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Player Dossier
2020-2024Iowa
Yahya Black
DL • 6'5" • 317 lbs • Marshall, MN, USA
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Yahya Black shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.1 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
78
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Iowa
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Iowa
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Michigan
Player Story
Yahya Black built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a defensive lineman from Marshall, MN wearing No. 94, spending time with Iowa. The clearest part of Yahya Black's career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- Navy
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2025
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2025
- Selection
- Round 5 · Pick 28
- Overall
- No. 164
- NFL Team
- Pittsburgh Steelers
Yahya Black, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Iowa. Yahya Black shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.1 disruption score.
Quick Answers
Yahya Black quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Iowa · DL
- Career Tackles
- 115
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 8 entries · 43 games
- Best season
- 2023 Regular Season · Iowa
- Top game
- Michigan
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Lake Nona · Navy
- High school pipeline
- Lake Nona · 13 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- NFL Draft
- 2025 · Round 5 · Pick 28 · Pittsburgh Steelers
- Latest roster
- No. 94 · Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 34 tackles · DL 127th (top 13%) · Big Ten 156th (top 20%) · National 1,221st (top 20%)
Yahya Black played DL for Iowa. Across 5 tracked seasons, Yahya Black recorded 115 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Iowa.
Recognition
Honors
- 20242024 All-Big Ten Coaches · conference_coacheshonorable mention
- 20242024 All-Big Ten Media · conference_mediahonorable mention
- 20232023 All-Big Ten Coaches · conference_coacheshonorable mention
- 20232023 All-Big Ten Media · conference_mediahonorable mention
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