Yahya Black: DL · Iowa · #94.
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Yahya Black
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. Five seasons in the Iowa defensive front to date. On tape: 4 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against UCLA, Week 11, 2024.
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
34 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 7 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
KCCI Oct 28
FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul Oct 27Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 40-0vs Illinois State | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 19-20vs Iowa State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 38-21vs Troy | 4 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 31-14@ Minnesota | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 7-35@ No. 3 Ohio State | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 40-16vs Washington | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 20-32@ Michigan State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 40-14vs Northwestern | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 42-10vs Wisconsin | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 17-20@ UCLA | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 29-13@ Maryland | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 13-10vs Nebraska | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 24-27vs No. 23 Missouri | 3 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 34 | 18 | 7.0 | 1.0 | — | 2 |
Week 10 · 2024
W 42-10
vs Wisconsin
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 2 tackles
Dominant 32-point win at home against Wisconsin.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
21%7 TFLSack rate
3%1 sackHurry rate
6%2 hurries34 tackles · 7 for loss · 1 sack.
5 seasons under Kirk Ferentz — 42-20 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 2.4 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| Road5g | 2.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.7 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kirk Ferentz
Pass share
34.4%
260 pass / 496 run
Plays / game
58.2
13 games
Team sack rate
4.6%
263 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2024
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #215 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at Iowa, 6 sacks — drafted at #164 overall by the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2020–2024
1 coachPlayed every college season under Kirk Ferentz.
Next stop · NFL
Pittsburgh SteelersEntering 2nd NFL season
Pittsburgh SteelersEntering 2nd NFL season
