2021 Football Roster
Adebawore, Adetomiwa

Jersey Number 99
Adetomiwa Adebawore
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 265
- Position:
- DL
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Kansas City, Missouri.
- High School:
- North Kansas City
Bio
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.
Football - Western Illinois at Northwestern Postgame Press Conference
Saturday, September 06
Football - 'Cats Roll Western Illinois, 42-7 in Home Opener (9/5/25)
Saturday, September 06
Football - Week 2 Monday Press Conference (9/1/25)
Monday, September 01
Football - Northwestern at Tulane Postgame Press Conference (8/30/25)
Saturday, August 30