DEJI OLATOYE
6-2, 180, CB
Dublin, Ohio (Dublin Scioto) |
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Courtesy: Tony Dial
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HIGH
SCHOOL?A three-year
letterman on the football field, he earned special mention on the
All-Central District Division II as a senior for Dublin Scioto High
School under coach Karl Johnson. He
didnGÇÖt start playing football until his sophomore season of high
school. As a senior, he played in seven
games and compiled 49 tackles, 21 solo and two for
losses. He also had one interception
which he returned for a touchdown and three pass
break-ups. On offense as a wide
receiver, he caught eight passes for 151 yards. He finished the year strong, as in the last three
games of the season against Olentangy Liberty, Dublin Jerome and
Marysville, he averaged nine tackles per game defensively and
combined to catch seven passes for 136 yards. Top games: to open the season, he had six tackles
and an interception return for a touchdown against Grove
City. Against Dublin Jerome, he had
nine tackles on defense and five receptions for 72
yards. As a junior, he played in 10
games and compiled 22 tackles, one for a loss, and had five pass
break-ups, two interceptions and a forced fumble on
defense. Offensively that season, he
had 15 receptions for 150 yards and he also had one kickoff return
for 11 yards on special teams. He lists
his best game that season as being against Marysville when he had
six receptions for 63 yards on offense and three tackles on the
defensive side of the ball. His
sophomore season, in seven games he had 14 tackles. He also plays basketball and track & field at
Dublin Scioto and played soccer his freshman season. He is working on his third letter in basketball
and lettered track & field and once in soccer. In basketball this season, he is the teamGÇÖs
starting power forward and is averaging seven points, six rebounds,
2.6 blocks and two steals per game. In
track, he set the school record in the high jump with a mark of 6-4
and also ran the third leg in the 4x400 relay.
ACADEMICS?He
is planning on majoring in Business at Colorado and is interested
in accounting. He has been on Dublin
SciotoGÇÖs student scholar list each of the last three
years.
PERSONAL?He
was born July 20, 1991, in Cleveland.
He is an accomplished soccer player, having played through is
freshman year in high school. His teams
won four state championships and he was a team captain and won most
valuable player of a couple of tournaments. He played on a team that twice traveled to Europe
to play, one time to Amsterdam and another to Spain. He enjoys sleeping, eating, hitting the weight
room and hanging out with his friends playing backyard football and
street basketball. He is active in the
community and his most memorable experience was when he visited the
East Side Community Center and spent time with the
kids. (Name is
pronounced Day-Ghee O-la-toy-ye).
