After 4,000 minutes across all competitions in his debut season, Gray was named EFL Championship Young Player of the Year, a month on from celebrating his 18th birthday. The Leeds midfielder has featured in the middle of the park as well as at right-back under Daniel Farke and was grateful for his double at the awards ceremony at Grosvenor House Hotel in London.
Gray also won EFL Championship Apprentice of the Year as Leeds teammate Crysencio Summerville was named Championship Player of the Year, and alongside Ethan Ampadu and Georginio Rutter in the Championship Team of the Year.
In winning the Young Player award, Gray joins an exclusive list of well-established stars of the modern game including former Real Madrid star Gareth Bale and current ‘Galactico’ Jude Bellingham. Like Gray, the latter also notched Young Player of the Year and EFL Apprentice honours during the 2019/20 campaign.
Here is every winner since the award’s inception in 2006.
13. 2018 - Ryan Sessegnon
Fulham teen Sessegnon was named EFL Championship Player of the Year as well as EFL Young Player of the Year in 2018. | Getty Images
14. 2019 - Max Aarons
The Norwich City full-back won the prestigious EFL award in 2019 whilst working under Daniel Farke at Carrow Road. | Getty Images
15. 2020 - Jude Bellingham
Perhaps the most high-profile winner of this award in recent times, Bellingham pulled up trees with boyhood side Birmingham City before moving on to Borussia Dortmund and now Real Madrid. | Getty Images
16. 2021 - Michael Olise
Olise used Reading as a launchpad to the Premier League with Crystal Palace with a stellar 2020/21 campaign. | Getty Images
17. 2022 - Brennan Johnson
The Welsh youngster impressed during his time at Nottingham Forest and more recently moved to Tottenham Hotspur in a £47.5 million transfer. | AFP via Getty Images
18. 2023 - Alex Scott
The former Bristol City youngster is another who made a big money move after clinching the EFL Championship Young Player of the Year award, joining Bournemouth from Bristol City last summer. | Getty Images