Adepoju Adebawore
| Oklahoma Sooners – No. 34 | |
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| Position | Defensive end |
| Class | Sophomore |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | c. 2005 (age 19–20) 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
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] He attended North Kansas City High School and 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.com,[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 career
Adebawore committed to Oklahoma and enrolled early in January 2023.[8][9]
References
- ^ "Who are Adetomiwa Adebawore's parents? All you need to know about top 2023 NFL Draft prospect's family". Sportskeeda. April 29, 2023. [better source needed]
- ^ John E. Hoover (January 19, 2023). "Oklahoma Early Enrollees: Why DE P.J. Adebawore Wasn't Always a Football Guy". Oklahoma Sooners on SI. SI.com.
- ^ Colton Sulley (March 2, 2023). "'He is good stuff': How Adepoju Adebawore's relationships steered him to OU football". OU Daily.
- ^ "Adepoju Adebawore". 247Sports. Retrieved September 1, 2023.
- ^ "Adepoju Adebawore". On3. Retrieved September 1, 2023.
- ^ "Adepoju Adebawore". ESPN.com. Retrieved September 1, 2023.
- ^ a b "Adepoju Adebawore". Rivals.com. Retrieved September 1, 2023.
- ^ Engle, Todd (2023-01-30). "North Kansas City's Adepoju Adebawore progresses to next stage of football career at OU". Kansas City Star. Retrieved 2024-07-28.
- ^ "Four-star OU commit Adepoju Adebawore talks about his commitment to the Sooners". Tulsa World. 2024-06-24. Retrieved 2024-07-28.