University of St. Thomas Athletics
2022 Football Roster
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Adebayo, Hope

Jersey Number 4
Hope Adebayo
- Height:
- 5-8
- Weight:
- 196
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Inver Grove Heights, Minn.
- High School:
- Simley
Bio
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2022 Phil Steele All-Pioneer Football League Fourth Team
2023 PFL Offensive Player of the Week (October 29)
2023 Pioneer Football League Academic Honor Roll
2023 Pioneer Football League Second Team All-Conference
2023 Phil Steels All-Pioneer Football League Second Team
2024 Pioneer Football League First Team All-Confrence
2024 Phil Steels All-Pioneer Football League Team
2024 Walter Payton Award Finalist
2024
Walter Payton Award Finalist, Pioneer Football League First Team All-Confrence, and Phil Steele All Conference...was a unanimous pick to the PFL First Team All-Confrence... played in 11 games... totaled 1137 rushing yards on 180 carries and nine touchdowns.. averaging 6.3 yards per rush... had a season and career high 277 rushing yards and three touchdowns vs. San Diego (Oct. 26) while also being named PFL's Offensive Player of the week for that week... his 1137 rushing yards are a St. Thomas Divison 1 record for a single season... led the Tommies in rushing yards and total touchdowns this season... ranked 2nd in rushing yards and 4th in rushing touchdowns in the PFL this season.
2023
Pioneer Football League and Phil Steele Second Team All-Conference... 2023 PFL Academic Honor Roll member... played in all 11 games... racked up 766 yards an 13 carries throughout the year and scored a team-leading, and Division I record, 10 touchdowns during the season... named the PFL's Offensive Player of the Week on October 22, 2023 after a monster performance at Stetson... rushed for 197 yards on 13 carries with two touchdowns... marked the first of three multi-touchdown performances for the junior, who tallied six of his 10 rushing touchdowns in the final four games of 2023.
2022
Played in eight games in 2022... rushed 71 times for 490 yards and a touchdown... had two 100 yard rushing performances against Marist and Valparaiso.
2021
As a freshman in 2021 name the Pioneer League offensive freshman of the year...accumulated 658 rushing yards and 12 touchdowns in his inaugural collegiate campaign...finished 12th in the FCS for yards gained by a freshman and was one of just six freshmen to post double-digit rushing touchdown totals. A two-week stretch saw Adebayo rush for 182 yards and four touchdowns at Stetson on Oct. 16 and 191 yards and two touchdowns against Marist on Oct. 30.
High School
A three-time varsity letter winner at Simley High School...named team MVP...earned All-Conference honors...named a district defensive MVP.
Personal
The son of Olu and Emmanuel, brother of Faith and Love...a computer science major at St. Thomas.
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