Donteea Dye

Donteea Dye Jr.
Orlando Apollos
Position: Wide receiver
Personal information
Born: (1993-08-20) August 20, 1993
Cincinnati, Ohio
Height: 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight: 185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school: Fairfield (OH)
College: Heidelberg
Undrafted: 2015
Career history
Roster status: Active
Career NFL statistics
Receptions: 11
Receiving yards: 132
Receiving touchdowns: 1
Player stats at NFL.com

Donteea Dye Jr. (born August 20, 1993) is an American football wide receiver for Orlando Apollos of the Alliance of American Football (AAF). He played college football at Heidelberg.

Professional career

Even though Dye impressed scouts at the NFL Scouting Combine by running a 4.39 40-yard dash, he went undrafted in the 2015 NFL Draft, although he was signed as an undrafted rookie on May 11, 2015 by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.[1]

Dye caught his first pass, a touchdown thrown by Jameis Winston, in a 31-30 loss in Week 6, 2015, to the Washington Redskins. On December 17, playing against the St Louis Rams, Dye caught a 44-yard reception inside the 5-yard line and began to celebrate, even though the play was still live.[2] As a result, he fumbled the ball.

On August 30, 2016, Dye was waived by the Buccaneers with an injury settlement.[3] He was re-signed to the practice squad on October 17, 2016.[4] Two days later, Dye was promoted to the Buccaneers active roster.[5] On October 22, the Buccaneers released Dye and re-signed him to the practice squad on October 25.[6][7] He was promoted back to the active roster on December 10, 2016.[8] He was placed on injured reserve on December 21, 2016.[9]

On September 2, 2017, Dye was waived by the Buccaneers.[10]

On August 26, 2018, Dye re-signed with the Buccaneers.[11] He was waived on September 1, 2018.[12]

On September 14, 2018, Dye signed with the Orlando Apollos of the Alliance of American Football.[13]

References

  1. ↑ Smith, Scott (May 11, 2015). "Four Tryout Players Land Roster Spots". Buccaneers.com.
  2. ↑ "Buccaneers' Donteea Dye: Manages career-high 44 yards receiving in Week 15 loss". Retrieved 2016-09-05.
  3. ↑ "Donteea Dye Waived as Bucs Get to 75". Retrieved 2016-09-05.
  4. ↑ Smith, Scott (October 17, 2016). "Louis Murphy Returns to the Field". Buccaneers.com.
  5. ↑ Smith, Scott (October 19, 2016). "Donteea Dye Back on the Active Roster". Buccaneers.com.
  6. ↑ Smith, Scott (October 22, 2016). "Freddie Martino Back on Active Roster". Buccaneers.com.
  7. ↑ Smith, Scott (October 25, 2016). "Donteea Dye Returns to Practice Squad". Buccaneers.com.
  8. ↑ "Bucs Activate Sims, Promote Dye". Buccaneers.com. December 10, 2016.
  9. ↑ Smith, Scott (December 21, 2016). "Bernard Reedy Promoted to Active Roster". Buccaneers.com.
  10. ↑ Smith, Scott (September 2, 2017). "Wide Variety of Moves Gets Bucs to 53". Buccaneers.com.
  11. ↑ Smith, Scott (August 26, 2018). "Bucs Sign Three to Start Last Preseason Week". Buccaneers.com.
  12. ↑ Smith, Scott (September 1, 2018). "Robinson, Tandy Among Cuts as Bucs Get to 53". Buccaneers.com.
  13. ↑ Ruiz, Stephen (September 14, 2018). "Orlando's Alliance roster adds former Tampa Bay Bucs receiver". Orlando Sentinel.
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