Kwity Paye

CAREER TRANSACTIONS:

Selected by the Colts in the first round (21st overall) of the 2021 NFL Draft.

CAREER TRANSACTIONS:

Selected by the Colts in the first round (21st overall) of the 2021 NFL Draft.

COLLEGE HIGHLIGHTS:

• Appeared in 38 games (20 starts) at Michigan (2017-20) and tallied 100 tackles (56 solo), 23.5 tackles for loss, 11.5 sacks, one pass defensed, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery.
• Earned Second Team All-Big Ten honors in 2019 (coaches) and 2020 (media).
• In 2020, he was voted a team captain by his teammates.
• In 2019, he was a co-recipient of the Richard Katcher Award, which is given to the team's best defensive lineman. He had a single-season career high in tackles (50) and led the squad in tackles for loss (12.5).
• Selected as a three-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree (2018-20).
• As a sophomore, he was a three-time Michigan Defensive Lineman of the Week for his performances at Northwestern, vs. Maryland and vs. Indiana.

2020:

• As a team captain, started all four games he appeared in and registered 16 tackles (12 solo), a team-high 4.0 tackles for loss and 2.0 sacks.
• Selected Second Team All-Big Ten by the media.
• Named a Senior CLASS Award finalist.
• Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors.
• Selected as the team's Defensive Lineman of the Week against Minnesota after he started the game and recorded four solo tackles, 3.0 tackles for loss and 2.0 sacks.

2019:

• Started all 12 games and accumulated a single-season career-high 50 tackles (26 solo), a team-high 12.5 tackles for loss, 6.5 sacks and one fumble revovery.
• Earned Second Team All-Big Ten accolades from the coaches.
• Selected as the co-recipient of the Richard Katcher Award along with Aidan Hutchinson.
• Earned Academic All-Big Ten accolades.
• Named the team's Defensive Player of the Week against Rutgers after he started the game and tallied six tackles (four solo), 3.5 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks.

2018:

• Saw action in 13 games (four starts) and registered 29 tackles (18 solo), 5.5 tackles for loss, 2.0 sacks, one pass defensed and one forced fumble.
• Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors.
• He was named the team's Defensive Lineman of the Week for his performances at Northwestern, vs. Maryland and vs. Indiana.
• Started against Northwestern and accumulated four solo tackles, 2.0 tackles for loss and 2.0 sacks.

2017:

• As a true freshman, he appeared in nine games and tallied five tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss and 1.0 sack.
• Registered three tackles, 1.0 tackle for loss and his first-career sack at Penn State.

PERSONAL:

• Attended Bishop Hendricken High School in Warwick, R.I. and was rated the No.1 player coming out of the state by ESPN.
• As a senior, he was named the 2016 Rhode Island Gatorade Player of the Year after he led the team to their seventh-consecutive state title and tallied 65 tackles, 12.0 tackles for loss and 4.5 sacks. He also registered 651 rushing yards and 13 touchdowns at running back.
• In 2016, he was named the USA Today Rhode Island Defensive Player of the Year.
• As a senior, he earned Under Armour All-America accolades.
• As a junior, he recorded 54 tackles and 3.5 sacks.
• Also competed in track and was a state champion in the long jump and part of the state champion 4x100 relay team.
• Born in the Republic of Guinea and moved to Rhode Island when he was six months old.
• His brother, Komotay Koffie, was a defensive back at New Mexico State (2017-19).
• Majored in Afro-American and African studies.
• First name is pronounced QWIT-tee.
• Last name is pronounced PAY.
• Grew up in Providence, R.I.