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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2022Louisville
YaYa Diaby
DL • 6'4" • 270 lbs • Atlanta, GA, USA
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YaYa Diaby shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 29.8 disruption score.
Impact Production
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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
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Blue-chip, NFL-level ceiling
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Postseason · Louisville
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Louisville
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Florida State
Player Story
YaYa Diaby built his college career from 2020 through 2022 as a defensive lineman from Atlanta, GA wearing No. 6, spending time with Louisville. The clearest part of YaYa Diaby's career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- Florida State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2006
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2023
- Selection
- Round 3 · Pick 19
- Overall
- No. 82
- NFL Team
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers
YaYa Diaby, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Postseason · Louisville. YaYa Diaby shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 29.8 disruption score.
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YaYa Diaby quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Louisville · DL
- Career Tackles
- 90
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 5 entries · 33 games
- Best season
- 2022 Postseason · Louisville
- Top game
- Florida State
- Recruit profile
- 5-star · Hun School · Florida State
- High school pipeline
- Hun School · 51 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- NFL Draft
- 2023 · Round 3 · Pick 19 · Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Latest roster
- No. 6 · Senior
- 2022 Tackles rank
- 33 tackles · DL 131st (top 14%) · ACC 128th (top 22%) · National 1,208th (top 21%)
YaYa Diaby played DL for Louisville. Across 3 tracked seasons, YaYa Diaby recorded 90 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Louisville.
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