{{short description|American football player (born 1998)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox Canadian Football League biography |name=Tae Daley |image= |image_upright= |caption= |team= |number=<!--33--> |position1=Defensive back |birth_date={{birth date and age|1998|10|8}} |birth_place=Miami, Florida, U.S. |Height_ft=5 |Height_in=11 |Weight_lbs=203 |college=Vanderbilt, Virginia Tech |high_school=Northside (Warner Robins, GA) |playing_years1={{NFL Year|2022}} |playing_team1=Arizona Cardinals |playing_years2={{CFL Year|2023}} |playing_team2=Calgary Stampeders |status= |import=yes |career_highlights= |CFL=tae-daley }} '''O’montae Devondre Daley''' (born October 8, 1998) is an American professional football defensive back. He played college football at Vanderbilt and Virginia Tech. He has been a member of the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL) and the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League (CFL).
==Early life== O’montae Devondre Daley was born in Miami, Florida. He played high school football at Northside High School in Warner Robins, Georgia.<ref name="vandy">{{cite web | url=https://vucommodores.com/roster/tae-daley/ | title=Tae Daley | date=May 4, 2019 | publisher=vucommodores.com | accessdate=March 1, 2024}}</ref> He recorded 84 tackles, five interceptions, eight pass breakups and four forced fumbles his senior year. He also lettered in soccer in high school.<ref name="vandy"/>
==College career== Daley played college football at Vanderbilt from 2017 to 2019.<ref name="vandy"/><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.13wmaz.com/article/sports/tae-daley-signs-with-vanderbilt/93-370258396 | title=Tae Daley Signs with Vanderbilt | publisher=13wmaz.com | date=December 14, 2016 | accessdate=March 1, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.macon.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/peach-state-sports-blog/article158827634.html | title=Former Northside standout Tae Daley suspended at Vanderbilt | publisher=macon.com | date=June 29, 2017 | accessdate=March 1, 2024 | author=Shirley, Daniel}}</ref> In 2017, he received a non-critical gunshot wound to the leg after trying to help his teammate recover a stolen cell phone.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/jun/27/vanderbilt-football-players-shot-cell-phone | title=Vanderbilt football players shot after trying to recover team-mate's phone | publisher=theguardian.com | date=June 27, 2017 | accessdate=March 1, 2024}}</ref> He played in 11 games in 2017, totaling five tackles. Daley appeared in 13 games, starting eight, in 2018, accumulating 45 tackles, and three pass breakups. Daley played in nine games, all starts, in 2019, recording 57 tackles, three interceptions and one forced fumble.<ref name="vandy"/> He opted out of the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref name="va">{{cite web | url=https://hokiesports.com/sports/football/roster/tae-daley/11317 | title=Tae Daley | publisher=hokiesports.com/ | accessdate=March 1, 2024}}</ref>
Daley transferred to play at Virginia Tech in 2021.<ref name="va"/><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.pilotonline.com/2021/04/03/virginia-tech-football-transfer-wastes-no-time-finding-his-voice-for-defense/ | title=Virginia Tech football: Transfer wastes no time finding his voice for defense | publisher=pilotonline.com/ | date=April 3, 2021 | accessdate=March 1, 2024 | author=Wood, Norm}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://roanoke.com/sports/college/va_tech/virginia-tech-defensive-coordinator-justin-hamilton-reveals-tae-daley-s-new-role/article_62a851b0-05d7-11ec-abc9-9f5c85dd554b.html | title=Virginia Tech defensive coordinator Justin Hamilton reveals Tae Daley's new role | publisher=roanoke.com | date=August 25, 2021 | accessdate=March 1, 2024 | author=Niziolek, Mike}}</ref> He appeared in 13 games, starting 10, recording 73 tackles, one pass breakup and one forced fumble. He was invited to the 2022 Tropical Bowl.<ref name="va"/>
==Professional career== {{NFL predraft | height ft = 5 | height in = 10 7/8 | weight = 201 | dash = 4.65 | ten split = 1.62 | twenty split = 2.66 | shuttle = 4.21 | cone drill = 7.22 | vertical = 33.0 | broad ft = 9 | broad in = 3 | bench = 12 | arm span = 32 1/4 | hand span = 8 3/8 | note = All values from Pro Day<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://draftscout.com/dsprofile.php?PlayerId=1022688&DraftYear=2022 |title=Tae Daley College Football Profile |website=DraftScout.com |access-date=September 5, 2025}}</ref> }}
Daley signed with the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL) on May 16, 2022, after going undrafted in the 2022 NFL draft. He was waived/injured on August 30, and reverted to injured reserve on August 31. He was waived from injured reserve on November 29, 2022.<ref name="db">{{cite web | url=https://www.footballdb.com/players/tae-daley-daleyta01/transactions | title=Tae Daley | publisher=footballdb.com | accessdate=March 1, 2024}}</ref>
Daley was signed by the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League (CFL) on May 26, 2023.<ref name="db"/><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/calgary-stampeders-sign-defensive-back-tae-daley-defensive-lineman-jamal-hines-1.1965296 | title=tsn.ca | publisher=tsn.ca | date=May 26, 2023 | accessdate=March 1, 2024}}</ref> He was moved between the practice roster and active roster several times during the 2023 season before being placed on injured reserve on July 29, 2023.<ref name="db"/> Overall, he dressed in three games, starting two, in 2023, recording five tackles on defense and one special teams tackle.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.footballdb.com/players/tae-daley-daleyta01 | title=Tae Daley | publisher=footballdb.com | accessdate=March 1, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.statscrew.com/football/stats/p-daleytae001 | title=Tae Daley | publisher=statscrew.com | accessdate=March 1, 2024}}</ref>
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