Player facts
- Team
Pittsburgh Steelers- Position
- Cornerback
- Number
- 40
- Born
- Nov 8, 2001 (age 24)
- Birthplace
- Roswell, GA, USA
- Height
- 6' 0"
- Weight
- 190 lbs
- College
- Arkansas
- Experience
- 1 season
- Status
- Active
Stats
2026 Defense
| TOT | SOLO | AST | SACK | FF | FR | YDS | INT | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG | PD | STF | STFYDS | KB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular Season | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last 5 Games | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Recent games
| Tackles | Fumbles | Interceptions | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Opponent | Result | TOT | SOLO | AST | SACK | FF | FR | INT | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG | PD | KB |
vs  IND | W 34-22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
@  CLE | L 27-24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
vs  CIN | W 30-27 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
@  NE | L 20-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
vs  ATL | W 20-13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Last 5 games. Click a game for its box score.
About
Doneiko "Neiko" Slaughter (born November 8, 2001) is an American professional football cornerback for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Tennessee Volunteers and the Arkansas Razorbacks.
From Wikipedia’s article on Doneiko Slaughter, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.1
Background
Early life
Slaughter was born on November 8, 2001, in Atlanta, Georgia, to Judy Martinez and Jeremy Slaughter. He played high school football at Decatur High School and Roswell High School as an outside linebacker, running back, free safety, and strong safety. During his junior year at Roswell in 2018, Slaughter led the Hornets with eight sacks. In his senior season in 2019, Slaughter helped the Hornets to win the district championship. In addition to being a recipient of the Gene Felty Men's Athletic Endowed Scholarship student, Slaughter was rated a three-star recruit by 247Sports.com and received over ten athletic scholarship offers.
Tennessee
Slaughter played as a defensive back for the University of Tennessee Volunteers. As a freshman in 2020, he started one game and totaled eight tackles. He played 11 games during the 2021 season as reservist, recording 16 tackles. During his junior season in 2022, Slaughter was promoted to starting defensive back, making two starts as a safety and five starts as a cornerback during the course of 12 games. In his senior season in 2023, he tallied 11 tackles. Slaughter twice made the SEC Academic Honor Roll while he majored in economics. He was scouted as early as July 2023 as a prospect for the 2024 NFL draft.
Arkansas
Slaughter used the extra year of eligibility granted to college athletes due to the COVID-19 pandemic, enrolling at the University of Arkansas for his final year of collegiate athletics.
Slaughter played as starting defensive back in 13 games in 2024, registering a career-high 80 tackles.
Personal life
Slaughter has six brothers. On November 19, 2023, Slaughter was issued two misdemeanor citations by the University of Tennessee Police Department for reckless driving after a game against Georgia.
From Wikipedia’s article on Doneiko Slaughter, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the full article.1
Steelers’ next games
Recent results
Sources
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- 1WikipediaDoneiko Slaughter on Wikipedia