David Yankey at Stanford, 2013
Photo: Cynthia Yock, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Guard, Stanford, 2010–⁠13

David Yankey

Lettered 2011–⁠13 (school media guide)

Number
No. 54
Height
6′5″
Weight
313 lb
Hometown
Roswell, GA
Born
Jan 18, 1992, in Sydney

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David Yankey played guard at Stanford (2010–⁠13). He was a consensus All‑American in 2012 and 2013. The Minnesota Vikings took Yankey in round 5, No. 145 overall in the 2014 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
2012
Consensus All-American, Pac-12 Morris Trophy (offense) and 1 more
Drafted
No. 145
Round 5, 2014 NFL Draft (Minnesota Vikings)

Honors

Team titles: Pac-12 champions, 2012 and 2013

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

The teams

Linemen have no individual stat lines in our source.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHtWt
2010Stanford54OG
2011Stanford54OG
2012Stanford54OG
2013Stanford54OG6′5″313

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.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2014Combine or pro day 2014
Height6′5⅝″
Weight315 lb
Arm length34″
Hand size9½″
40-yard dash5.48 s
10-yard split1.86 s
Vertical jump28½″
Broad jump8′7″
Bench press22 reps
3-cone drill7.81 s
20-yard shuttle4.86 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

In the NFL

His NFL seasons aren’t on this page yet: our NFL numbers are matched to college players by an ID his college record doesn’t carry. His NFL career is in his Wikipedia article.

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