Paulson Adebo Season 2017

Career Accolades

• Two-time All-Pac-12 (2018-19)
• All-Pac-12 second team - Associated Press (2019)
• FWAA All-America Second Team (2018)
• Pacific Takes Pac-12 All-Freshman Team (2018)

As a Senior (2020)

• Chuck Bednarik Award watch list
• Bronko Nagurski Trophy watch list
• Jim Thorpe Award watch list
• Lott IMPACT Trophy watch list
• Preseason All-American second team (Walter Camp Football Foundation)
• Preseason All-America second team (Phil Steele)
• Preseason All-America fourth team (Athlon)
• Preseason All-Pac-12 first team (Phil Steele)
• Preseason All-Pac-12 first team (Athlon)

As a Junior (2019)

• All-Pac-12 first team (coaches)
• All-Pac-12 second team (Associated Press)
• Played in and started each of the first nine games before a season-ending injury
• Totaled 33 tackles 10 pass breakups and four interceptions
• Led Pac-12 Conference in passes defended per game and interceptions per game
  • Ranked third nationally in passes defended per game and eighth in interceptions per game
• First interception of the season, two pass breakups and five tackles vs. Northwestern
• Matched his career high with four pass breakups and added five tackles vs. No. 15 Washington
• Named Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 7 for his efforts against No. 15 Washington
• Recorded one pass breakup and one interception - his second of the season and sixth of his career - vs. UCLA
• Recorded two interceptions, his second career two-interception game, vs. Arizona
• Named Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week and Jim Thorpe Award National Player of the Week on Oct. 28 for his two-interception game against Arizona

As a Sophomore (2018)

• FWAA All-America Second Team
• All-Pac-12 first team
• Pacific Takes Pac-12 All-Freshman Team
• Played in 13 games and started 12
• No. 1 in the nation with 24 passes defended (20 breakups and four interceptions)
• Led team and finished third in the Pac-12 (16th in the nation) with four interceptions
• Third on the team with 64 tackles (44 solo), including 3.5 tackles for loss
• Eight tackles (three solo) and two pass breakups in collegiate debut vs. San Diego State (Aug. 31)
• Six tackles (all solo) and four pass breakups, including three in overtime at No. 20 Oregon (Sept. 22)
• Three solo tackles, one interception and three pass breakups in win at Arizona State (Oct. 18)
• Nine tackles (five solo) and 1.0 tackle for loss vs. Washington State (Oct. 27) 
• Four solo tackles and one interception in win at UCLA (Nov. 24)
• Three tackles (two solo), two interceptions and three pass breakups in win at Cal (Dec. 1)

As a Freshman (2017)

• Did not see action

Prior to Stanford 

• Prepped at Mansfield (Texas) under Jeff Hulme and Daniel Mayberry
• Consensus four-star recruit
• Nation’s 58th-best recruit by ESPN, 117th by 247Sports and 125th by Scout
• Nation’s seventh-best athlete by Scout, 20th by Rivals
• Nation’s ninth-best wide receiver by ESPN, 24th by PrepStar
• Nation’s 18th-best cornerback by 247Sports
• Texas’ 12th-best recruit by ESPN, 16th by 247Sports, 22nd by Scout, 30th by Rivals, 32nd by PrepStar
• 2017 Under Armour All-America
• 2016 6A Associated Press all-state honorable mention
• 2015 6A Texas Sports Writers Association all-state honorable mention
• Two-time Dallas Morning News all-area first team defense
• 53 tackles, seven pass breakups, three interceptions (one touchdown) as a senior
• 25 catches for 494 yards and two touchdowns, 14 carries for 151 yards and one score as a senior
• 75 tackles, 12 pass breakups, five interceptions (two touchdowns) as a junior
• 41 catches for 730 yards and 11 touchdowns, 11 carries for 94 yards as a junior
• Also competed in track and basketball
• Academic all-state second team

Personal

• Full name is Saiid Paulson Adebo
• Born in Farmington, Mich.
• Son of Pauline Domingo
• Has two siblings, Dell and Mouf
• Brother, Mouf, played football at Sam Houston State
• First language at home is French, the native tongue of his mother who emigrated from the West African nation of Benin
• Hails from the same area as Stepfan Taylor and Brandon Simmons