Yahya Black stats

Steelers

Defensive End · #94

Age 24 · 6' 5" · 336 lbs

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Yahya Black recorded 17 tackles and 1.0 sack in 8 games of 2026 for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Last game: .

Stats

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Totals

GP
8
TOT
17
SOLO
7
AST
10
SACK
1.0
INT
0
PD
1
FF
0

Ranked among NFL players who qualify (TOT, SOLO, SACK, PD, FF: 8+ games; AST: 4+ games) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Totals by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made without help.AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught.FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose.
2025PIT172810180.0012
2026PIT8177101.0010

What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF

Career regular season

GP
25
TOT
45
SOLO
17
AST
28
SACK
1.0
INT
0
PD
2
FF
2

Career Postseason

GP
1
TOT
2
SOLO
0
AST
2
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0
FF
0

Per game

GP
8
TOT
2.1
SOLO
0.9
AST
1.3
SACK
0.1
INT
0
PD
0.1
FF
0

Per game: season totals ÷ games played. Derived here — averages, completion rate and longest plays are the stored figures and are left as they are.

Per game by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made without help.AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught.FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose.
2025PIT171.60.61.10.000.10.1
2026PIT82.10.91.30.100.10.0

What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF

Career regular season, Per game

GP
25
TOT
1.8
SOLO
0.7
AST
1.1
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0.1
FF
0.1

Bio

Age
24 yearsApr 21, 2002
Height
6' 5"
Weight
336 lbs
Experience
2 years
Birthplace
Marshall, MN
Draft
2025Rd 5, Pk 164
College
Iowa

Against other defensive ends

2026 regular season, 77 NFL defensive ends with 6+ games.

  • Sacks1.0

    Higher than 28% of the other 76 NFL defensive ends.

  • Tackles17

    Higher than 59% of the other 76 NFL defensive ends.

  • Passes Defended1

    Higher than 62% of the other 76 NFL defensive ends.

Latest performance

Yahya Black

Nov 01 · vs CLE · W 27-6

TOT
1
SOLO
0
AST
1
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0

Snap counts, 2026

39% of his club's defensive snaps a game (199 in 8 games); 34% in week 8.

His defensive snaps and snap share by week
WkOppSnapsSnap %ST
1ATL1830%13
2NE2036%7
3CIN1628%13
4CLE2945%10
5IND3245%12
6TB3345%13
7NO2747%9
8CLE2434%10

NFL snap counts, every player

Injury history

Yahya Black has been on the NFL’s game-status report 1 week since 2026.

His weeks on the injury report by season
SeasonOutD / QInjuries listed
202601—

From the weekly injury reports clubs file (nflverse), regular season and playoffs; a practice-only listing counts no week. A player moved to injured reserve leaves the report, so a season-ending injury shows only up to that move.

2025 NFL combine

DT, 6'6", 336 lb · Iowa

His combine measurements and their percentile
MeasureResultPercentile
40-yard dash5.39s2nd
Vertical jump25.5"4th
Broad jump8' 5"9th
3-cone drill7.63s34th
20-yard shuttle4.72s21st

Percentile: the share of DTs measured at the combine since 2000 he beat. The 2025 combine

Games

All games

Next

at CINSun, Nov 15

vs CIN since 2025

3
GP
6
TOT
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
Most recent games
DateOpponentTOTSOLOSACKINT
Sun, Nov 01vsCLEW 27-61000
Sun, Oct 25atNOW 16-101100
Sun, Oct 18atTBW 26-19 OT2210
Sun, Oct 11vsINDW 34-224100
Thu, Oct 01atCLEL 27-245200
Sun, Sep 27vsCINW 30-274100

What are Yahya Black's career stats?

Yahya Black has played 2 seasons for the Steelers. He has recorded 45 tackles and 1 sack. His best season so far is 2025: 28 tackles and 0.0 sacks.

Best single games

  • Tackles: 9 vs BUF on Nov 30, 2025, L 26-7
Yahya Black's best game in each stat, by season
SeasonTOTTOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.
20259

What the columns mean: TOT

Regular season only, from NFL game logs since 2025.

Yahya Black college stats

Yahya Black played 5 seasons at Iowa Hawkeyes (2020 to 2024): 117 tackles, 5.5 sacks and 0 interceptions.

defensive

Yahya Black's college defensive by season
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made alone, with no teammate sharing the credit.AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket.PD: Passes the defender broke up or deflected.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.FF: Times the defender knocked the ball loose, whoever recovered it.INT: Passes thrown to the other team — lower is better.YDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.TD: Touchdown passes thrown.
2020Iowa Hawkeyes312000000
2021Iowa Hawkeyes18711201000
2022Iowa Hawkeyes1138110000
2023Iowa Hawkeyes51222943.51000
2024Iowa Hawkeyes341816211000

College seasons as ESPN files them for the school he played for. Game by game: Yahya Black's college game log.

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Playoff games

Yahya Black played 1 game across 1 NFL postseason — 0 won, 1 lost.

Yahya Black's line in each playoff game
SeasonOppResultTOTTOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SACKSACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INTINT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.
2025HOUL 30-620.00

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK · INT

Totals, from NFL game logs since the 1994 postseason — earlier games are not counted.