Diassa Diakite

Diassa Diakite and George Wright react to a special teams snap against Virginia Tech.

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Diassa Diakite runs down the field at No. 5 Miami.

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Diassa Diakite makes a tackle against SMU.

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Diassa Diakite makes a tackle against Georgia Tech.

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Position:
Cornerback
Height:
6-0
Weight:
190
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Northampton, Pa.
High School:
The Lawrenceville School [N.J.]
Prev School:
Robert Morris

CAREER: Lettered one season (2024) at Duke after being a one-year member (2023) of the Robert Morris University program and four-year member at Harvard University (2019-20-21-22) ... Academic All-ACC selection and National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society member in 2024 ... in 27 career games (10 starts), registered 53 tackles, one INT and five PBUs ... secured 2+ tackles in 14 games, including a career-high five tackles on three occasions against Saint Francis (PA), Gardner-Webb and Bryant in 2023 … notched lone INT in a contest with Tennessee Tech in 2023 … recorded a career-best two PBU against Brown in 2022.

2024: Played in nine games, missing the Elon, Northwestern, Connecticut and North Carolina contests … posted seven tackles ... booked three tackles at Miami and one each versus Georgia Tech, SMU, Virginia Tech and Wake Forest ... on the field for 94 snaps.

PRIOR TO DUKE: One-year member of the football program at Robert Morris University (2023) and four-year member at Harvard University (2019-20-21-22) ... played in all 11 games (10 starts) during lone season with the Colonials, recording 31 tackles, one INT and one PBU … notched a season-high five tackles on three occasions against Saint Francis (PA), Gardner-Webb and Bryant … secured 2+ tackles in nine games … earned lone INT in a contest with Tennessee Tech … at Harvard, saw action in 16 career games, compiling 15 tackles and three PBU … registered a career-best two PBU against Brown in 2022 … tallied three tackles against Cornell in 2021 … named to the 2022 NFF Hampshire Honor Society … attended The Lawrence School (N.J.) and was coached by Harry Flaherty ... team captain as a senior … named two-time All-MAPL selection as a junior and senior … recipient of the Lawrenceville School Scholar-Athlete-Leader Award … also lettered in track & field and basketball … was a two-time All-MAPL honoree (2017 & 2018) and 2017 All-County selection in track & field.

PERSONAL: Graduated from Harvard in May 2023, with a degree in government and data science ... added a master’s degree in management studies from Duke’s Fuqua School of Business in May 2025 ... son of Amadou and Fatoumata and Fatoumata Diakite … brother Mohammed Diakite played four seasons of football at the University of Pennsylvania (2018-19-20-21), lettering two years (2018 & 2021); compiled 81 tackles, 10 TFL, 2.0 sacks, four INT, 11 PBUs, one forced fumble and two fumble recoveries during career; earned 2018 Honorable Mention All-Ivy League while also being tabbed a 2018 Jerry Rice Award finalist.