32 - Omar Omilabu
Height: 6-2
Weight: 240
Year: JR
Hometown: Martinez, CA
High School: Alhambra HS
College: Laney College
Position: DL
Experience: JC
Bio
Expected to challenge Nick Leyden for the starting nod at defensive end in his first season at Cal Poly.
Community College -- Played two seasons at Laney College, enrolled at Cal Poly in the spring quarter and participated in spring drills ... as a sophomore at Laney, recorded 56 tackles (37 solo), including 6.0 sacks and 12.0 tackles for lost yardage while forcing two fumbles ... also notched a quarterback hurry and blocked one kick en route to the Elton Reeder Eagle Award ... Laney was 2-8 last fall ... Omilabu earned 25 total tackles (18 solo), including a sack and 6.0 tackles for lost yardage, in freshman season ... Laney was 5-5 in 2010 ... visited Texas State and New Mexico before choosing Cal Poly.
High School -- A 2010 graduate of Alhambra High School in Martinez, where he earned first-team All-Diablo Foothill Athletic League honors as both an offensive and defensive lineman ... also a second-team All-East Bay selection by the San Francisco Chronicle ... invoted to play in East Bay vs. Sacramento Holiday Classic and Contra Costa County vs. Alameda County All-Star Game ... under head coach Dave Silveira, earned 72 tackles, 14 sacks, five pass breakups and forced three fumbles to lead the Bulldogs to an 11-2 record, Diablo Foothill Athletic League title and a berth in the semifinal round of the CIF-North Coast Section Division III playoffs ... a second-team All-East Bay selection as an offensive lineman ... also lettered in varsity basketball and in track and field as a freshman and sophomore.
Personal -- Son of Michael Obilabu and Dionne Laffoon-Omilabu ... father is a magician ... one brother, Lateef, and one sister, Dana ... hobbies include hiking and other outdoor activities ... born January 4, 1992, in Oakland, Calif. ... kinesiology major.
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