Trey Amos

{{Short description|American football player (born 2002)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2024}}

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| current_team = Washington Commanders

| number = 23

| position = Cornerback

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2002|3|3}}

| birth_place = New Iberia, Louisiana, U.S.

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| height_ft = 6

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| weight_lb = 190

| high_school = Catholic {{nowrap|(New Iberia)}}

| college = {{ubl

|Louisiana (2020–2022)

|Alabama (2023)

|Ole Miss (2024)}}

| draftyear = 2025

| draftround = 2

| draftpick = 61

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| status = Unsigned draft pick

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Trenayvian Amos (born March 3, 2002) is an American professional football cornerback for the Washington Commanders of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns, Alabama Crimson Tide, and Ole Miss Rebels. Amos was selected by the Commanders in the second round of the 2025 NFL draft.

Early life

Amos was born on March 3, 2002, in New Iberia, Louisiana.{{Cite web |last=Brugler |first=Dane |title=The Beast: 2025 NFL Draft Guide |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/the-beast/2025/player/trey_amos-cornerback-xhgECBCrDjgbIyns/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=April 25, 2025 |website=The Athletic |publisher=The New York Times }} He attended Catholic High School in New Iberia, where he played quarterback and cornerback and was a state champion in the long jump.{{cite web |last=Fontenot |first=Nick |title=Catholic-New Iberia ready to battle in trenches behind quarterback Trey Amos |url=https://www.theadvertiser.com/story/sports/high-school/football/2019/11/29/catholic-new-iberia-quarterback-trey-amos-ready-battle-trenches/4298790002/ |website=The Advertiser |access-date=April 25, 2025 |date=November 29, 2019}}{{cite web |last=Nadeau |first=Rene |date=August 10, 2019 |title=Recruiting: Catholic-New Iberia's Trey Amos QB commits to Ragin' Cajuns |url=https://crescentcitysports.com/recruiting-catholic-new-iberia-trey-amos-qb-commits-to-ragin-cajuns/ |access-date=April 25, 2025 |website=Crescent City Sports |language=en-US}} Amos committed to play college football to the play for the Ragin' Cajuns at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.{{cite web |last=Coppage |first=Mike |title=UL football's persistence paid off in landing commitment from Catholic-New Iberia star Trey Amos |url=https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/sports/high_schools/ul-footballs-persistence-paid-off-in-landing-commitment-from-catholic-new-iberia-star-trey-amos/article_49ea90be-bb99-11e9-9667-1382589cf9c0.html |website=The Advocate |access-date=April 25, 2025 |date=August 10, 2019}}

College career

Amos played in 34 games over three years at Louisiana from 2020 to 2022, recording 59 tackles and one interception.{{cite web |first=Kevin |last=Foote |title=A key member of the UL defense decides to enter transfer portal on final day |url=https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/sports/ul_lafayette/ul-cajuns-cornerback-trey-amos-enters-transfer-portal/article_24aae13c-e877-11ed-a2a1-736b76de15b8.html |website=The Advocate |access-date=April 25, 2025|date=May 1, 2023}} After the 2022 season, he transferred to play for the Crimson Tide at the University of Alabama.{{cite web |first=Nick |last=Alvarez |title=Alabama football secures Louisiana transfer DB Trey Amos |url=https://www.al.com/alabamafootball/2023/05/alabama-football-secures-louisiana-transfer-db-trey-amos.html |website=AL.com |access-date=April 25, 2025 |date=May 9, 2023}} In his lone season at Alabama he played in all 14 games with one start and had 12 tackles.{{cite web |first=Michael |last=Katz |title=Lane Kiffin knows exactly what he's getting in former Alabama defensive back Trey Amos |url=https://cdispatch.com/sports/lane-kiffin-knows-exactly-what-hes-getting-in-former-alabama-defensive-back-trey-amos/ |website=The Commercial Dispatch |access-date=April 25, 2025 |date=April 4, 2024}}{{cite web |first=David |last=Eckert |title=How Nick Saban's influence led Ole Miss, Lane Kiffin to Alabama transfer corner Trey Amos |url=https://www.clarionledger.com/story/sports/college/ole-miss/2024/04/02/ole-miss-football-trey-amos-transfer-lane-kiffin-pete-golding-nick-saban-retirement/73151157007/ |website=Clarion Ledger |date=April 2, 2024 |access-date=April 25, 2025}} After the season, Amos transferred again to play for the Rebels at the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss).{{cite web |first=David |last=Eckert |title=Ole Miss football, Lane Kiffin land Alabama transfer corner Trey Amos |url=https://www.clarionledger.com/story/sports/college/ole-miss/2024/01/19/trey-amos-transfer-ole-miss-football-alabama-nick-saban-retirement-lane-kiffin-pete-golding/72277294007/ |website=Clarion Ledger |date=January 19, 2024 |access-date=April 25, 2025}}{{cite web |first=Matt |last=Stahl |title=Is Trey Amos ready to be 'Best DB in the country' at Ole Miss? |url=https://www.al.com/alabamafootball/2024/07/is-trey-amos-ready-to-be-best-db-in-the-country-at-ole-miss.html |website=AL.com |date=July 15, 2024 |access-date=April 25, 2025}}

