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Defensive end Victor Adeyanju closed his Indiana career by starting 43 straight games. He recorded 47 tackles (12 for loss and 6.5 sacks). He had a season-high 12 tackles (seven solo, five assists) in the season finale against Purdue. Adeyanju also had a career-high three tackles for loss at Iowa and two sacks against Kentucky.
Adeyanju was one of six Hoosiers to start all 11 games on the defensive side of the ball in 2004. Adeyanju finished fifth on the team with 40 tackles and had a season-high six in IU's home win over then-No. 23 Minnesota. He was second on the team with 9.5 tackles for loss, including two for 17 yards against Purdue. He also registered a sack and a pair of tackles as the Hoosiers defeated then-No. 24 Oregon on the road. The defensive end scored his first career touchdown on a fumble recovery, to go along with three tackles at Kentucky. He posted a season-high 81 snaps on defensive side of the ball against the Wildcats. Adeyanju posted one sack against Illinois and Penn State.
One of five players to start all 12 games on defense in 2003. Adeyanju finished with 31 tackles (24 solo, seven assisted), including five for a loss of 13 yards. He had five solo stops in the 33-3 win over Indiana State.
He played in all 12 games in 2002, making his way into the starting lineup in the third game of the season against Kentucky after Derek Barnett suffered a season-ending injury. Adeyanju held onto that starting spot at left defensive end for the remainder of the year.
The Chicago, Ill., native saw his snap count increase with each game, totaling 676 snaps of game action on the year. He played in just five snaps in the 2002 opener against William & Mary and closed out the season with 93 snaps at Purdue. On four different occasions, Adeyanju tallied 70 or more snaps in a contest.
He registered 22 solo tackles and 33 total tackles in 2002. Of those 33 tackles, 4.5 came in the backfield, totaling a loss of 17 yards. He also registered a pair of sacks for a loss of 12 yards. Adeyanju totaled four or more tackles in four of his last five games to close out the 2002 season.
He twice recorded his career-high of six tackles in a game, first at Illinois and then against Michigan State. Five of those six tackles against the Spartans were solo tackles. He tallied five total tackles against Penn State with 1.5 of those stops coming in the backfield for a loss of 10 yards, highlighted by a sack that sent the Nittany Lions nine yards backwards.
Adeyanju spent his freshman year at Indiana as a redshirt after coming to Bloomington from Currie High School. At Currie, he suffered a broken leg in his senior campaign and despite playing in just five games, registered 45 tackles, 17 for loss and 10 sacks. He also played basketball at Currie.
The computer science major spent much of his childhood living in Nigeria. The son of Joseph and Deborah Adeyanju was born February 11, 1983. He has five siblings.
