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Troy Dye

Linebacker, Los Angeles Chargers · #43.

Player facts

Team: Los Angeles Chargers
Position: Linebacker
Number: 43
Born: Sep 18, 1996 (age 30)
Birthplace: Norco, CA, USA
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 225 lbs
College: Oregon
Experience: 7 seasons
Status: Active

Stats

2026 Defense

	TOT	SOLO	AST	SACK	FF	FR	PD	STF	STFYDS
Regular Season	19	12	7	1.5	2	0	1	1	4
Last 5 Games	19	12	7	1.5	1	0	1	1	0
Career	214	118	96	5	4	2	7	11.5	18

Recent games

			Tackles				Fumbles		Interceptions
Date	Opponent	Result	TOT	SOLO	AST	SACK	FF	FR	INT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	PD	KB
Sun, Oct 11	vs DEN	L 23-17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Oct 4	@ SEA	L 30-23	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 27	@ BUF	L 24-16	6	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	1	0
Sun, Sep 20	vs LV	L 26-14	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 13	vs ARI	L 26-14	5	3	2	0.5	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0

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

About

Troy Dye (born September 18, 1996) is an American professional football linebacker for the Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Oregon Ducks and was selected by theMinnesota Vikings in the fourth round of the 2020 NFL draft.

From Wikipedia’s article on Troy Dye, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.¹

Background

Early life

Dye attended Norco High School in Norco, California where he would play safety. By his senior year he had 105 tackles and four interceptions. He committed to the University of Oregon to play college football.

College career

Dye was a four-year starter at Oregon. As a freshman in 2016 he started nine of 11 games, finishing with a team-high 92 tackles, 6.5 sacks and one interception. As a sophomore in 2017, he started all 13 games and again led the team in tackles with 107 and had four sacks and one interception. He led the team in tackles for a third straight year his junior year in 2018 with 115 and added two sacks and an interception over 13 starts. Dye returned for his senior year in 2019, rather than enter the 2019 NFL draft.

Personal life

His brother, Travis Dye, played running back at Oregon and USC. His brother, Tony Dye, played free safety for the Cincinnati Bengals, for coach Mike Zimmer, Troy's former coach in Minnesota.

He is recently engaged to his fiancee, Brenda Wang.

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