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Gray scores one of his four touchdowns in the win over the Colts (Photo: Getty)

11/16/14: Gray Matter

It has become a tiring NFL cliche/meme to say that Bill Belichick can win with anyone. But that axiom rang dangerously true during a November 2014 prime-time contest between Belichick's New England Patriots and the Indianapolis Colts.

With regular rushers Stevan Ridley and LeGarrette Blount unavailable, the Patriots bestowed their duties on Gray. That Sunday night's showdown against the Colts was the one-month anniversary of his promotion to the Patriots' active roster. He went on to torch the Colts for 201 rushing yards and four scores, becoming the first player in the NFL's modern era to earn a touchdown quartet after entering the game with none. New England would win the game 42-20 and Gray earned cover duties for the ensuing week's issue of Sports Illustrated.

Alas, Belichick giveth and Belichick taketh away: Gray took the costliest nap of his life during the ensuing week of practice, as his oversleeping made him late for practice after his phone died. Gray was originally suspended for a "violation of team rules" after the incident, but wound up being a healthy scratch in all but four of the Patriots' remaining games that season. He was released by the Patriots at the end of training camp in 2015 and failed to catch on in Miami or Jacksonville.

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