title: Ray Poage
text: # Ray Poage
  
  Raymond Coy Poage Jr. (November 14, 1940 – September 23, 1997) was an American football tight end in the National Football League (NFL).
  
  He was drafted out of the University of Texas by the Vikings in the 1963 NFL Draft.
  
  Poage played portions of eight seasons in the NFL, peaking in 1964 and 1965 with over 1,000 yards off 68 receptions for the Philadelphia Eagles.
  
  