Adetomiwa Adebawore

DE · Northwestern

STATS

 YEAR (GP/GS)   TKLS  TFL     SACK    FF    PD   INT

2019: (8/0)         6          1.0      1.0         0       0       0

2020: (9/9)         17       6.0      2.0         0       2       0

2021: (12/12)     36       8.5      4.5         2       3       0

2022: (12/12)     38       9.0      5.0         2       1       0

Total: (41/33)    97       24.5    12.5      4       6       0

HISTORY -- From College Profile

2022 Senior: 

  • Third Team All-Big Ten (Media)
  • Registered 31 pressures and 27 run stops (third most among B1G edge rushers), per Pro Football Focus
  • Set career-highs with 5.0 sacks, 9.0 tackles for loss, and 38 total tackles
  • Tallied four tackles in the season-opening victory over Nebraska (8/27)
  • Tied a career-high with seven tackles including a strip sack against Duke (9/10)
  • Batted down a pass and recorded a sack against Miami (OH) (9/24)
  • Recorded a career-high 2.0 sacks against Maryland (10/22)
  • Tallied a sack and a TFL against Illinois (11/26)

2021 Junior:

  • All-Big Ten honorable mention
  • Led Wildcats with 4.5 sacks and 8.5 tackles for a loss
  • Started all 12 games as a junior
  • Recorded a career-high 1.5 sacks and three QB hurries to help defeat Indiana St. (9/11)
  • Batted down a career-high two passes and recorded half a tackle for loss against Duke (9/18)
  • Tallied three tackles and a sack in a win over Ohio (9/25)
  • Tied a career-high with four tackles and set a new career-high with three assisted tackles against Nebraska (10/2)
  • Recorded his first-career forced fumble and four tackles for loss, the highest single-game total by a NU player since Joe Gaziano had four TFL against Duke in 2018, in a win over Rutgers (10/16)
  • Notched a sack along with three tackles against Iowa (11/06)
  • Accounted for half a TFL against Purdue (11/20)

2020 Sophomore

  • Finished season with 6.0 tackles for loss, fifth on the team 
  • Made fourth career start in season opener against Maryland (10/24) ... Recorded one sack for a loss of 14 yards in 43-3 victory over Terrapins
  • Compiled a quarterback hurry for the second straight game at Iowa (10/31)
  • Recorded second sack in his last three games against Nebraska (11/7) and career-highs in tackles (4) and tackles for loss (1.5)
  • Compiled three tackles at Purdue (11/14)
  • Recorded a career-high five quarterback hurries vs. Wisconsin (11/21)
  • Registered two tackles at Michigan State (11/28)
  • Registered two total tackles for the third straight game against Illinois (12/12)
  • Compiled one total tackle which went for a loss in Big Ten Championship (12/12)

2019 First-Year

  • Appeared in 8 games as a true first-year 
  • Finished the season with five solo tackles and one assisted stop
  • Recorded two tackles and a sack against Indiana, the first of his collegiate career (11/2)

High School: 

  • Three-star prospect verbally committed to Northwestern on April 17, 2018
  • 23rd-ranked player in Kansas (247sports)
  • Earned Kansas Class 5 First-Team All-State honors as a senior
  • Named All-Suburban White League  Defensive Player of the Year, First-Team All-District, First-Team All-Conference and Academic All-State
  • Nominee for the Buch Buchanan Memorial Award, presented annually to the most outstanding lineman or linebacker in the big class (Missouri classes 5-6 and Kansas Classes 5A-6A) category
  • Chose Northwestern over offers from Air Force, Army, Navy and Washington State.

Pronunciation: add-E-TOMMY-wah add-E-BAR-eh

2022

defensive
TFL QB HUR TOT TD PD SACKS SOLO
9.0 3.0 38.0 0.0 1.0 5.0 27.0

2021

defensive
TFL QB HUR TOT TD PD SACKS SOLO
8.5 12.0 36.0 0.0 3.0 4.5 25.0

2020

defensive
TFL QB HUR TOT TD PD SACKS SOLO
6.0 7.0 17.0 0.0 2.0 2.0 11.0

Physical Attributes:

Proj Rd: 2
Height: 6015
Weight: 282
Forty: 4.49
Arm: 33 7/8
Hand: 10 1/2
Wingspan: 81 5/8

Pro Day Results:

Cone: 7.13
Bench: --
Shuttle: 4.26
10: --
20: --
40: --
BJ: --
VJ: --

Combine Results:

Cone: --
Bench: 27.0
Shuttle: --
10: 1.55
20: 2.62
40: 4.49
BJ: 10'05"
VJ: 37 1/2