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|+ College statistics

! rowspan="2"| Year

! rowspan="2"| Team

! rowspan="2"| {{tooltip|G|Games}}

! colspan="6"| Tackles

! colspan="5"| Interceptions

{{abbr|Cmb|Combined solo and assisted tackles}}{{abbr|Solo|Solo tackles}}{{abbr|Ast|Assisted tackles}}{{abbr|TFL|Tackles for loss}}{{abbr|Sck|Sacks}}{{abbr|FF|Forced fumbles}}{{abbr|Int|Interceptions}}{{abbr|Yds|Interception return yards}}{{abbr|TD|Interceptions returned for touchdowns}}{{abbr|PD|Passes deflected}}
2020

! Louisiana

| 11 || 10 || 10 || – || – || – || – || 1 || 51 || – || –

2021

! Louisiana

| 12 || 14 || 10 || 4 || 2 || – || 1 || – || – || – || 5

2022

! Louisiana

| 11 || 35 || 26 || 9 || 1 || – || – || – || – || – || 8

2023

! Alabama

| 14 || 12 || 6 || 6 || 1 || – || – || – || 8 || – || 5

2024

! Ole Miss

| 13 || 50 || 39 || 11 || 4 || – || 1 || 3 || -1 || – || 13

colspan="2" | Career{{cite web |title=Trey Amos |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/trey-amos-1.html |website=College Football Reference |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=May 12, 2025}} || 61 || 121 || 91 || 30 || 8 || 0 || 2 || 4 || 50 || 0 || 31

Professional career

{{NFL predraft

| height ft = 6

| height in = 0 3/4

| weight = 195

| dash = 4.43

| ten split = 1.60

| twenty split = 2.57

| shuttle = 4.36

| vertical = 32.5

| broad ft = 10

| broad in = 6

| bench = 13

| arm span = 31 1/4

| hand span = 9

| note = All values from NFL Combine/Pro Day{{Cite web |url=https://www.nfl.com/prospects/trey-amos/3200414d-4f59-0520-2cbf-fbeeaf953f57 |title=Trey Amos Draft and Combine Prospect Profile |website=NFL.com |access-date=February 28, 2025}}{{Cite web |url=https://draftscout.com/dsprofile.php?PlayerId=1039180&DraftYear=2025 |title=Trey Amos College Football Profile |website=DraftScout.com |access-date=February 28, 2025}}

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Amos was selected by the Washington Commanders in the second round (61st overall) of the 2025 NFL draft.{{cite web |title=Commanders draft CB Trey Amos with No. 61 overall pick |url=https://www.commanders.com/news/commanders-draft-cb-trey-amos-with-no-61-overall-pick |website=Commanders.com |access-date=April 25, 2025 |date=April 25, 2025}}

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