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Damontae Kazee. You’ll hear a past on the phone interview With Demontae Kazee, but first I want to say this…
He ia a football safety for the
Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the
Atlanta Falcons in the fifth round of the 2017 NFL Draft. He played college football at San Diego State.
Kazee was selected by the Atlanta Falcons in the fifth round (149th overall) of the 2017 NFL Draft.
On May 9, 2017, the Atlanta Falcons signed Kazee to a four-year, $2.68 million contract with a signing bonus of $288,922.
He made his professional regular season debut in the Atlanta Falcons' season-opener at the Chicago Bears and made two solo tackles and forced a fumble in their 23–17 victory. On October 1, 2017, Kazee earned his first career start after Ricardo Allen was unable to play after suffering a concussion the previous week. He finished the Falcons' 23–17 loss to the Buffalo Bills with a season-high nine combined tackles and a forced fumble. He finished the season with 23 combined tackles (14 solo) and two forced fumbles in one start and 16 games.
That was Damontae Kazee on the phone with DJ Shockley shortly after he was selected in 2017 by the Falcons.