Wray Carlton
Football
Inducted: 2012
- Native of Wallace, NC
- Scored 48 points in a high school basketball game and drew the eye of pro baseball scouts, but football was his calling
- Broke Ace Parker’s career rushing record at Duke in 1958 to establish himself as one of the best all-around players in ACC history
- Drafted by the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles
- Signed with the upstart AFL’s Buffalo Bills instead and became a star
- In his eight seasons, he ranked among the league’s top 10 rushers five times
- Named all-pro twice during his career
- Led the Bills to two AFL titles
