DeAngelo Yancey

Quick Facts

Full Name	DeAngelo Yancey
Occupation	American Football Player
Date Of Birth	Nov 18, 1994(1994-11-18)
Age	30
Birthplace	Atlanta
Country	United States
Birth City	Georgia
Horoscope	Scorpio

DeAngelo Yancey Biography

DeAngelo Yancey is one of the most popular and richest American Football Player who was born on November 18, 1994 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. DeAngelo L.”Yancey” (born on November 18 in 1994) is an American football wide receiver who plays for the New York Guardians of the XFL. He was chosen to the Green Bay Packers in the fifth round of the 2017 NFL Draft. He played for the college team at Purdue.

Yancey was admitted to Purdue with the intent of starting right away. the expectation was that he would have a big impact. He was a player during 2013 in the role of a freshman, and made an unimpressive start. Yancey only had one catch for 27 yards during his very first contest of the year. Yancey continued to slow down, with just one catch for 5 yards in the following three games. Things changed on September 28, when the defender posted 117 receiving yards in the game against Northern Illinois. He was able to top that number in the following week when he posted a 146-yard effort on October 12 in the game against Nebraska which included the 55-yard touchdown reception. Then, he was in silence for Purdue throughout the following 3 weeks, with only one reception for five yards. He then returned to making an impact during the game of November in the game against Penn State that included an receiving yard of 83 yards. Due an injury to his hamstring, He was not able to participate for the team against Illinois. He concluded the final game of the freshman season with his most impressive ever reception performance. He had 11 receptions, 150 yards and a touchdown in the game against Indiana during the Old Oaken Bucket game.

Yancey was born in Atlanta, Georgia. He attended Young Middle School. He then attended Benjamin Elijah Mays High School in Atlanta, where he was a two-sport star in football and track. As a sophomore, he led Mays in receiving touchdowns, but the team fell in their first round playoff game. As a junior, Yancey had 28 receptions for 561 yards and seven touchdowns. Mays compiled a 5–5 record and Yancey had 29 catches for over 600 yards and eight touchdowns his senior year. Yancey played very well as a senior in high school, and he was voted Second Team All-State by the Georgia Sportswriters Association and Class AAAAAA All-Region as a wide receiver. His All-State selection got him invited to the state East–West All-Star game.

During his freshman college season for the 2013 Boilermakers, Yancey was the leading receiving for the Boilermakers and was named a Big Ten Network All- Freshman selection. In 2014, he regressed after a promising freshman year. In 2015, he was the leading receiving for the 2015 team. As a senior for the 2016 team, he was third in the Big Ten Conference with 10 receiving touchdowns and led the Big Ten in yards per reception. As a senior, he was named a Second Team All-Big Ten Conference selection at wide receiver.

He was selected in the 2013 All-Freshman Team by Big Ten Network as a wide receiver.

DeAngelo Yancey Net Worth

DeAngelo Yancey is one of the richest American Football Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, DeAngelo Yancey 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Apart from the sport of football Yancey could also be a athlete in track and field. Yancey was among the top sprinters in Georgia and was the first runner to utilize the famous “truetrot” technique in the state of Georgia. He placed 10th at the GHSA boys 5A state championships at the 100-meter run with an average that was 11.20 seconds.

A three-star recruit was rated from Rivals.com, Yancey was not listed as wide receiver in Georgia. Georgia and was ranked as number was. 116 overall by ESPN.com. According to Scout.com his ranking was as the number. wide receiver with 143 across the United States. He was not rated as a high school football players across the entire state of Georgia class of 2012 by Rivals.com which ranks him as the 11th top wide receiver in the Georgia the class of 2012 according to Scout.com and ranked highest ranked wide receiver of the class according to ESPN.com. He picked Purdue in preference to scholarship offer by Buffalo, Florida International, Middle Tennessee, Ole Miss, NC State and Wake Forest.

Yancey received an athletic scholarship to attend Purdue University, where he played for coach Darrell Hazell’s Purdue Boilermakers football team from 2013 to 2016. During his career he played in 39 games and caught 141 passes for 2,344 yards and 20 touchdowns.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Following the season, Yancey was named Third Team All-Big Ten by the coaches, and Second Team All-Big Ten by the media. Yancey finished his college career with 141 receptions for 2,344 yards and 20 touchdowns as a receiver as well as four career tackles. His 2,344 placed him seventh in Purdue history for career receiving yards. Yancey was named to the East roster for the 2017 East–West Shrine Game.

Facts & Trivia

DeAngelo Ranked on the list of most popular American Football Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. DeAngelo Yancey celebrates birthday on November 18 of every year.

On September 1, 2018, Yancey was waived by the Packers. He was signed to the practice squad on October 4, 2018. He was released on October 16, 2018.