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Jersey Number 55
Ky Tayo
- Position:
- Defensive Tackle
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 284
- Class:
- Fifth Year
- Hometown:
- Columbia, S.C.
- Prev School:
- Georgia Southern
- High School:
- Spring Valley
NIL OPPORTUNITIES
- Joined the Mocs in the summer of 2023
- Georgia Southern transfer with four years of eligibility
- 12 games played with nine starts...20 tackles with 1.5 for loss with a half sack...had an interception (TD), one PBU and a blocked kick.
- Had the defensive highlight of the season with a 51-yard pick 6 early in the third quarter giving his squad a lead they did not relinquish.
- High of four stops came at Memphis and in the runaway win at Samford where he blocked a kick...added 0.5 TFL on a half sack.
- 1.0 TFL as one of three stops against Western Carolina...PBU at Tarleton State.
- A.D. Honor Roll.
2024 (Sophomore)
- Played in eight games.
- Two tackles with a half sack at Tennessee.
- A.D. Honor Roll.
2023 (RS Freshman)
- Registered one game played seeing action in the win over The Citadel.
- Contributed on the scout team.
- A.D. Honor Roll.
2022 (Freshman - Georgia Southern)
- Redshirted...early enrollee in January 2022.
Prior to College
- Played for Coach Robin Bacon at Spring Valley High in Columbia, S.C.
- First team All-State selection as a senior by the South Carolina Football Coaches for the 5A group.
- Registered more than 60 tackles, including 11 for loss and eight sacks as a senior…selected for the South Carolina Shrine Bowl team…also chosen for the Touchstone Energy Cooperative’s North-South All-Star Game.
- Also played basketball and participated in track & field.
Personal
- Born October 7...full name is Kyode Asin Tayo...place of birth was Brooklyn, N.Y.
- Son of Cheveralyn Townsend...two siblings, Caryn Townsend and Cy Tayo.
- Majoring in Management.
- Joined the Mocs in the summer of 2023
- Georgia Southern transfer with four years of eligibility
2026 (Senior)
- Preseason All-SoCon second team.
- 12 games played with nine starts...20 tackles with 1.5 for loss with a half sack...had an interception (TD), one PBU and a blocked kick.
- Had the defensive highlight of the season with a 51-yard pick 6 early in the third quarter giving his squad a lead they did not relinquish.
- High of four stops came at Memphis and in the runaway win at Samford where he blocked a kick...added 0.5 TFL on a half sack.
- 1.0 TFL as one of three stops against Western Carolina...PBU at Tarleton State.
- A.D. Honor Roll.
2024 (Sophomore)
- Played in eight games.
- Two tackles with a half sack at Tennessee.
- A.D. Honor Roll.
2023 (RS Freshman)
- Registered one game played seeing action in the win over The Citadel.
- Contributed on the scout team.
- A.D. Honor Roll.
2022 (Freshman - Georgia Southern)
- Redshirted...early enrollee in January 2022.
Prior to College
- Played for Coach Robin Bacon at Spring Valley High in Columbia, S.C.
- First team All-State selection as a senior by the South Carolina Football Coaches for the 5A group.
- Registered more than 60 tackles, including 11 for loss and eight sacks as a senior…selected for the South Carolina Shrine Bowl team…also chosen for the Touchstone Energy Cooperative’s North-South All-Star Game.
- Also played basketball and participated in track & field.
Personal
- Born October 7...full name is Kyode Asin Tayo...place of birth was Brooklyn, N.Y.
- Son of Cheveralyn Townsend...two siblings, Caryn Townsend and Cy Tayo.
- Majoring in Management.
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