UTAH: Walk-on participated in both the 2015 and 2016 spring camp … was not on the team last fall but attended classes at Utah.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played on three straight Christmas Bowl national championship teams at Waseda University HS in Tokyo … had 101 yards on 12 carries in the championship game as a senior in 2013, averaging 95.6 yards per game in the playoffs … was the youngest player at the 2012 IFAF U-19 World Championship, helping Japan finish third among eight nations … attended school in Japan for 13 years.
PERSONAL: Son of Jonathan Gray and Isuzu Takada … father attended Princeton and mother went to Boston University …one brother and one sister … born in New York City and raised in Tokyo … known as James Takada when he lived in Japan … has not declared a major … born June 12, 1995.