Valorant's El Diablo — The Rise, Fall and Rise Again of yay

In Valorant, there are tales of one who is feared above all others. He kills without mercy before his victims even know he’s there. He leaves trails of bodies in his wake, and there's no evidence of his passing except for the howling of the wind.

His enemies call him El Diablo, and he's among the most feared Jett players in all of Valorant.

But underneath it all, he is Jaccob Whiteaker better known to the world as yay. In the last six months, yay has skyrocketed in notoriety, a breakout star of the Valorant Champions Tour Stage 3: Masters Berlin. His future looks bright, and his career is sure to be a long one, but it wasn’t always that way.

Not long ago, yay’s esports journey looked to be on its way to an early grave.

This is the Rise, Fall and Rise Again of yay.

Written by: Adam Neylan (@NeylanIt)
Edited by: Tomás Roldán (@TomasRoldan1993)
Graphics and thumbnail by: Ivan Cortez (@IvanC__14)
Script Editor: Samantha Jones (@SammieRaeJones)
Supervising Producer and narrator: Colin McNeil (@McNeilColin)

yay on Twitch:   / yayster  
On Twitter: @yayFPS

Footage sources: https://controlc.com/57490f2a

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