Slippery Rock University Athletics

Career Highlights

• 2022 First Team All-American (Associated Press)

• 2022 Second Team All-American (D2CCA)

• 2022 D2CCA SR1 Defensive Player of the Year

• 2022 D2CCA First Team All-Region

• 2022 All-PSAC West

Personal: Son of Kofo Abiru … given name is Ayodeji ... Working towards MBA as a graduate student.

2022: Started all 13 games … Named to the AP, D2CCA and Don Hansen Football Gazette All-America Teams … A finalist for both the Cliff Harris Award (small college Defensive Player of the Year) and the Upshaw Award (DII Lineman of the Year) … The D2CCA Defensive Player of the Year … A first team All-PSAC West honoree … A team captain … Closed year by totaling 62 tackles, 18.5 TFL, 10.5 sacks and 15 unofficial QB hurries … Was 24th in all of Division II, and third in the PSAC, in sacks … Also ranked fifth in the PSAC in TFL … 42 solo tackles were the fourth highest amount by any Rock defender …  Made at least five tackles in nine games … Opened year with five tackles, two TFL and four quarterback hurries vs. Wayne State … Had two sacks against Seton Hill … Registered six tackles, 2.5 TFL, 1.5 sacks and four QB hurries versus Mercyhurst … Posted four TFL and three sacks against Gannon … Tallied six tackles and two TFL in playoff win at Assumption ...  Game-by-Game Statistics

2021: Did not appear in a game after suffering season-ending injury during preseason.
 
Before The Rock: Played 30 games over four seasons at Fairmont State … Recorded 117 total tackles, 35.5 TFL and 12.5 sacks at FSU … Earned second team All-MEC honors in 2017 and 2019. Was also a third team All-Region selection in 2019 … Produced 14 tackles for loss in both 2017 and 2019.
 
High School: Was an all-conference lineman at Hammond High School in Columbia, Maryland. ... An honor student.
 

Career Highs
Total Tackles	7 at Cal U (2022)
Solo Tackles	5 (3x)
Asst. Tackles	4 at Cal U (2022)
TFL	4.0 vs. Gannon (2022)
Sacks	3.0 vs. Gannon (2022)
INT	-
PBU	1 at Indiana (Pa.) (2022)

 

Marquee Games
Date	Opponent	Stats
9/24/22	Seton Hill	5 Tackles, 2 Sacks
10/8/22	Mercyhurst	6 Tackles, 2.5 TFL, 1.5 Sacks
10/15/22	Gannon	5 Tackles, 4 TFL, 3 Sacks
11/5/22	Edinboro	5 Tackles, 1.5 Sacks, 3 QB Hurries
11/19/22	Assumption	6 Tackles, 2 TFL