No. 27 – Baltimore Ravens | |
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Position: | Cornerback |
Personal information | |
Born: | Norristown, Pennsylvania, U.S. | March 13, 2002
Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
Weight: | 189 lb (86 kg) |
Career information | |
High school: | Lakewood (Saint Petersburg, Florida) |
College: | Iowa State (2020–2023) |
NFL draft: | 2024 / Round: 4 / Pick: 130 |
Career history | |
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Roster status: | Active |
Career highlights and awards | |
Career NFL statistics as of 2024 | |
Player stats at NFL.com |
T. J. Tampa Jr. (born March 13, 2002) is an American football cornerback for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Iowa State.
Marques Tampa Jr. was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania and moved to Jonesboro, Georgia at age three. At 15, he moved to St. Petersburg, Florida and attended Lakewood High School. In his high school career he played on both offense and defense. On offense he caught 67 passes for 1,323 yards and 15 touchdowns. On defense he tallied 33 tackles with nine being for a loss, four sacks, two pass deflections, an interception, a fumble recovery, and two forced fumbles.[1] Tampa would decide to commit to play college football at Iowa State over schools such as Georgia, Maryland, Rutgers, Toledo, UCF, and South Florida.[2][3]
In Tampa's first season in 2020 he recorded five tackles with one being for a loss.[4] In Tampa's second year he would take a step up racking up 18 tackles with 0.5 going for a loss, and three pass deflections.[5] In week nine of the 2022 season, Tampa had a career day, tallying seven tackles with one going for a loss, and four pass deflections, but the Cyclones would fall to Oklahoma.[6] In week eleven, Tampa would record his first career interception, picking off a pass by Gunnar Gundy, but Iowa State would lose to Oklahoma State.[7][8] Tampa would finish his breakout 2022 season with 40 tackles including five going for a loss, nine pass defelections, an interception, and a forced fumble.[9] For his performance on the season, Tampa would be named second team all Big-12.[10][11] Tampa was named preseason first team all Big-12, for the upcoming 2023 season.[12][13] Tampa was also named to the Jim Thorpe Award watch list, which is awarded to the best defensive back in the country, and to the Bronko Nagurski Trophy watch list, which is given to nation's best defensive player.[14][15]
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | ||||
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6 ft 0+7⁄8 in (1.85 m) |
189 lb (86 kg) |
32+1⁄8 in (0.82 m) |
9+5⁄8 in (0.24 m) |
4.59 s | 1.64 s | 2.65 s | 4.07 s | 6.97 s | ||||
All values from NFL Combine/Pro Day[16][17] |
The Baltimore Ravens selected Tampa in the fourth round of the 2024 NFL draft. [18]