#57 Jayson Ademilola 2021-22 Football Roster

HONORS AND AWARDS

• 2021 Phil Steele All-Independent First Team

GRADUATE SEASON (2022)

• Played in 11 of 13 games in his final season, making 10 starts as a defensive tackle. Finished 13th on the team with 29 total tackles, with nine solo. He added five tackles for loss and three sacks. Finished the season with four quarterback hurries.
• OHIO STATE (9/3): Finished with a tackle in the first game of the season.
• MARSHALL (9/10): Finished with two tackles, one TFL. Stopped Marshall behind the line with five minutes left in the third quarter, forcing a field goal to keep the Irish within a touchdown
• CALIFORNIA (9/17): Finished with a career-high 1.5 sacks for 12 yards lost. Tallied four tackles. Combined with Isaiah Foskey for a fourth-quarter sack to force a Cal punt to give the ball back to the offense with 2:44 remaining
• NORTH CAROLINA (9/24): Finished with one tackle, and a half tackle for a one-yard loss in the win. Added his second quarterback hurry of the season
• BYU (10/8): Finished with three tackles. Added a half sack with Jack Kiser that led to a safety in the second quarter. Came up with a big stop on fourth down with less than four minutes to go in Notre Dame territory.
• STANFORD (10/15): Recorded two assisted tackles.
• NAVY (11/12): Finished with a career-best six tackles.
• USC (11/26): Finished with five tackles, three solo. Added two tackles for loss and a half sack against the Trojans.

SENIOR SEASON (2021)

• Played and started in all 13 games for the Irish this season; A featured defender along the Notre Dame front, finished with the fifth most stops, 49 total tackles and 29 solo; Registered the second-most TFLs on Notre Dame with 8.0 (-31 yards), including the team’s third-highest sack total of 3.5; Created a forced fumble, the first of his career, against Wisconsin
• FLORIDA STATE (9/5): Made five total tackles, two solo, and earned 0.5 sacks in the season-opening win
• TOLEDO (9/11): Earned five tackles, three solo, including a tackle for loss in the home-opening victory
• PURDUE (9/18): Made four tackles enroute to a 27-13 win over the Boilermakers
• WISCONSIN (9/25): Created his first career forced fumble in the win over the Badgers;   Set a career-high with 2.0 tackles-for-loss, 1.0 sack, and tied a career-high with five tackles
• VIRGINIA TECH (10/9): Set a new career high with six tackles in the win over the Hokies
• SOUTHERN CAL (10/23): Tied a career-high with 1.0 sacks against the Trojans to go with two tackles
• NAVY (11/6): Made four solo tackles and registered a TFL for the third consecutive game
• STANFORD (11/27): Made five tackles, four solo, including his third full sack of the season in the regular season finale
• OKLAHOMA STATE – Fiesta Bowl (1/1): Finished the postseason game with five tackles, four solo, against the Cowboys

JUNIOR SEASON (2020)

• Played in eight games for the Irish this season, making his first two career starts against Florida State and Louisville; Finished the 2020 season with 11 tackles, four solo, 1.5 TFLs and 0.5 sacks
• DUKE (9/12): Totaled two QB hurries in the season-opening win
• FLORIDA STATE (10/10): Made his first-career start and posted a tackle in the win over the Seminoles
• LOUISVILLE (10/17): Started for the second-consecutive game at defensive line in the 12-7 win vs the Cardinals
• PITT (10/24): Posted a tackle in the 45-3 win
• GEORGIA TECH (10/31): Made one tackle in the 31-13 road win
• CLEMSON (11/7): Made a tackle in the 47-40 2OT win over the then-No. 1 Tigers
• CLEMSON – ACC Championship (12/19): Posted two solo tackles in the ACC title game
• ALABAMA – Rose Bowl (1/1): Matched a career high with five tackles; Registered 0.5 sacks and 1.5 TFL (loss of 12 yards) in the CFP Semifinal at the Rose Bowl Game

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2019)

• Saw the field in 11 games on the year, making 25 total tackles to go along with 4.0 tackles for loss, two QB hurries and a pass break-up
• LOUISVILLE (9/2): Made two total tackles, one solo, and recorded a tackle for loss against the Cardinals
• NEW MEXICO (9/14): Made four stops, two solo, and registered a tackle for loss in the second consecutive game
• GEORGIA (9/21): Earned two tackles on the road against the Bulldogs
• DUKE (11/9): Made a season-high five tackles against the Blue Devils in victory
• NAVY (11/16): Collected three tackles, two solo, in the win over the Midshipmen
• Earned 0.5 TFLs against both Bowling Green (10/5) and Virginia Tech (11/2)
• Recorded at least one tackle against Virginia (9/28), Southern Cal (10/12), Michigan (10/26) and at the Camping World Bowl against Iowa State (12/28)

FRESHMAN SEASON (2018)

• Played in 11 of 12 games as a rookie; Made 17 total tackles with 0.5 tackles for loss
• MICHIGAN (9/1): Made his first career solo tackle in the season-opening win over the Wolverines
• WAKE FOREST (9/22): Recorded his first multi-tackle performance with four, one solo, in a win against the Demon Deacons
• FLORIDA STATE (11/10): Set a personal best with three solo tackles against the Seminoles
• SYRACUSE (11/17): Matched a career high with four tackles, two solo, and earned 0.5 TFLs against the Orange at Yankee Stadium
• CLEMSON – Cotton Bowl (1/1): Registered two tackles and his first career 0.5 sack in the CFP semifinal against the Tigers

PREP AND PERSONAL 

• Selected to participate in the 2018 U.S. Army All-American Bowl in San Antonio, Texas
• Selected to participate in Nike’s 2017 “The Opening” in Beaverton, Oregon
• Led St. Peter’s Prep to a 9-3 record and 2017 New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Non-Public Group 4 state championship game
• High school teammate of fellow signees Justin Ademilola and Shayne Simon
• Named 2017 NJ.com First Team All-Non Public School
• Tallied 142 tackles, 39.5 tackles for loss and 19.5 sacks over his junior and senior seasons at St. Peter’s Prep
• 2017 North Jersey Super Football Conference First Team
• 2017 NJ.com First Team All-State
• 2017 Hudson Reporter First Team All-Area
• 2017 News12 First Team All-New Jersey
• No. 159-ranked overall player nationally, No. 14 defensive tackle nationally and No. 5 player from New Jersey by 247Sports.com
• No. 284-ranked overall player nationally, No. 20 defensive tackle nationally and No. 6 player from New Jersey by ESPN.com
• No. 219-ranked overall player nationally, No. 13 defensive tackle nationally and No. 5 player from New Jersey by Rivals.com
• Led St. Peter’s Prep to a 8-4 record and 2016 New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Non-Public Group 4 state championship game
• Three-star member of the PrepStar Top 300 Dream Team, ranked as the No. 267 player in the class of 2018 and the No. 23 defensive tackle
• Played for coach Rich Hansen at St. Peter’s Prep