| No. 31 Jacksonville Jaguars | |
| Cornerback | |
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| Date of birth: July 7, 1984 | |
| Place of birth: Monrovia, Liberia | |
| Height: 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | Weight: 189 lb (86 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College: Ohio State | |
| NFL Draft: 2006 / Round: 3 / Pick: 70 | |
| Debuted in 2006 for the Buffalo Bills | |
| Career history | |
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| Roster status: Active | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Career NFL statistics as of Week 16, 2011 | |
| Tackles | 85 |
| Sacks | 2.0 |
| INT | 2 |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
Ashton Youboty (born July 7, 1984, in Monrovia, Liberia) is an American football cornerback for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the third round of the 2006 NFL Draft. He played college football at The Ohio State University.
Youboty has also been a member of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
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His family settled in Philadelphia, where he attended Girard College, a college prep boarding school for single parent kids and low income families. Unfortunately, Girard did not have a football team due to lack of insurance. However, they later relocated to Texas when he was in middle school. Ashton lived in Houston, Texas, near the Klein community. There he played cornerback and punt returner at Klein High School.
Youboty played cornerback for the Ohio State Buckeyes football team from 2004 to 2005 and was selected as an All-Big Ten player.[1] He passed up his senior year of eligibility to enter the 2006 NFL Draft.[1]
Youboty was drafted in the third round (70th overall) of the 2006 NFL Draft by the Buffalo Bills.[2] He has played with the Bills for four seasons from 2006 to 2011. His best season in the NFL was 2007 when he appeared in ten games for the Bills and was credited with 23 tackles (22 solo), a sack and an interception.[3]
On August 15, 2011, Youboty signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, but was released on August 29.
The Jacksonville Jaguars signed Youboty on November 15, 2011. In Youboty's first game, he recovered a fumble and returned it for a touchdown against the Houston Texans on November 27, 2011. Youboty was placed on Injured Reserve on December 26, 2011 after injuring his ACL. [4]
The oldest of four children, he has one sister and two brothers. His mother died in August 2006.[5]
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