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Rays mother, Suseria at the time of his birth was 16 and 

his father was not much older. His father Elbert Ray 

Jackson was often absent from Rays life and for that 

Ray wanted nothing to do with him.

Young Ray and his mother.

Growing up Ray had four younger siblings and by the time 

he was in middle school he was the man of the house and 

was in charge of taking care of his brothers and sisters. 

His mother wasn't home a lot because she had to work 

multiple jobs to support their large family.

  Rays childhood

  home.

Entering high school Ray changed his last name from 

Jenkins to his mothers boyfriends last name, Lewis. In 

time, this will become one of the most recognized names 

in NFL football.

                      Taking pictures 

                   before his high

                   school dance.

Ray as a freshman going 

to homecoming.

In High school Ray was a standout athlete who played 

football and wrestled. He was often Criticized because he 

was "to slow", "too   small", or "to weak". He made up for 

his lack of these traits with a fierce intensity that his 

team mates admired. Whenever that a Big "POP" they 

knew it was Ray.

Ray taking his High 

School football picture.

To make up for rays lack of strength he found a 

new way to train that would help him a lot. He 

found a deck of cards in his house and whatever 

he card he flipped he would do that number of 

push ups. After he could do a whole deck of 

cards with ease he added another deck.

To make up for his lack of speed he ran everyday, and 

wouldn't stop until he could not take one more step. He 

was like a runner training for a Marathon. His mother 

once told him "you are   determined for greatness!" and 

Ray took this with him throughout his entire life.

Ray was always ready to show people that size doesn't 

matter, its about how bad you want it. While Ray was 

still in high school he took all of the hard times he has 

been through and took his anger out on the football 

field and made big things happen.

Rays Mother has been battling sickness since he was a 

child. Being the protective man that he is he always made 

time for her, even when he had prior commitments he 

always put family first. 

When Ray was a junior in High school he started to get 

offers from colleges that wanted him to play for them. 

But he wasn't sure that he wanted to go because he 

didn't want to leave his mother and siblings. o when he 

got an offer from Miami he couldn't turn it down.                                       

             Ray was the

             starting linebacker

             as a freshman.                                        

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