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Position: | Linebacker | ||||||||
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Born: | Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. | May 30, 1999||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 276 lb (125 kg) | ||||||||
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High school: | North Clayton (College Park, Georgia) | ||||||||
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NFL Draft: | 2023 / Round: 3 / Pick: 82 | ||||||||
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Roster status: | Active | ||||||||
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Player stats at NFL.com · PFR |
YaYa Diaby (born May 30, 1999) is an American football linebacker for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Georgia Military and Louisville.
Diaby attended North Clayton High School in College Park, Georgia. [1]
Diaby attended Georgia Military College for two years before transferring to the University of Louisville. [2] [3] He had 77 tackles and seven sacks at Georgia Military. In Diaby's first year at Louisville in 2020, he started seven of eight games, recording 18 tackles. [4] In 2021, he had 39 tackles and 1.5 sacks. [5] In 2022, Diaby had 37 tackles and nine sacks. [6] After the season, he entered the 2023 NFL Draft.
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | Vertical jump | Broad jump | ||||
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6 ft 3+3⁄8 in (1.91 m) | 263 lb (119 kg) | 33+7⁄8 in (0.86 m) | 10+3⁄8 in (0.26 m) | 4.51 s | 1.56 s | 2.62 s | 37.0 in (0.94 m) | 10 ft 0 in (3.05 m) | ||||
All values from the NFL Combine [7] [8] |
Diaby was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the third round of the 2023 NFL Draft with the 82nd overall pick. [9]
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