2025 Football Roster
Jersey Number 36
Tomiwa Durojaiye
- Position:
- DL
- Class:
- Junior
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 300
- Major:
- Communication
- Hometown:
- Philadelphia, Pa.
- High School:
- Middletown (Del.)
- Prev School:
- Florida State
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Pronunciation: Toe-me-wah durr-oh-jy-yay
2025 Junior
- All-Big Ten Honorable Mention (coach and media)
- 11 games played with eight starts
- 16 total tackles (10 solo), 4.5 tackles for loss, 2.0 sacks, one forced fumble, three quarterback hurries, and one pass breakup
- Second on the team with 4.5 tackles for loss, and tied for second with 2.0 sacks in the regular season
- Four tackles (three solo) with 2.0 tackles for loss, including a solo sack at Wisconsin (11/22/25)
- Season-best two quarterback hurries, with one assisted tackle in win a Duke (9/6/25)
- Season-high Four solo tackles and 1.0 sack in Illini debut in Week 1 victory vs. Western Illinois (8/29/25)
- Transferred to Illinois with two seasons of eligibility
2024 Sophomore (Florida State)
- Played in four games
- Three tackles, 1.0 tackle for loss, and 1.0 sack on the season
2023 Redshirt Freshman (West Virginia)
- Played in all 13 games
- 23 tackles, 6.0 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks, and one quarterback hurry on the season
- Second on the team in sacks (3.5)
- Career-high five tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, and 0.5 sack in win at TCU
2022 Freshman (Kentucky)
- Played in three games and redshirted the season
- Dean’s List (Fall 2022)
High School
- Three-star recruit by 247Sports and Rivals
- No. 42 strongside defensive end in the nation by Rivals
- Named the top recruit in the state of Delaware by Rivals
- Played for head coach Zach Blum at Middletown (Del.)
- Two-time All-State First Team
- 2021 Delaware 3A Defensive Player of the Year by the Delaware Interscholastic Football Coaches Association
- Helped Middletown to the 2021 DIAA Class 3A state championship and 2020 state runner-up finish
- 58 tackles, 25.5 tackles for loss, 10.0 sacks, two forced fumbles, and two pass breakups as a senior
- 45 tackles, 19.5 tackles for loss, and 8.5 sacks as a junior
- Honor Roll as a senior
- Offers included Michigan, South Carolina, Arkansas, and Missouri
Personal
- Son of Theresa and Bayo Durojaiye
- Father, Bayo, is from Nigeria
- Born in Philadelphia
- Three siblings
- Majoring in communication
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