Kwity Paye is an American football defensive end for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League (NFL). Of Liberian heritage, he was born in Guinea as a refugee of the First Liberian Civil War and emigrated to the United States as a baby.
Paye played college football at Michigan and was drafted by the Colts in the first round of the 2021 NFL Draft. Paye was drafted by the Indianapolis Colts in the first round (21st overall) of the 2021 NFL Draft. He signed his four-year rookie contract on May 6, 2021.
Where did Kwity Paye go to high school?
Kwity and his brother found an affinity for American football growing up there, with Kwity later attending Bishop Hendricken High School in Warwick, Rhode Island. Playing running back and defensive end, he was named Rhode Island’s Gatorade Football Player of the Year as a senior in 2016. Paye originally committed to play college football at Boston College, but later switched to the University of Michigan.
