Devonte Wyatt
 Wyatt in college at Georgia in 2021 | |||||||||||
| No. 95 – Green Bay Packers | |||||||||||
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| Position: | Defensive tackle | ||||||||||
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| Born: | March 31, 1998 Decatur, Georgia, U.S. | ||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||
| Weight: | 304 lb (138 kg) | ||||||||||
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| High school: | Towers (Decatur, Georgia) | ||||||||||
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| NFL draft: | 2022 / Round: 1 / Pick: 28 | ||||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||
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| Career NFL statistics as of 2023 | |||||||||||
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| Player stats at NFL.com · PFR | |||||||||||
Devonte Malik Wyatt (born March 31, 1998) is an
Early years
Wyatt grew up in Decatur, Georgia and attended Towers High School. He was rated a three-star recruit and initially committed to play college football at South Carolina before de-committing in favor of Georgia.[1] Wyatt was ruled academically ineligible to play at Georgia and did not enroll.[2]
College career
Wyatt began his collegiate career at Hutchinson Community College in order to meet the academic requirements to play Division I football. As a freshman, he had 30 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, and three sacks.[3] Wyatt qualified academically to enroll at Georgia after his freshman season.[4]
Wyatt was part of Georgia's defensive line rotation as a sophomore and as a junior. As a senior, Wyatt started all ten of Georgia's games and had 25 tackles, two tackles for loss, and 14 quarterback hurries.
Professional career
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle |
Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | ||
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| 6 ft 2+7⁄8 in (1.90 m) |
304 lb (138 kg) |
32+5⁄8 in (0.83 m) |
9+7⁄8 in (0.25 m) |
4.77 s | 1.60 s | 2.73 s | 4.63 s | 7.45 s | 29.0 in (0.74 m) |
9 ft 3 in (2.82 m) | ||
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Wyatt was selected with the 28th overall pick by the Green Bay Packers in the 2022 NFL Draft.[11] On May 6, 2022, he signed his rookie contract.[12]
NFL career statistics
Regular season
| Season | Team | GP | GS | Total | Solo | Ast | Sck | FF | FR | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | GB | 16 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | GB | 17 | 5 | 36 | 18 | 18 | 5.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 33 | 5 | 51 | 26 | 25 | 7.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Source: pro-football-reference.com | ||||||||||
Postseason
| Season | Team | GP | GS | Total | Solo | Ast | Sck | FF | FR | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | GB | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Source: pro-football-reference.com | ||||||||||
References
- ^ "Gamecocks D-line commit flips pledge to Georgia". The State. August 8, 2016. Retrieved December 29, 2021.
- ^ "UGA football: Devonte Wyatt will not enroll at Georgia this year". The Telegraph. August 2, 2017. Retrieved December 29, 2021.
- ^ "UGA football: Devonte Wyatt enrolled and practicing with Bulldogs". Ledger-Enquirer. Retrieved December 29, 2021.
- ^ Dasher, Anthony (February 5, 2018). "Meet the new kid: Devonte Wyatt". Rivals.com. Retrieved December 29, 2021.
- ^ "Devonte Wyatt, D-line play are what set Georgia defense apart". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. April 22, 2021. Retrieved December 29, 2021.
- ^ "UGA football spring wrap-up: Washington a big problem, Wyatt's encore, Ratledge emerges". Athens Banner-Herald. April 20, 2021. Retrieved December 29, 2021.
- ^ "Georgia's Jordan Davis, Nakobe Dean named to AP All-American First Team". Fox5Atlanta.com. December 13, 2021. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
- ^ "Devonte Wyatt Says Goodbye to Georgia".
- ^ "Devonte Wyatt Draft and Combine Prospect Profile". National Football League. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
- ^ "2022 Draft Scout Devonte Wyatt, Georgia NFL Draft Scout College Football Profile". draftscout.com. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
- ^ "2022 NFL Draft: Packers select Georgia DL Devonte Wyatt in first round, No. 28 overall". packers.com. April 28, 2022. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
- ^ "Packers sign seven draft picks". packers.com. Archived from the original on May 6, 2022. Retrieved May 6, 2022.
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