Adepoju Adebawore
Oklahoma Sooners – No. 34 | |
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Position | Defensive end |
Class | Sophomore |
Personal information | |
Born: | c. 2005 (age 18–19) Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. |
Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
Weight | 241 lb (109 kg) |
Career history | |
College |
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High school | North Kansas City (Missouri) |
Adepoju "PJ" Adebawore (born c. 2005) is an American football defensive end for the Oklahoma Sooners.
Early years
[edit]Adebawore was born in Kansas City, Missouri. His parents are of Nigerian descent from the Yoruba tribe.[1] His older brother Adetomiwa Adebawore is a defensive tackle for the Indianapolis Colts. Adepoju focused on basketball as a youth, but turned to football as his older brother became successful.[2] attended North Kansas City High School. He was a consensus five-star edge rusher[3] who was ranked by 247Sports as the No. 9 player overall in the 2023 college football recruiting class.[4] He was also rated at No. nationally by On3,[5] No. 20 by ESPN.com,[6] and No. 21 by Rivals.com.[7] He received scholarships offers from multiple schools, including Oklahoma, Georgia, Florida State, Iowa, Miami, Michigan, Oregon, and USC.[7]
College football
[edit]Adebawore committed to Oklahoma and enrolled early in January 2023.[8][9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Who are Adetomiwa Adebawore's parents? All you need to know about top 2023 NFL Draft prospect's family". Sportskeeda. 29 April 2023.
- ^ John E. Hoover (19 January 2023). "Oklahoma Early Enrollees: Why DE P.J. Adebawore Wasn't Always a Football Guy". SI.com.
- ^ Colton Sulley (2 March 2023). "'He is good stuff': How Adepoju Adebawore's relationships steered him to OU football". OU Daily.
- ^ "Adepoju Adebawore". 247Sports. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
- ^ "Adepoju Adebawore". On3. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
- ^ "Adepoju Adebawore". ESPN.com. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
- ^ a b "Adepoju Adebawore". Rivals.com. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
- ^ Engle, Todd (30 January 2023). "North Kansas City's Adepoju Adebawore progresses to next stage of football career at OU". Kansas City Star. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ "Four-star OU commit Adepoju Adebawore talks about his commitment to the Sooners". Tulsa World. 24 June 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2024.