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Kwity Paye

Defensive End, Las Vegas Raiders · #95.

Player facts

Team: Las Vegas Raiders
Position: Defensive End
Number: 95
Born: Nov 19, 1998 (age 27)
Birthplace: Conakry, Guinea
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 265 lbs
College: Michigan
Experience: 6 seasons
Status: Active

Stats

2026 Defense

	TOT	SOLO	AST	SACK	FF	FR	PD	STF	STFYDS
Regular Season	12	3	9	2	0	0	0	1	2
Last 5 Games	12	3	9	2	0	0	0	1	0
Career	221	126	95	32.5	4	5	3	33	28

Recent games

			Tackles				Fumbles		Interceptions
Date	Opponent	Result	TOT	SOLO	AST	SACK	FF	FR	INT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	PD	KB
Sun, Oct 11	@ NE	L 45-17	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Oct 4	vs KC	L 30-27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 27	@ NO	W 35-27	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 20	@ LAC	W 26-14	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 13	vs MIA	W 27-13	6	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0

Last 5 games. Click a game for its box score.

About

Kwity Paye ( KWIT-ee PAY; born 19 November 1998) is a Liberian professional American football defensive end for the Las Vegas Raiders of the National Football League (NFL). He was born in Guinea as a refugee of the First Liberian Civil War and immigrated to the United States as a baby. Paye played college football for the Michigan Wolverines and was selected by the Indianapolis Colts in the first round of the 2021 NFL draft.

From Wikipedia’s article on Kwity Paye, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.¹

Background

Early life

Paye was born on 19 November 1998, to a Liberian Krahn mother in a refugee camp in Guinea in the aftermath of the First Liberian Civil War. His mother named him Kwity after his maternal grandfather, who was killed during the war, and brought him and his brother Komotay to Providence, Rhode Island in the United States when he was six months old.

He and his brother found an affinity for American football growing up there, with Kwity later attending Bishop Hendricken High School in Warwick, Rhode Island. Playing running back and defensive end, he was named Rhode Island's Gatorade Football Player of the Year as a senior in 2016. Paye originally committed to play college football at Boston College, but later switched to the University of Michigan.

College career

As a true freshman at Michigan in 2017, Paye played in nine games and had five tackles and one sack. As a sophomore in 2018, he started four games and recorded 29 tackles and two sacks. As a junior he started 11 games and finished with 50 tackles and 6.5 sacks. Paye returned to Michigan for his senior year in 2020 but only played in four games due to the season being affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

From Wikipedia’s article on Kwity Paye, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the full article.¹