles in a victory over Carson-Newman in early September.
Tallied multiple tackles in all 11 games.

HIGH SCHOOL