2023 Football Roster
Ayo Adeyi
- Position:
- RB
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-7 / 192
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Mansfield, TX
- High School:
- Mansfield Legacy HS
- Prev School:
- Harding
2023: Named to the Second Team All-American Athletic Conference … Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Watch List … 2nd Team All-Texas (DCTF) … Preseason 2nd Team All-AAC (CFN) … Preseason 3rd Team All-AAC (PFF) … AAC Weekly Honor Roll (9/18/23) … Tyler Rose Award POTW Honorable Mention (9/19. 11/27) … Second Team All-AAC (Coaches, CFN, Phil Steele) … rushed for 1,017 yards on the season and six touchdowns … brought in seven catches for 52 yards … rushed for career-high 148 yards and two touchdowns at Louisiana Tech … rushed for 110 yards vs. Abilene Christian … rushed for 125 yards and a touchdown at Navy … rushed for 104 yards vs. Memphis … rushed for 105 yards vs. UTSA … rushed for 121 yards at Tulsa … rushed for 132 yards and two touchdowns vs. UAB to close the season
2022: Earned CSC Academic All-District honors ... NFF Hampshire Honor Society … saw action in 12 games on the year with three starts … led the team with 807 rushing yards on 112 carries … finished the year seventh in Division I with 7.21 yards per carry ... his 7.21 YPC was the second-highest total in program history … rushed 17 times for 80 yards in the season opener vs. UTEP … had 10 rushes for 135 yards and a touchdown against Texas Southern … ran for 122 yards on just seven carries against LA Tech to help UNT break the single game school rushing record … had 10 carries for 72 yards and a touchdown against Western Kentucky.
2021: Named to Conference USA All-Freshman team ... Rushed for 496 yards on 84 carries with six touchdowns in 10 games ... Also had one reception for three yard ... Season high 99 yards with one touchdown against Liberty ... Scored a pair of touchdowns including game winner in overtime against Rice ... Totaled 86 yards and a score against Marshall ... Tallied 81 yards on nine carries and a touchdown at FIU ... Added 77 yards with a score in upset win over No. 15 UTSA
Prior to UNT: Spent the 2020 season at Division II Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas ... Prepped at Mansfield Legacy High School ... Rushed for 1,227 yards in his senior year, averaging 5.6 per carry ... Totaled eight rushing touchdowns during his senior season with an additional two receiving scores
