Buccaneers' Yaya Diaby: Season high in tackles Sunday
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Diaby recorded six total tackles (five solo), including one tackle for loss, in Sunday's 26-23 overtime win over the Panthers.
Diaby impressed rushing the passer in Sunday's overtime win, as he logged three QB hits on Bryce Young despite not recording a sack. The second-year outside linebacker from Louisville has now accumulated 37 total tackles, including 2.0 sacks, and one forced fumble through the Buccaneers' first 12 games this season. He's expected to continue starting opposite Joe Tryon-Shoyinka (ankle) as part of the Bucs' top edge-rushing duo as the season progresses.
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Buccaneers' Yaya Diaby: Registers second sack of season
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Diaby logged five solo tackles, including 1.0 sacks, during Monday's 41-31 loss to Baltimore.
Diaby got his second sack of the season Monday, taking down Lamar Jackson for an eight-yard loss midway through the first quarter. The 2023 third-round pick has played at least 54 percent of the Bucs' defensive snaps in all seven regular-season games this year, and over that span he has accrued 19 tackles (15 solo), including 2.0 sacks, and one forced fumble.
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Buccaneers' Yaya Diaby: Records first sack of season
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Diaby recorded two solo tackles, including 1.0 sacks, in the Buccaneers' 33-16 win over the Eagles on Sunday.
Diaby finally got a QB takedown in his fourth game of the campaign, despite logging his second-lowest snap count (35) of the young season. The second-year pro, who recorded 7.5 sacks as a rookie across 17 regular-season games in part-time duty, has only topped out at two tackles in terms of a single-game high thus far, so he still has plenty of work to do to qualify as a valuable IDP asset.
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Buccaneers' Yaya Diaby: Practices in full Wednesday
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Diaby (ankle) was a full participant in Wednesday's practice session.
Diaby sustained a high-ankle sprain in late July, which kept him out of training camp for all of August, but he appears healthy enough to participate in team drills. The 2023 third-round pick is slated to start at outside linebacker opposite Joe Tryon-Shoyinka. In his rookie season, Diaby recorded 38 tackles (25 solo), including 7.5 sacks, one forced fumble and two fumble recoveries over 17 regular-season games.
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Buccaneers' Yaya Diaby: Missing preseason, hopeful for Week 1
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Diaby (ankle) is not expected to play this preseason, but he avoided a serious injury and Tampa Bay's staff is hopeful he will be ready for Week 1, Brianna Dix of the Buccaneers' official site and Jenna Laine of ESPN report.
Diaby was carted off the field Thursday after he suffered a high-ankle sprain, but his injury appears to not be serious. The team's top outside linebacker will now focus on being healthy for the Buccaneers' regular-season opener against Washington, which he reportedly feels optimistic about playing in.
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Buccaneers' YaYa Diaby: Impressive numbers in finale
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Diaby recorded six tackles (three solo), including a sack, in the Buccaneers' 9-0 win over the Panthers on Sunday.
Diaby recorded one of three takedowns of Bryce Young on the afternoon, giving him 2.5 total sacks over the final three games of the campaign. The rookie third-round pick enjoyed a productive first pro season that saw him compile 39 tackles (25 solo), including 7.5 sacks, two fumble recoveries and a forced fumble in 17 games. He should continue to play a key rotational role in the upcoming home wild-card matchup against the Eagles on Monday night.
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Buccaneers' YaYa Diaby: Picks up 1.5 sacks Week 16
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Diaby recorded five tackles (four solo), including 1.5 sacks, along with a forced and recovered fumble in Sunday's 30-12 victory versus the Jaguars.
Tampa Bay took a 20-0 lead into halftime, and Diaby helped ensure that the Jaguars didn't gain momentum on their opening drive of the third quarter, contributing on a split sack of Trevor Lawrence and forcing a fumble that he recovered himself on the play. The rookie linebacker is up to 6.5 sacks on the campaign, which is tied with the Rams' Kobie Turner for the top spot among first-year players. All of Diaby's sacks have come since Week 8.
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Buccaneers' YaYa Diaby: Making waves in camp
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Diaby, a rookie third-round pick, has shown an impressive blend of speed and power thus far in training camp, Scott Smith of the team's official site reports.
Diaby enters Friday night's preseason opener against the Steelers looking to make a case for the fourth outside linebacker job, and the Louisville product has already laid a solid foundation with his work over the first two weeks of camp. Head coach Todd Bowles has preemptively identified the linebacker position as a whole as the one likely to lead to the toughest cutdown decisions for him and his staff in a few weeks. Diaby, who racked up 14 tackles for loss, including nine sacks, as a senior in 2022, boasts the pass-rushing profile that's integral to the outside linebacker position in Bowles' scheme.
