No. 56 – Buffalo Bills | |
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Position: | Defensive end |
Personal information | |
Born: | Tallahassee, Florida, U.S. | January 17, 2001
Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
Weight: | 246 lb (112 kg) |
Career information | |
High school: | Amos P. Godby (Tallahassee, Florida) |
College: | Troy (2019–2023) |
NFL draft: | 2024 / Round: 5 / Pick: 168 |
Career history | |
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Roster status: | Unsigned draft pick |
Career highlights and awards | |
Javon Pyree Solomon (born January 17, 2001) is an American football defensive end for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Troy Trojans and was selected by the Bills in the fifth round of the 2024 NFL draft.
Solomon attended Amos P. Godby High School in Tallahassee, Florida. As a senior, he had 73 tackles and 10 sacks. He committed to Troy University to play college football. [1]
After playing in three games and redshirting his first year at Troy in 2019, Solomon had 29 tackles and 1.5 sacks in 2020. He had 50 tackles, 11 sacks and one interception in 2021 and 44 tackles and 4.5 sacks in 2022. [2] [3] Solomon switched from outside linebacker to defensive end in 2023 and was named an All-American. [4] [5] He was selected to play in the 2024 Senior Bowl. [6]
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
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6 ft 0+7⁄8 in (1.85 m) | 246 lb (112 kg) | 33+7⁄8 in (0.86 m) | 10+3⁄4 in (0.27 m) | 4.72 s | 1.66 s | 2.77 s | 4.39 s | 7.27 s | 37.0 in (0.94 m) | 9 ft 11 in (3.02 m) | 27 reps | |
All values from NFL Combine/Pro Day [7] [8] |
Solomon was selected by the Buffalo Bills in the fifth round with the 168th overall pick in the 2024 NFL draft. [9]
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