2023 YSU Football Roster
Deamontae Diggs
- Height:
- 6-6
- Weight:
- 260
- Year:
- Sophomore
- Position:
- Defensive Line
- Hometown:
- McKeesport, Pa.
- High School:
- McKeesport Area
- Position:
- DL
- Major:
- General Studies
2023 (Junior): Played in all 13 games as a reserve on the defensive line...was credited with 11 total tackles, including five solos...had four sacks...against Valparaiso had three tackles and a sack...in win over Missouri State was credited with three tackles and had two sacks...at Murray State had three tackles, including a sack...had tackles in five games.
2022 (Sophomore): Played in all 10 games...was credited with 15 total tackles, including five solos...had four TFLs and two sacks...credited four tackles, including 2.5 TFLs at Illinois State...registered sacks against Missouri State and Southern Illinois...had 10 tackles in final four contests...had tackles in nine games.
2021 (Redshirt Freshman): Did not see action.
2021 Spring (Freshman): Redshirted.
HIGH SCHOOL: Two-sport standout at McKeesport…as a senior, was named Big East Conference as a defensive lineman…the Tigers reached the WPIAL Class 5A semifinals and finished the season 9-4…as a junior, had 14 catches for 424 yards and seven touchdowns…was a second-team Big East pick as a junior…also kicked two extra points…in 2018, the Tigers finished with a 9-3 record and reached the WPIAL quarterfinals, falling to eventual district and state champion Penn Hills…coach was Matt Miller…as a basketball player, averaged a team-best 20.3 points and 12 rebounds per game as a junior…McKeesport reached the WPIAL Class 5A playoffs in 2019.
Personal: Is the 2023-24 recipient of the YSU Lineman Leaders Scholarship.
