Damontae Kazee

Damontae Kazee

Kazee 2018
Atlanta Falcons - No. 27
Safety
Date of birth: June 5, 1993
Place of birth: San Bernardino , California
Height: 1.78 m	Weight: 83 kg
NFL debut
2017 for the Atlanta Falcons
Career
College : San Diego State University
NFL Draft : 2017 / Round: 5 / Pick: 149
Teams: Atlanta Falcons (since 2017 )
Current status: Active
Career highlights and awards
NFL Interception Co-leader ( 2018 )
Selected NFL stats as of week 17 of the 2019 season
Tackles	179
Interceptions	10
Forced fumbles	4th
Statistics at NFL.com
Statistics at pro-football-reference.com

Damontae Kazee (born June 5, 1993 in San Bernardino , California ) is an American American football player in the position of safety in the National Football League (NFL). Here he plays for the Atlanta Falcons .

Early years

Kazee attended high school in the town of San Bernardino, where he was born. He later played football for San Diego State University .

NFL

Kazee was selected in the fifth round in the fifth round of the 2017 NFL draft by the Atlanta Falcons in 149th place . On May 9, 2017, he signed a four-year contract with the Falcons. Prior to the season, he was appointed to the position of Free Safety to backup Ricardo Allen . He played in all 16 games in 2017 , one of them as a starter. In his first season, he managed to score two fumbles .

He started his second season as a backup for Strong Safety Keanu Neal . This injured himself on the first day of the season, so that Kazee was set as a regular player for the rest of the season. On the third game day he caught his first interception . Six more interceptions followed during the season; He was together with Kyle Fuller ( Chicago Bears ) and Xavien Howard ( Miami Dolphins ) one of the players with the most interceptions of the 2018 season (7).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Falcons Take DB Damontae Kazee With No. 149 Overall pick .
2. ↑ Damontae Kazee Contract details .
3. ↑ Falcons' Damontae Kazee: Tallies seven interceptions in 2018 .