Timothy Maypray. Source: https://vmikeydets.com/staff-directory/tim-maypray/226
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Randolph-Macon Academy. Photo: Antepenultimate, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sonner_Hall_RMC_20150328.jpg)
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Timothy Wayne Maypray was born on May 13, 1988, in Madisonville, Kentucky. He attended Randolph-Macon Academy in Front Royal, Virginia, where he earned letters in football and basketball and was also an all-state track performer. His high-school football career included 1,702 rushing yards, 673 receiving yards, and 32 touchdowns.
Maypray attended Randolph-Macon Academy in Front Royal, Virginia, a college-preparatory boarding school that combines academic education with structured residential and athletic programs. He played football and basketball there and competed in track.
He studied psychology at the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 2010. Founded in 1839, VMI is a state-supported senior military college whose cadet system combines higher education with military training and leadership development. Maypray played four seasons of football for the Keydets and also competed on the basketball team.
Maypray played four seasons of college football at VMI from 2006 through 2009. The program used him in several roles, including wide receiver, running back, quarterback, slotback, kick returner, and punt returner. He scored 39 touchdowns during his VMI career, accumulated 6,129 all-purpose yards, and became the Big South Conference career leader in that category. He also set VMI's single-game all-purpose rushing record with 346 yards against Charleston Southern in 2007.
His college honors included Big South Freshman of the Year in 2006, first-team All-Big South recognition as a kick returner in 2007 and as a punt returner in 2009, and second-team honors as a wide receiver in 2007 and quarterback in 2008. In 2009 he was named the conference's preseason offensive player of the year and finished the season with 1,861 combined yards and eight touchdowns. VMI selected him for its 2010 Intercollegiate Athletics Award, given to the institute's outstanding cadet-athlete, and he was later named to the Big South All-Decade Team for 2000–2010.
Maypray entered the Canadian Football League with the Montreal Alouettes in 2010 and played with the club through 2011. In his CFL debut against the Saskatchewan Roughriders, he returned a missed field goal 125 yards for a touchdown, establishing a Montreal team record; later that season he returned another missed field goal 118 yards for a touchdown. He was part of Montreal's 2010 Grey Cup championship team. He joined the Ottawa Redblacks in 2014 and appeared in two games.
After his playing career, Maypray worked in coaching. He served as a running-backs coach and internal recruiting coordinator at VMI for three seasons and then coached running backs at Davidson College during the 2018 season. He also worked at Randolph-Macon Academy, his former school, including service as its head basketball coach, and held a sales-representative position in private business in 2012–2013.
Maypray became the Big South Conference career leader in all-purpose yards with 6,129 and was named to the conference's All-Decade Team for 2000–2010.
He established VMI's single-game all-purpose rushing record with 346 yards against Charleston Southern in 2007.
In his Canadian Football League debut, he returned a missed field goal 125 yards for a touchdown, setting a Montreal Alouettes team record.
Physical Characteristics: He was listed at approximately 5 feet 9 inches tall and 185 pounds during his professional football career.
Maypray was married to Bianca Maypray. They had a son, Timothy Maypray III, and a daughter, Madison. His mother was Rose Jones.
