Adepoju Adebawore

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Adepoju Adebawore
Oklahoma Sooners–No. 34
Position Defensive end
ClassSophomore
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 school North Kansas City (Missouri)

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

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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] 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

Adebawore committed to Oklahoma and enrolled early in January 2023. [8] [9]

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References

  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. 1 2 "Adepoju Adebawore". Rivals.com. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ "Four-star OU commit Adepoju Adebawore talks about his commitment to the Sooners". Tulsa World. 24 June 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
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