Deadrin Senat
Deadrin Senat (born July 22, 1994) is an American football nose tackle for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL).[1] He played college football at South Florida, and was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the third round of the 2018 NFL Draft.
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No. 95 – Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||||
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Position: | Nose tackle | ||||||
Personal information | |||||||
Born: | Naples, Florida, U.S. | July 22, 1994||||||
Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 305 lb (138 kg) | ||||||
Career information | |||||||
High school: | Immokalee (Immokalee, Florida) | ||||||
College: | South Florida (2013–2017) | ||||||
NFL Draft: | 2018 / Round: 3 / Pick: 90 | ||||||
Career history | |||||||
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Roster status: | Practice squad | ||||||
Career highlights and awards | |||||||
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Career NFL statistics as of Week 15, 2022 | |||||||
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Player stats at NFL.com · PFR |
College career
Initially Senat committed to Florida State early, but later decommitted early so that he could explore his options.[2] After his senior year, Senat was named to the All-AAC First-team.[3] Senat was also invited to the 2018 East-West Shrine game, along with teammates Quinton Flowers and D'Ernest Johnson. This was the first year 3 players from the Bulls were invited to the East-West Shrine game.[4]
Professional career
On November 30, 2017, it was reported that Senat had accepted his invitation to play in the 2018 East-West Shrine Game.[5] Senat impressed scouts during East-West Shrine Game practices and improved his draft stock.[6] Senat sustained a minor knee strain during practice and was unable to play in the East-West Shrine Game. He also received an invitation to play in the 2018 Senior Bowl, but declined due to his injury.[7] Senat attended the NFL Scouting Combine and completed all of the combine and positional drills.[8]
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On March 26, 2018, Senat participated at South Florida's pro day but opted to stand on his combine numbers and only performed positional drills. At the conclusion of the pre-draft process, Senat was projected to be a third-round pick by NFL draft experts and scouts. He was ranked as the eighth-best defensive tackle prospect in the draft by DraftScout.com and was ranked the ninth-best defensive tackle by Scouts Inc.[9][10]
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
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6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
314 lb (142 kg) |
31+5⁄8 in (0.80 m) |
9+3⁄4 in (0.25 m) | 5.16 s | 1.76 s | 3.01 s | 4.79 s | 7.77 s | 26 in (0.66 m) | 8 ft 4 in (2.54 m) | 35 reps | |
All values from NFL Combine[11] |
Atlanta Falcons
The Atlanta Falcons selected Senat in the third round (90th overall) of the 2018 NFL Draft.[12] Senat was the ninth defensive tackle drafted in 2018.[13]
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On May 10, 2018, the Falcons signed Senat to a four-year, $3.42 million contract that includes a signing bonus of $817,960.[14]
On August 8, 2021, Senat was waived/injured and placed on injured reserve. He was released on November 8, 2021.[15]
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
On April 21, 2022, Senat signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.[16] He was waived on August 30, 2022 and signed to the practice squad the next day.[17][18] He was promoted to the active roster on September 21.[19] He was waived on August 28, 2023, then re-signed to the practice squad on September 20.[20][21]
References
- "Deadrin Senat Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved April 22, 2022.
- Elliott, Bud (May 5, 2012). "Deadrin Senat Decommits From Florida State And Opens Up Recruitment". Tomahawk Nation. Retrieved April 13, 2018.
- Knight, Joey (November 29, 2017). "Four Bulls make coaches All-AAC team". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved April 13, 2018.
- Knight, Joey (November 30, 2017). "Three Bulls receive invitations to East-West Shrine Game". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved April 13, 2018.
- Knight, Joey (November 30, 2017). "Three Bulls receive invitations to East-West Shrine Game". TampaBay.com. Retrieved August 19, 2018.
- Miller, Matt (January 20, 2018). "2018 East-West Shrine Game: Matt Miller's Biggest Takeaways". BleacherReport.com. Retrieved August 19, 2018.
- Auman, Greg (January 20, 2018). "Shrine Game journal: USF players' thoughts are with grieving QB Quinton Flowers". TampaBay.com. Retrieved August 19, 2018.
- Bond, Nathan (December 30, 2017). "USF Football Senior DT Deadrin Senat Invited to NFL Combine". The Daily Stampede. Retrieved April 13, 2018.
- "Deadrin Senat, DS #8 DT, South Florida". draftscout.com. Retrieved August 19, 2018.
- "NFL Deadrin Senat-ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved August 19, 2018.
- "NFL Draft Profile: Deadrin Senat". National Football League. Retrieved August 19, 2018.
- "2018 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved May 17, 2023.
- "Falcons Select Deadrin Senat in Third Round". AtlantaFalcons.com. April 27, 2018. Archived from the original on May 1, 2018. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
- "Spotrac.com: Deadrin Senat contract". Spotrac.com. Retrieved August 19, 2018.
- "What to make of the moves: Falcons sign defensive lineman Anthony Rush, release Deadrin Senat". AtlantaFalcons.com. November 8, 2021.
- "Bucs Add Former USF DL Deadrin Senat". Buccaneers.com. Retrieved April 22, 2022.
- Smith, Scott (August 30, 2022). "Tyler Johnson Among Cuts as Bucs Get to 53". Buccaneers.com.
- Smith, Scott (August 31, 2022). "Bucs Start 2022 Practice Squad with 14 Returning Players". Buccaneers.com.
- Smith, Scott (September 21, 2022). "Deadrin Senat Gets Promotion, Khalil Davis Returns". Buccaneers.com.
- Stroud, Rick (August 28, 2023). "Bucs release QB John Wolford, LB Patrick O'Connor, among others". Tampa Bay Times.
- Smith, Scott (September 20, 2023). "Patrick O'Connor Signed Back to Active Roster, Chase Edmonds to I.R." Buccaneers.com.