Troy Dye (born September 18, 1996) is an American professional football linebacker for the Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Oregon Ducks.
Early life Dye attended Norco High School in Norco, California where he would play safety. By his senior year he had 105 tackles and four interceptions. He committed to the University of Oregon to play college football.
College career Dye was a four-year starter at Oregon. As a freshman in 2016 he started nine of 11 games, finishing with a team-high 92 tackles, 6.5 sacks and one interception. As a sophomore in 2017, he started all 13 games and again led the team in tackles with 107 and had four sacks and one interception. He led the team in tackles for a third straight year his junior year in 2018 with 115 and added two sacks and an interception over 13 starts. Dye returned for his senior year in 2019, rather than enter the 2019 NFL draft.
Professional career
Minnesota Vikings Dye was selected by the Minnesota Vikings in the fourth round (132nd overall) of the 2020 NFL draft. He was placed on injured reserve on September 24, 2020. He was activated on October 31, 2020.
Los Angeles Chargers On March 18, 2024, Dye signed with the Los Angeles Chargers. He played in 17 games with five starts, recording 57 tackles and 1.5 sacks.
On March 13, 2025, Dye signed a two-year, $5.5 million contract extension with the Chargers.
NFL career statistics Legend Bold Career high
Regular season Year Team Games Tackles Interceptions Fumbles GP GS Cmb Solo Ast Sck TFL Int Yds Avg Lng TD PD FF Fum FR Yds TD 2020 MIN 11 5 28 13 15 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2021 MIN 17 1 20 12 8 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2022 MIN 17 0 15 8 7 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2023 MIN 15 2 17 11 6 1.0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2024 LAC 17 5 57 34 23 1.5 2 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2025 LAC 16 7 58 28 30 1.0 5 0 0 0.0 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 0Career 93 20 195 106 89 3.5 8 0 0 0.0 0 0 6 2 2 0 0 0
Postseason Year Team Games Tackles Interceptions Fumbles GP GS Cmb Solo Ast Sck TFL Int Yds Avg Lng TD PD FF Fum FR Yds TD 2022 MIN 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2024 LAC 1 0 8 6 2 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2025 LAC 1 0 2 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Career 3 0 10 7 3 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Personal life His brother, Travis Dye, played running back at Oregon and USC. His brother, Tony Dye, played free safety for the Cincinnati Bengals, for coach Mike Zimmer, Troy's former coach in Minnesota.
He is recently engaged to his fiancee, Brenda Wang.
References
External links Los Angeles Chargers bio Oregon Ducks bio