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2024 Football Roster

Illinois Fighting Illini

22 Petey Olaleye

  • Position RB
  • Class Redshirt Freshman
  • Height 5-7
  • Weight 205
  • Major Interdisciplinary Health Sciences
  • Hometown Frankfort, Ill.
  • High School Lincoln-Way East
  • Instagram pt.xxiii
  • Twitter OlaleyePetey

Biography

Pronunciation: OH-luh-lay

2024 Redshirt Freshman

  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • Did not play in a game
  • Walked on to the Illini for spring practices

High School

  • Played for head coach Rob Zvonar at Lincoln-Way East
  • Two-year letterwinner
  • Team captain as a senior in 2022
  • Helped Lincoln-Way East to a runner-up finish in the 2022 IHSA Class 8A state playoffs 
  • 2022 All-Southwest Suburban Blue Conference
  • 2022 Academic All-State
  • High Honor Roll from 2020-23

Personal

  • Born February 28, 2005
  • Given name is Adeola Olaleye
  • Nickname is Petey
  • Son of Babatunde and Carolina Olaleye
  • Two older brothers, Debo and Deji
  • Majoring in interdisciplinary health sciences

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