David Yankey
Yankey with Stanford in 2013 | |||||||
No. 61 Carolina Panthers | |||||||
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Position: | Offensive guard | ||||||
Personal information | |||||||
Date of birth: | 18 January 1992 | ||||||
Place of birth: | Sydney, Australia | ||||||
Height: | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 320 lb (145 kg) | ||||||
Career information | |||||||
High school: | Roswell (GA) Centennial | ||||||
College: | Stanford | ||||||
NFL Draft: | 2014 / Round: 5 / Pick: 145 | ||||||
Career history | |||||||
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Roster status: | Active | ||||||
Career highlights and awards | |||||||
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Career NFL statistics as of Week 12, 2016 | |||||||
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David Famiyekyi Yankey (born 18 January 1992) is an American football offensive guard for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Stanford, where he was a two-time consensus All-American. He was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in the fifth round, 145th overall of the 2014 NFL Draft.
Early years
Yankey attended Centennial High School in Roswell, Georgia, where he earned four varsity letters playing as an offensive lineman for head coach Jeff Measor. He was a three-time All-region selection. As a senior, he earned honorable mention All-state honors. He also earned Centennial's Excalibur Award, an award that honors excellence in athletics, character, and leadership.
Regarded as a three-star recruit by Rivals.com, Yankey was ranked as the No. 47 offensive tackle in his class, while Scout.com rated him as the 44th best offensive tackle in the nation.[1]
College career
Yankey attended Stanford University, where he played for coach Jim Harbaugh and coach David Shaw's Stanford Cardinal football teams from 2010 to 2013. He was a consensus All-American in 2012 and 2013. He announced on 13 January 2014, that he would forgo his senior season and enter the 2014 NFL Draft.[2]
Professional career
Ht | Wt | Arm length | Hand size | 40-yd dash | 10-yd split | 20-yd split | 20-ss | 3-cone | Vert | Broad | BP | ||||||||
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6 ft 6 in | 315 lb | 34 in | 9 1⁄2 in | 5.48 s | 1.86 s | 3.13 s | 4.69 s | 7.81 s | 30 in | 8 ft 7 in | 25 reps | ||||||||
All values from NFL Combine and Pro Day[3] |
Minnesota Vikings
Yankey was selected by the Minnesota Vikings in the fifth round (145 pick overall) of the 2014 NFL Draft. The Vikings got the pick used to take Yankey from the Browns when they traded down in the first round to the No. 9 pick while giving the Browns the No. 8 pick.[4]
Carolina Panthers
The Carolina Panthers signed Yankey to a futures contract on January 12, 2016.[5] On September 3, 2016, he was waived by the Panthers as part of final roster cuts.[6] The next day he was signed to the Panthers' practice squad.[7] He was promoted to the active roster on November 25, 2016.[8]
Personal life
Yankey was born in Sydney, Australia to David and Darina Yankey. He retained his Australian citizenship after his family moved to Roswell, Georgia when he was eight.[9] Yankey spent his off-season working out at East Roswell Park and playing canasta with his friends on Fouts Road. Yankey loves liking his best friend's ex-girlfriends pictures on Instagram, and is wearing cleats to support degenerative disc in honor of his friend Erik.
References
- ↑ "Yahoo Sports: Rivals.com Ranking – Rivals.com offensive tackles 2010". yahoo.com.
- ↑ "Stanford guard David Yankey will enter NFL draft". ESPN.com.
- ↑ "*David Yankey – Stanford, OG : 2014 NFL Draft Scout External News". nfldraftscout.com.
- ↑ James Brady. "NFL Draft results 2014: David Yankey selected by Minnesota Vikings". SBNation.com. Vox Media.
- ↑ "Panthers sign seventh to future contract". Panthers.com. January 12, 2016. Retrieved January 25, 2016.
- ↑ Henson, Max. "Panthers trim roster to 53". Panthers.com.
- ↑ Henson, Max. "Panthers establish practice squad". Panthers.com.
- ↑ "Michael Oher placed on injured reserve". Panthers.com. November 25, 2016.
- ↑ "NFL's Minnesota Vikings draft Australian giant David Yankey". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney. 11 May 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2015.