JaMair Diaz holds the RUSH · Backup spot in Temple Owls’s edge room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

JaMair Diaz is a 6'1", 245-pound rusher from Passaic, New Jersey, who transferred to Temple in January as a redshirt junior. He previously played at Sam Houston, appearing in four games during the 2025 season with 14 tackles, including a 43-yard fumble recovery return in his debut at Western Kentucky and one sack among six tackles at Hawaii. Diaz spent two seasons at Glenville State, where he recorded 54 total tackles, 21.0 tackles for loss, and 12.0 sacks as a sophomore in 2024, earning second-team All-America honors and Mountain East Conference Defensive Player of the Year. As a freshman in 2023, he logged 22 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, and four sacks across 10 games.

Glenville State through 2024

Sam Houston2025

Temple2026 — present