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2025 Football Roster

Ray Soldano
Ray Soldano

55 Ky Tayo

  • Position Defensive Tackle
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 282
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown Columbia, S.C.
  • Prev School Georgia Southern
  • Highschool Spring Valley
  • Twitter kytayo

Biography

NIL OPPORTUNITIES
- Joined the Mocs in the summer of 2023
- Georgia Southern transfer with four years of eligibility

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.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 43

    2023Redshirt Freshman

    Defensive Line
    5'11" 307 lbs
    43
  • 55

    2024Redshirt Sophomore

    Defensive Tackle
    5'11" 288 lbs
    55
  • 55

    2025Redshirt Junior

    Defensive Tackle
    6'0" 282 lbs
    55