YaYa Diaby: DL · Louisville · #6.
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YaYa Diaby
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Third year in the Louisville defensive front. The first one came in 2022: All-ACC. On tape: 6 tackles and 2.5 tackles for loss against Florida State, Week 3, 2022.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
33 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 12 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.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Louisville | 33 | 20 | 12.0 | 8.0 | 1 |
| 2021 | Louisville | 39 | 24 | 3.0 | 1.5 | -- |
| 2020 | Louisville | 18 | 10 | 2.5 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 90 | 54 | 17.5 | 9.5 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-31@ Syracuse | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 20-14@ UCF | 6 | 5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 3 | L 31-35vs Florida State | 6 | 3 | 2.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | 2.5 TFL |
| Wk 4 | W 41-3vs South Florida | 4 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 33-34@ Boston College | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 34-17@ Virginia | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 24-10vs Pittsburgh | 5 | 2 | 2.5 | 0.5 | — | 1 | 2.5 TFL |
| Wk 9 | W 48-21vs No. 10 Wake Forest | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 34-10vs James Madison | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 16-31@ No. 12 Clemson | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 25-10vs NC State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 13-26@ Kentucky | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 24-7vs Cincinnati | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 33 | 20 | 12.0 | 8.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
36%12 TFLSack rate
24%8 sacksHurry rate
12%4 hurries33 tackles · 12 for loss · 8 sacks.
3 seasons under Scott Satterfield — 18-19 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.8 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.2 |
| Road6g | 2.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.1 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scott Satterfield
Pass share
41.8%
368 pass / 512 run
Plays / game
67.7
13 games
Team sack rate
6.3%
396 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2022
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #16 at the position.
How it ended
Three seasons at Louisville, 10 sacks — drafted at #82 overall by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
A stat line in 32 games over three seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-ACC
All-ACC mention (2022)
Coaching lineage · 2020–2022
1 coachPlayed every college season under Scott Satterfield.
Next stop · NFL
Tampa Bay BuccaneersEntering 4th NFL season
Tampa Bay BuccaneersEntering 4th NFL season
