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YaYa Diaby

Louisville · Edge Rusher · 2020-22

SACKS
10
TFL
18
TKL
90

Career totals · 3 seasons with stats

Scouting Report

From 2020 to 2022, Diaby recorded 90 tackles, 17.5 tackles for loss and 9.5 sacks.

Diaby was the No. 82 overall pick in the 2023 NFL Draft.

In 17-0 that career earns a 71 overall, the 8th-highest edge rusher rating at Louisville since 1990 and No. 106 among all edge rushers of the 2020-2024 era.

Honors & Awards

  1. 2023
    • No. 82 overall pick, NFL Draft

Season by Season

YaYa Diaby season-by-season statistics at Louisville
SeasonTklTFLSacksPD
2020182.500
20213931.50
2022331281
Total9017.59.51

Seasons with tracked stats at Louisville. Coverage starts in 2006; tackles, sacks and passes defended start in 2016 (shown as – before then).

Louisville Teammates

  1. 86Malik Cunningham2017-22QB
  2. 75Devin Neal2023-24S
  3. 75Ja'Corey Brooks2024WR
  4. 74Ashton Gillotte2021-24EDGE
  5. 74Monty Montgomery2019-22LB
  6. 74Jawhar Jordan2021-23RB
  7. 74Isaac Brown2024-25RB
  8. 74Jarvis Brownlee Jr.2022-23CB
  9. 72Quincy Riley2022-24CB
  10. 72Tyler Hudson2022WR

Full Louisville all-time roster

Top Edge Rushers of the 2020-2024 Era

  1. 93Aidan HutchinsonMichigan · 2018-21EDGE
  2. 93Will Anderson Jr.Alabama · 2020-22EDGE
  3. 90T'Vondre SweatTexas · 2019-23EDGE
  4. 90Jordan DavisGeorgia · 2018-21EDGE
  5. 90Abdul CarterPenn State · 2022-24EDGE
  6. 90Calijah KanceyPittsburgh · 2020-22EDGE
  7. 90Jalen CarterGeorgia · 2020-22EDGE
  8. 90Kayvon ThibodeauxOregon · 2019-21EDGE

Best college edge rushers since 1990Best ACC players

Sources: Wikipedia (YaYa Diaby) and its All-America, all-conference, award and program statistical-leader pages; season statistics and NFL Draft data from CollegeFootballData.com. Ratings are 17-0's own estimates, graded within each era. How ratings work.