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| Position: | Defensive end | ||||||||
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| Born: | November 11, 1988 Opa-locka, Florida | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 270 lb (122 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Hialeah (Hialeah, Florida) | ||||||||
| College: | Miami (FL) | ||||||||
| Undrafted: | 2012 | ||||||||
Career history
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Adewale Ojomo (born November 11, 1988) is a former American football defensive end. He signed with the New York Giants as an undrafted free agent. He played college football at the University of Miami.
Early years[]
He attended Hialeah High School in Florida. He was rated as the No. 72 player in the state by the Orlando Sentinel.
College career[]
He played college football at the University of Miami. He finished college with 79 tackles, 9.5 sacks, 3 pass deflections, 2 forced fumbles.[1]
In his Freshman season, he had 22 tackles, 3 sacks, a pass deflection and a forced fumble.[1]
In his Junior season, he had 38 tackles, 5 sacks and a pass deflection.[1] On September 2, 2010, in the season opener against Florida A&M in which he recorded 3 tackles and 2 sacks helping the Miami Hurricanes win 45-0.[2]
In his Senior season, he had 19 tackles, 1.5 sacks, a pass deflection and a forced fumble.[1]
Professional career[]
New York Giants[]
On May 1, 2012, he signed with the New York Giants as an Undrafted free agent.[3]
Seattle Seahawks[]
He was signed to the Seahawks' practice squad on September 17, 2013.
Buffalo Bills[]
He was signed to the Bills' practice squad on September 24, 2013.
Tennessee Titans[]
On December 11, 2013, Ojomo signed with the Tennessee Titans practice squad.[4] He was waived on April 7, 2014, two weeks after he was arrested for soliciting a prostitute in Miami.[5]
Los Angeles KISS[]
Ojomo was assigned to the Los Angeles KISS of the Arena Football League on May 22, 2014.
Dallas Cowboys[]
Ojomo signed with the Dallas Cowboys on August 1, 2014.[6] The Cowboys waived Ojomo on August 26, 2014.[7]
Hamilton Tiger-Cats[]
Ojomo was signed by the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League on September 17, 2014 and was assigned to the team's practice roster.[8][9]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Adewale Ojomo College Statistics". sports-reference.com. https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/adewale-ojomo-1.html.
- ↑ "Florida A&M 0, (13) Miami (FL) 45 Box score". sports-reference.com. https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/boxscores/2010-09-02-miami-fl.html.
- ↑ "Adewale Ojomo". kffl.com. Archived from the original on December 5, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141205002633/http://www.kffl.com/player/26790/nfl/news/adewale-ojomo. Retrieved May 1, 2012.
- ↑ Titans fill spot on practice squad by signing DE Adewale Ojomo Archived 2013-12-14 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Alper, Josh. "Titans waive Adewale Ojomo after solicitation arrest". Pro Football Talk. http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/04/07/titans-waive-adewale-ojomo-after-solicitation-arrest/. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
- ↑ Sabin, Rainer. "Dallas Cowboys to sign DEs Ken Boatright, Adewale Ojomo to replace WR L’Damian Washington, OT Darius Morris". Cowboys Blog. Archived from the original on 6 August 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140806223415/http://cowboysblog.dallasnews.com/2014/08/dallas-cowboys-to-add-two-defensive-ends-in-wake-of-demarcus-lawrences-injury.html/. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ↑ "Cowboys Trim Roster To 75; Matt Johnson Waived" (in en). Dallas Cowboys. 2014-08-26. http://www.dallascowboys.com/news/article-DavidHelman/Cowboys-Trim-Roster-To-75-Matt-Johnson-Waived-/a919dc13-f1b7-47e5-b0bc-ad7149621b66?campaign=social_20140826_30507006.
- ↑ "Justin Hickman rejoins Tiger-Cats from NFL | CBC Sports" (in en-US). CBC. http://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/justin-hickman-rejoins-tiger-cats-from-nfl-1.2769132.
- ↑ "Transactions". cfl.ca. Archived from the original on December 5, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141205005714/http://www.cfl.ca/page/transactions. Retrieved November 20, 2014.