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| Born: | August 20, 1993 Cincinnati, Ohio | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 195 lb (88 kg) | ||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||
| High school: | Fairfield (OH) | ||||||||
| College: | Heidelberg | ||||||||
| Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||||
| Undrafted: | 2015 | ||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||
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Donteea Dye Jr. (born August 20, 1993) is an American football wide receiver who is a free agent. He played college football at Heidelberg University.
Even though Dye impressed scouts at the NFL Scouting Combine by running a 4.39 40-yard dash, he went undrafted in the 2015 NFL draft.
He signed as an undrafted rookie on May 11, 2015, by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. [1]
Dye caught his first pass, a touchdown thrown by Jameis Winston, in a 31–30 loss in Week 6, 2015, to the Washington Redskins. On December 17, playing against the St. Louis Rams, Dye caught a 44-yard reception inside the 5-yard line and began to celebrate, even though the play was still live. [2] As a result, he fumbled the ball.
On August 30, 2016, Dye was waived by the Buccaneers with an injury settlement. [3] He was re-signed to the practice squad on October 17, 2016. [4] Two days later, Dye was promoted to the Buccaneers active roster. [5] On October 22, the Buccaneers released Dye and re-signed him to the practice squad on October 25. [6] [7] He was promoted back to the active roster on December 10, 2016. [8] He was placed on injured reserve on December 21, 2016. [9]
On September 2, 2017, Dye was waived by the Buccaneers. [10]
On August 26, 2018, Dye re-signed with the Buccaneers. [11] He was waived on September 1, 2018. [12]
On September 14, 2018, Dye signed with the Orlando Apollos of the Alliance of American Football. [13] The league ceased operations in April 2019. [14]
On October 15, 2019, Dye was drafted in the 10th round during phase one in the 2020 XFL Draft by the Los Angeles Wildcats. [15] He was waived during mini-camp [16]
Dye signed with the Tampa Bay Vipers on December 22, 2019. [16] He was waived again on February 25, 2020. [17]
On November 17, 2022, Dye was drafted by the St. Louis BattleHawks of the XFL. [18]
