2023 Football Roster

1 TD Ayo-Durojaiye

  • Class Graduate Student
  • Position RB
  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 210
  • Hometown Damascus, Md.
  • Highschool Damascus

Biography

CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS
2023 SEASON
CAA Football Second Team Defense (Special Teams)
2022 SEASON
CAA Football Preseason All-Conference Team
2021 SEASON
CAA Football Third Team Defense (Special Teams)
ACADEMIC HONORS
CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Fall 2023
Athletic Director's Honor Roll Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021


Villanova: Versatile performer who can run the ball, catch out of the backfield and return kicks…One of the top special teams players in the CAA…Plays the game with great passion.

2022: Played in 10 games and recorded 127 carries for 676 yards and two touchdowns to go with eight receptions for 55 yards and four kickoff returns for 78 yards…Tallied nine tackles on special teams (3 solo/ 6 assisted)…Posted three 100-yard rushing games, including a career-high 136 versus Albany, 112 against Hampton, 109 at LIU and 106 at Richmond…Scored rushing touchdowns against LIU and Albany…Credited with four special teams tackles at Maine.

2021: Third team CAA Football All-Conference performer on special teams … Led the Wildcats with 10 special teams tackles on the year, including eight stops on kickoff returns and two tackles on punt returns … As an offensive player tallied 21 carries for 114 yards and one touchdown to go along with making seven receptions for 59 yards … Returned four kickoffs for 104 yards and an average of 26.0 yards per return, including a long return of 55 yards; Lehigh (9/4): Had three catches for three net yards and a solo tackle in the season opener; Bucknell (9/11): Rushed 11 times for 65 yards (5.9 yards per carry); Richmond (9/18): Posted three catches for 46 yards, including a career-long 35-yard reception; Penn State (9/25): Totaled one carry for two yards and one reception for nine yards; UAlbany (10/16): Scored a 15-yard touchdown just before halftime when he recovered a blocked punt and returned it for a score in a road win over the Great Danes; Rhode Island (10/23): Recorded five rushes for 28 yards and a touchdown while making one solo tackle; William & Mary (10/30): Returned a kickoff for five yards and had two tackles, including one each on a kickoff return and a punt return; Elon (11/6): Credited with a six-yard rush; Stony Brook (11/13): Rushed once for nine yards; Delaware (11/20): Made one tackle on a kickoff return and another on a punt return; Holy Cross (12/3): Tallied three kickoff returns for 99 yards, including a 55-yard return which set up a three-play scoring drive in the third quarter; South Dakota State (12/11): Recorded one carry for four yards and had one solo tackle on a kickoff return.
 
2020 (Spring 2021): Saw playing time in all four games and accumulated 156 all-purpose yards on the year … Rushed 15 times for 76 yards, tallied six receptions for 65 yards and had a 15-yard kickoff return … Made three tackles; Stony Brook (3/6): Recorded a career-long 33-yard reception and carried three times for 10 yards in a win over the Seawolves in the season opener; Rhode Island (3/13): Recorded five rushes for 18 yards, tallied one reception and returned a kickoff for 15 yards in the home opener … Recorded a solo tackle in the game; Maine (4/3): Carried four times for 14 yards and made three receptions for 21 yards … His longest plays of the game were a 10-yard run and a 10-yard catch … Made an assisted tackle; Delaware (4/17): Rushed three times for a season-high 34 yards, including a season-long 18-yard run, and made one catch for 11 yards in the season finale … His 45 all-purpose yards were a season high … Credited with one assisted tackle.
 
2019: Broke into the Wildcats running back rotation as a freshman and played in 10 games on the year … Rushed for 295 yards and three touchdowns on 58 carries … Averaged 5.1 yards per rush with a long carry of 28 yards … Tallied six receptions for 52 yards during the season and also threw a 24-yard touchdown pass … Amassed 347 all-purpose yards … Registered two tackles; Colgate (8/24): Had two carries for eight yards, including a five-yard run and a three-yard scamper on a second quarter scoring drive … Registered a solo tackle on special teams on the opening kickoff of the game; Lehigh (9/7): Tallied five rushes for 17 yards with a long carry of seven yards … Credited with an assisted tackle on a kickoff return; William & Mary (10/5): Posted five carries for 33 yards and his first career catch for nine yards; James Madison (10/12): Credited with seven carries for four yards; Stony Brook (10/26): Registered seven carries for 40 yards and his first career touchdown on a 24-yard run in the second quarter … Threw a 24-yard touchdown pass on a trick play later in the same period; New Hampshire (11/2): Had four rushes for 12 yards, including a five-yard scoring run, to go along with a 12-yard reception; Richmond (11/9): Tallied seven rushes for 41 yards and a touchdown to go with a 10-yard reception … Scored for the third straight game on a 20-yard run which proved to be the game-winning touchdown with 8:56 to play in a 35-28 victory; LIU (11/15): Recorded six carries for 44 yards as well as a five-yard reception … His 28-yard run during the game was his longest of the season; Delaware (11/23): Credited with six carries for 35 yards; Southeastern Louisiana (11/30): Registered nine carries for 61 yards and two receptions for 16 yards in the first round of the FCS playoffs … All of his stats – rushing attempts, rushing yards, receptions, receiving yards and all-purpose yards (77) were season highs.
 
Damascus High School: Earned four varsity letters in track & field, three in football and one in basketball … Was an all-county running back as a senior and an all-league running back as a junior … All-Met defensive back as a senior … Ran for 1,200 yards as a junior … Four-year member of the National Honor Society.
 
Personal: Born 6/22/01 in Lagos, Nigeria … One of four children of Ayodeji and Biodun Ayo-Durojaiye.

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Historical Player Information

  • 35

    2019Freshman

    RB
    5'11" 185 lbs
    35
  • 35

    2020Sophomore

    RB
    5'11" 185 lbs
    35
  • 35

    2021Junior

    RB
    5'11" 200 lbs
    35
  • 1

    2022Senior

    RB
    5'11" 210 lbs
    1
  • 1

    2023Graduate Student

    RB
    5'11" 210 lbs
    1