Ashton Youboty

Ashton Youboty

No. 31     Jacksonville Jaguars
Cornerback
Personal information
Date of birth: July 7, 1984 (1984-07-07)
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
Buffalo Bills (2006–2010) Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2011)* Jacksonville Jaguars (2011–present) *Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Roster status: Active
Career highlights and awards
First-team All-Big Ten (2005)
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.

Early years

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.

College career

Youboty played cornerback for the Ohio State Buckeyes football team from 2004 to 2005 and was selected as an All-Big Ten player. He passed up his senior year of eligibility to enter the 2006 NFL Draft.

Professional career

Buffalo Bills

Youboty was drafted in the third round (70th overall) of the 2006 NFL Draft by the Buffalo Bills. 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.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

On August 15, 2011, Youboty signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, but was released on August 29.

Jacksonville Jaguars

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.

Personal

The oldest of four children, he has one sister and two brothers. His mother died in August 2006.