GoldandBlack.com's Purdue Rose Bowl Reflections: Akin Ayodele

Our August 18, 2025, edition of Chariot Auto Group 2001 Rose Bowl recollections features former Purdue defensive end Akin Ayodele. A charter member of Purdue's Den of Defensive Ends, Ayodele was a junior on the 2000 Big Ten champs and was a second team All-Big Ten selection making the first team the following year. The Irving,Texas native ranks tied for fourth in Purdue annals in career sacks (29 with Jeff Zgonina) and sixth with 54 tackles for loss. He was a third-round pick (89th overall) of the Jacksonville Jaquars. He enjoyed a nine year NFL career, which included stops in Dallas, Miami and Buffalo and now lives and works in South Florida.   Become a member of the biggest community of Purdue fans on the Internet Bookmark our homepage: http://goldandblack.com/  $1 for the first week.Sign up for our FREE newsletter and breaking news alerts https://www.on3.com/teams/purdue-boilermakers/newsletter/join/  And don’t forget to like and subscribe, and of course, you can leave a positive review and check out our content for our Gold and Black Radio listeners.  Use promo code "PU1" at checkout when purchasing a monthly subscription to GoldandBlack.com to get two months for $1! SUBSCRIBE to The GoldandBlack.com on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify and enable alerts - new highlights and videos are uploaded regularly.  Follow us on X(Twitter): https://twitter.com/GoldandBlackcom Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/goldandblackcom#Purdue, #Boilermakers #Purduebasketball #PurduefootballLEAVE US A 5-star rating and review. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.