Kayvon Thibodeaux

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Kayvon Thibodeaux
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Thibodeaux in 2022
No. 5 New York Giants
Position: Outside linebacker
Personal information
Date of birth: (2000-12-15) December 15, 2000 (age 23)
Place of birth: South Los Angeles, California
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Career information
High school: Oaks Christian
(Westlake Village, California)
College: Oregon (2019–2021)
NFL draft: 2022 / Round: 1 / Pick: 5
Career history
Roster status: Active
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics as of 2022
Player stats at NFL.com
Player stats at PFR

Kayvon Thibodeaux (/ˈtɪbədoʊ/ tib-Ə-doh;[1] born December 15, 2000) is an American football outside linebacker for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). A native of Los Angeles, he was named USA Today's High School Football Defensive Player of the Year in 2018.

Thibodeaux played college football at Oregon, where was named the Pac-12 Defensive Freshman of the Year in 2019, won the Morris Trophy in 2020, and was voted a unanimous All-American in 2021. He was drafted by the Giants fifth overall in the 2022 NFL Draft.

High school career

Thibodeaux was born in South Los Angeles, California, on December 15, 2000. He attended and played football at Susan Miller Dorsey High School for two years before transferring to Oaks Christian School in 2017.[2] He was named the High School Football Defensive Player of the Year by the USA Today after recording 18 sacks and 54 tackles during his senior season in 2018.[3]

Thibodeaux recorded 152 total tackles, 54 sacks, and eight forced fumbles during his high school career, and was the second-highest rated overall player in the 2019 recruiting class. He accepted a scholarship to play college football for the Oregon Ducks at the University of Oregon over several other offers.[4]

College career

Thibodeaux was named the Pac-12 Defensive Freshman of the Year in 2019.[5] As a sophomore, he won the Morris Trophy on defense and was named first-team All-Pac-12 while also winning MVP honors of the 2020 Pac-12 Football Championship Game.[6][7] Thibodeaux suffered a sprained ankle in the first game of his junior season,[8] and sat out the following two games.[9] He recorded seven sacks in 2021 and was unanimously voted to the 2021 College Football All-America Team.[10] Following the season, Thibodeaux announced that he would forgo his senior year and declared for the 2022 NFL Draft.[11]

College statistics
Season GP Tackles Interceptions Fumbles
Solo Ast Cmb TfL Sck Int Yds Avg TD PD FR Yds TD FF
2019 13 24 11 35 14 9 0 0 0.0 0 3 0 0 0 1
2020 7 25 17 42 9 3 0 0 0.0 0 3 0 0 0 0
2021 10 35 14 49 12 7 0 0 0.0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Career 30 84 42 126 35.5 19 0 0 0.0 0 7 0 0 0 3

Professional career

Pre-draft measurables
Ht Wt Arm length Hand size 40-yd dash 10-yd split 20-yd split 20-ss 3-cone Vert Broad BP
6 ft 4 in 254 lb 33 1/8 in 9 3/4 in 4.58 s 1.56 s 2.64 s 4.38 s 7.23 s 9 ft 11 in 27 reps
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Thibodeaux was selected fifth overall by the New York Giants in the 2022 NFL Draft.[14] His selection marked the first time the Giants drafted a first round pass-rusher since Jason Pierre-Paul in 2010. It was also the first time the Giants drafted a pass-rusher in the Top 5 since Cedric Jones in 1996. [15]

Personal life

In July 2021, Thibodeaux announced a collaboration with Nike CEO Phil Knight and shoe designer Tinker Hatfield to design non-fungible token (NFT) artwork.[16] He launched his own cryptocurrency, "$JREAM", in September 2021.[17] It was named after the Jream Foundation, which Thibodeaux also founded.[17] Thibodeaux graduated from the University Of Oregon with a degree in journalism-advertising.[18]

Thibodeaux is an avid chess player, saying he used chess principles to hone his skills as a football player.[19][20][21] He began playing chess at a young age, watching his uncles play the board game. Playing online chess, it became a passion for him.[22] He was selected as a player for Chess.com's BlitzChamp tournament, a rapid tournament for NFL players.[23]

References

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