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Gay started his first season opener and recorded 4 tackles in the Steelers' 13–10 victory over the Tennessee Titans. He went on to start the next 14 regular season games, as he finished the season with a career-high 78 tackles, 70 solo tackles, a sack, and 10 pass deflections. Checkout the latest stats for William Gay. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, college, draft, and more on Former Pittsburgh Steelers coach Joey Porter Sr.

shares the story behind his famous celebration with CB William Gay. The wild ride that was the Steelers career of William Gay ends as Pittsburgh cuts the final draft pick from Mike Tomlin's inaugural draft. Here's a look at "Big Play Willie Gay's" contribution as a Steelers cornerback. Ex-Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback William Gay has landed his first full-time NFL job as an assistant coach for the Washington Commanders.

The Commanders and new head coach Dan Quinn hired Gay to be the team's assistant defensive backs coach.

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Gay was drafted by the Steelers in the fifth round of the draft. He spent the first five seasons of his career in Pittsburgh, starting 40 games, including playoffs and regular season. During the team's Super Bowl run in , Gay appeared in all 16 regular season games, starting four, before appearing in all three playoff games. He had three tackles and one fumble recovery in the postseason.

After spending the season with the Arizona Cardinals, Gay returned to Pittsburgh for the final five seasons of his career. His best statistical season in the black and gold came in , when he had three interceptions and three defensive touchdowns. He also had 69 tackles and 12 passes defended that season. He retired in Before joining the Commanders' staff, he spent time on the Texas Longhorns coaching staff.

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