Adepoju "PJ" Adebawore (born c. 2005) is an American football defensive end for the Oklahoma Sooners.

Adepoju Adebawore
Oklahoma Sooners – No. 34
PositionDefensive end
ClassFreshman
Personal information
Born:c. 2005 (age 18–19)
Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
Height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight241 lb (109 kg)
Career history
College
High schoolNorth Kansas City (Missouri)

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

  1. ^ "Who are Adetomiwa Adebawore's parents? All you need to know about top 2023 NFL Draft prospect's family". Sportskeeda. 29 April 2023.
  2. ^ John E. Hoover (19 January 2023). "Oklahoma Early Enrollees: Why DE P.J. Adebawore Wasn't Always a Football Guy". SI.com.
  3. ^ Colton Sulley (2 March 2023). "'He is good stuff': How Adepoju Adebawore's relationships steered him to OU football". OU Daily.
  4. ^ "Adepoju Adebawore". 247Sports. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  5. ^ "Adepoju Adebawore". On3. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  6. ^ "Adepoju Adebawore". ESPN.com. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  7. ^ a b "Adepoju Adebawore". Rivals.com. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  8. ^ "North Kansas City's Adepoju Adebawore progresses to next stage of football career at OU". The Kansas City Star. 30 January 2023.
  9. ^ "Four-star OU commit Adepoju Adebawore talks about his commitment to the Sooners". Tulsa World. 15 November 2022.

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