Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Kemoko Turay was born July 11, 1995, in Montclair, New Jersey. He is a defensive end in the NFL.

He played college football at Rutgers and was drafted by the Colts in the second round of the 2018 NFL Draft. His father is from Guinea, while his mother is from Ivory Coast. An information technology and informatics major.

Turay attended Barringer High School in Newark, N.J., where he helped guide the football team to the playoffs for the first time in 26 years. He led the state of New Jersey with 19 sacks as a senior.

Turay attended and played college football at Rutgers under head coaches Kyle Flood and Chris Ash. Turay had an impressive redshirt freshman season, with 24 tackles, 8 tackles for loss, and 7.5 sacks despite not starting any games. After the season, he was named to the Freshman All-American team. After his senior season, Turay was invited to the 2018 Senior Bowl. He studied information technology and informatics at Rutgers and earned the Academic Excellence Award at the Rutgers team banquet for being the team’s most elite scholar-athlete in 2017.

After his senior season, Turay was invited to the 2018 NFL combine. Turay was drafted by the Indianapolis Colts in the second round, 52nd overall, of the 2018 NFL Draft. In Week 3, against the Philadelphia Eagles, he recorded 1.5 sacks for the first ones of his professional career.