Cornerback, San Diego State, 2012–16
Damontae Kazee
- Number
- No. 23
- Height
- 5′11″
- Hometown
- San Bernardino, CA
- Born
- Jun 5, 1993
Damontae Kazee played cornerback at San Diego State (2012–16). The Atlanta Falcons took Kazee in round 5, No. 149 overall in the 2017 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
8tackles, career highat Nevada, 20163interceptions, career highvs. San Diego, 2015Honors
Team titles: Mountain West champions, 2012, 2015 and 2016
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
Defense
| Season | Team | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | San Diego State | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| 2014 | San Diego State | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| 2015 | San Diego State | – | – | – | – | 8 | – | – |
| 2016 | San Diego State | 67 | 46 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 0 |
| Career | 67 | 46 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 0 | |
Returns
| Season | Team | PR | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | San Diego State | 5 | 70 | 1 |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | Int | PBU | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013N | 12 | 28 | 13 | 41 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 2014E | 10 of 13 | 27 | 13 | 40 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015E | 11 of 14 | 48 | 14 | 62 | – | – | – | – | – |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played); E, ESPN play-by-play participants, via SportsDataverse: tackles only, counted in the games whose play-by-play names tacklers (G: those games, of his team’s), so part of the season, not its total. A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Ht |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | San Diego State | 23 | CB | |
| 2013 | San Diego State | 23 | CB | |
| 2014 | San Diego State | 23 | CB | |
| 2015 | San Diego State | 23 | CB | |
| 2016 | San Diego State | 23 | CB | 5′11″ |
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2016 San Diego State 14 games, 67 tackles, 7 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs. New Hampshire | W 31–0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 10 | vs. California | W 45–40 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Sep 17 | at Northern Illinois | W 42–28 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 1 | at South Alabama | L 24–42 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 8 | vs. UNLV | W 26–7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 14 | at Fresno State | W 17–3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 21 | vs. San José State | W 42–3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 28 | at Utah State | W 40–13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 5 | vs. Hawai’i | W 55–0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Nov 12 | at Nevada | W 46–16 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 19 | at Wyoming | L 33–34 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 26 | vs. Colorado State | L 31–63 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 3 | atWyoming | W 27–24 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Dec 17 ✦ | vs. Houston | W 34–10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2015 San Diego State 8 games, 8 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5 | vs. San Diego | W 37–3 | – | – | – | – | 3 | – |
| Oct 3 | vs.Fresno State | W 21–7 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Oct 10 | atHawai’i | W 28–14 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Oct 17 | atSan José State | W 30–7 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Oct 31 | atColorado State | W 41–17 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Nov 21 | atUNLV | W 52–14 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Nov 28 | vs.Nevada | W 31–14 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Dec 24 ✦ | vs. Cincinnati | W 42–7 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
2014 San Diego State 1 game, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18 | vs.Hawai’i | W 20–10 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
2013 San Diego State 1 game, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7 | at Ohio State | L 7–42 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
Played in the 2017 Senior Bowl (South team, won 16–15).
| Drill | Combine 2017 |
|---|---|
| Height | 5′10¼″ |
| Weight | 184 lb |
| Arm length | 30⅞″ |
| Hand size | 8⅝″ |
| 40-yard dash | 4.54 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.60 sW |
| Vertical jump | 34″ |
| Broad jump | 10′4″ |
| Bench press | 11 reps |
| 3-cone drill | 7.11 sW |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.27 sW |
Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
8 seasons, 95 games with a stat; latest team: Detroit Lions.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Atlanta Falcons | 8 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | Atlanta Falcons | 16 | 77 | 0 | 7 |
| 2019 | Atlanta Falcons | 16 | 71 | 0 | 3 |
| 2020 | Atlanta Falcons | 4 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | Dallas Cowboys | 17 | 50 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 9 | 19 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 14 | 54 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 11 | 31 | 0 | 1 |
| NFL career | 95 | 345 | 0 | 17 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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