Donteea Dye

Donteea Dye Jr. (born August 20, 1993) is an American football wide receiver who is currently a free agent. He played college football at Heidelberg University.

Donteea Dye
Free agent
Position:Wide receiver
Personal information
Born: (1993-08-20) August 20, 1993
Cincinnati, Ohio
Height:6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school:Fairfield (OH)
College:Heidelberg
Undrafted:2015
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career NFL statistics
Receptions:11
Receiving yards:132
Receiving touchdowns:1
Player stats at NFL.com

Professional career

Even though Dye impressed scouts at the NFL Scouting Combine by running a 4.39 40-yard dash, he went undrafted in the 2015 NFL Draft. He signed as an undrafted rookie on May 11, 2015 by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.[1]

Dye caught his first pass, a touchdown thrown by Jameis Winston, in a 31-30 loss in Week 6, 2015, to the Washington Redskins. On December 17, playing against the St Louis Rams, Dye caught a 44-yard reception inside the 5-yard line and began to celebrate, even though the play was still live.[2] As a result, he fumbled the ball.

On August 30, 2016, Dye was waived by the Buccaneers with an injury settlement.[3] He was re-signed to the practice squad on October 17, 2016.[4] Two days later, Dye was promoted to the Buccaneers active roster.[5] On October 22, the Buccaneers released Dye and re-signed him to the practice squad on October 25.[6][7] He was promoted back to the active roster on December 10, 2016.[8] He was placed on injured reserve on December 21, 2016.[9]

On September 2, 2017, Dye was waived by the Buccaneers.[10]

On August 26, 2018, Dye re-signed with the Buccaneers.[11] He was waived on September 1, 2018.[12]

On September 14, 2018, Dye signed with the Orlando Apollos of the Alliance of American Football.[13] The league ceased operations in April 2019.[14]

On October 15, 2019, Dye was drafted in the 10th round during phase one in the 2020 XFL Draft by the Los Angeles Wildcats.[15] He was waived during mini-camp and signed by the Tampa Bay Vipers on December 22, 2019.[16] He was waived again on February 25, 2020.[17]

References
  1. Smith, Scott (May 11, 2015). "Four Tryout Players Land Roster Spots". Buccaneers.com. Archived from the original on November 17, 2017.
  2. "Buccaneers' Donteea Dye: Manages career-high 44 yards receiving in Week 15 loss". Retrieved 2016-09-05.
  3. "Donteea Dye Waived as Bucs Get to 75". Archived from the original on 2016-11-06. Retrieved 2016-09-05.
  4. Smith, Scott (October 17, 2016). "Louis Murphy Returns to the Field". Buccaneers.com. Archived from the original on November 17, 2017.
  5. Smith, Scott (October 19, 2016). "Donteea Dye Back on the Active Roster". Buccaneers.com. Archived from the original on January 16, 2017.
  6. Smith, Scott (October 22, 2016). "Freddie Martino Back on Active Roster". Buccaneers.com. Archived from the original on January 16, 2017.
  7. Smith, Scott (October 25, 2016). "Donteea Dye Returns to Practice Squad". Buccaneers.com. Archived from the original on January 16, 2017.
  8. "Bucs Activate Sims, Promote Dye". Buccaneers.com. December 10, 2016. Archived from the original on March 30, 2018.
  9. Smith, Scott (December 21, 2016). "Bernard Reedy Promoted to Active Roster". Buccaneers.com. Archived from the original on November 7, 2017.
  10. Smith, Scott (September 2, 2017). "Wide Variety of Moves Gets Bucs to 53". Buccaneers.com. Archived from the original on December 8, 2017.
  11. Smith, Scott (August 26, 2018). "Bucs Sign Three to Start Last Preseason Week". Buccaneers.com.
  12. Smith, Scott (September 1, 2018). "Robinson, Tandy Among Cuts as Bucs Get to 53". Buccaneers.com.
  13. Ruiz, Stephen (September 14, 2018). "Orlando's Alliance roster adds former Tampa Bay Bucs receiver". Orlando Sentinel.
  14. Michael Rothstein, Seth Wickersham (June 13, 2019). "Inside the short, unhappy life of the Alliance of American Football". ESPN.com. Retrieved September 12, 2019.
  15. "Skill players draft tracker". XFL.com. October 14, 2019.
  16. @XFLVipers (December 22, 2019). "Roster transactions" (Tweet). Retrieved December 24, 2019 – via Twitter.
  17. @XFLVipers (February 25, 2020). "TRANSACTION ALERT" (Tweet). Retrieved February 25, 2020 – via Twitter.


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