Gregory Junior (born June 21, 1999) is an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

cornerback A cornerback (CB) is a member of the defensive backfield or secondary in gridiron football. Cornerbacks cover receivers most of the time, but also blitz and defend against such offensive running plays as sweeps and reverses. They create tur ...

for the

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of the

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(NFL). He played

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at Ouachita Baptist.

College career

Junior played college football at Ouachita Baptist. During his senior season in 2021, he recorded 46 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, and seven pass breakups.

Professional career

Junior was selected in the sixth round of the

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by the

, becoming the first player to be drafted to the NFL from Ouachita Baptist. He was waived on August 30 and signed to the practice squad the next day. He was promoted to the active roster on December 19.

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Jacksonville Jaguars bioOuachita Baptist Tigers bio
Living people Ouachita Baptist Tigers football players People from Crossett, Arkansas Players of American football from Arkansas Jacksonville Jaguars players 1999 births American football cornerbacks {{Defensiveback-1990s-stub