2023: Started all 13 games for the second consecutive season, totaling 74 tackles (44 solo), three tackles for a loss, a sack, a career-best two INTs, 10 passes defensed (tied career high), a forced fumble and a fumble recovery…Earned first-team All-America honors from Pro Football Focus and first-team AP All-Pac-12 recognition along with second-team All-Pac-12 honors from Phil Steele's College Football…Finished No. 2 on the team in tackles and tied for the team lead in INTs…At San Jose State (Sept. 3): Registered seven tackles (five solo) and recovered a fumble by QB Chevan Cordeiro on a sack by LB John McCartan in the fourth quarter to give the offense the ball at the OSU 46 and set up a drive that resulted in a TD and expanded the lead to 42-10…At California (Oct. 7): Posted a season-high 12 tackles, a tackle for a loss and a pass defensed…Vs. UCLA (Oct. 14): Registered five tackles (all solo) and sacked QB Dante Moore at the OSU 47 in the fourth quarter…Vs. Stanford (Nov. 11): Named the East-West Shrine Bowl Breakout Defensive Player Of The Week after posting two tackles (one solo) and a career-high two INTs. Became the first Beaver with two picks in a game since CB Treston Decoud in 2016 vs. Idaho State and the first OSU player to do so in a Pac-12 game since CB Rashaad Reynolds in 2013 at Washington State…Vs. Washington (Nov. 18): Recorded three tackles (all solo) and forced a fumble on a long run by RB Dillon Johnson that was recovered by S Akili Arnold at the OSU 5 in the second quarter…At Oregon (Nov. 24): Posted 11 tackles (seven solo) and a pass defensed…Vs. Notre Dame (Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl, Dec. 29): Led the team with 11 tackles (season-best eight solo), a tackle for a loss and a pass defensed.
2022: Started all 13 games, earning first-team All-Pac-12 honors from AP and Pro Football Focus and fourth-team All-Pac-12 recognition from Phil Steele's College Football…Finished No. 2 on the team with a career-best 80 tackles (48 solo), four tackles for a loss, 2½ sacks (No. 2 on the team), three QB hurries and six passes defensed…Registered five-plus tackles in eight contests…At Fresno State (Sept. 10): Was named the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week after recording 15 tackles (career-best 12 solo), 1½ tackles for a loss, a pass defensed and a sack when he took down QB Jake Haener for a loss of 12 yards on third-and-13 to force a punt…Vs. USC (Sept. 24): Tallied seven tackles (two solo), a tackle for a loss and a pass defensed, and with the Trojans at the OSU 34, sacked QB Caleb Williams for an 11-yard loss on third-and-12 to force a punt in the third quarter…Vs. Washington State (Oct. 15): Finished with six tackles (four solo), two passes defensed and a half-sack in the 24-10 win, the fewest points allowed by the Beavers to the Cougars since 2012…Vs. Oregon (Nov. 26): Registered a career-high 17 tackles (10 solo) and a shared tackle for a loss to earn Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week honors…Vs. Florida (SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl, Dec. 17): Posted five tackles (two solo) and a shared tackle for a loss as the Beavers held the Gators to just 39 yards on 33 carries (1.2 avg.) in the 30-3 win.
2021: Played in all 13 games with 12 starts and earned third-team All-Pac-12 honors from Pro Football Focus...Registered 69 tackles (37 solo), six tackles for a loss, a sack and a career-best 10 passes defensed…Led the team in passes defensed and ranked No. 4 on the team in tackles…Registered five-plus tackles in each of the last seven games of the season…Vs. Hawaii (Sept. 11): Recorded two tackles (both solo) and a season-best three passes defensed…At USC (Sept. 25): Registered six tackles (two solo) and a pass defensed…Vs. Utah (Oct. 23): Recorded eight tackles (three solo) and a shared tackle for a loss…At California (Oct. 30): Finished with eight tackles (four solo) and a pass defensed…At Colorado (Nov. 6): Registered six tackles (three solo) and a career-high three tackles for a loss…Vs. Stanford (Nov. 13): Finished with six tackles (four solo) and two passes defensed…At Oregon (Nov. 27): Posted a season-best nine tackles (seven solo) and a tackle for a loss…Vs. Utah State (Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl, Dec. 18): Registered six tackles (three solo) and an interception when he picked off QB Cooper Legas at the OSU 17 early in the fourth quarter.
2020: Played in all six games in the pandemic-shortened season, making one start and recording 26 tackles (16 solo), 2½ tackles for loss, two sacks, a forced fumble and a pass defensed…Led the team in sacks and finished No. 8 on the team in tackles…Vs. Washington State (Nov. 7): Posted two tackles (both solo) and on a second-and-goal at the OSU 6, sacked QB Jayden De Laura for a loss of 10 yards as the Cougars were forced to settle for a 34-yard field goal…Vs. Oregon (Nov. 27): Recorded a season-best nine tackles (six solo) and a pass defensed…Vs. Stanford (Dec. 12): Finished with six tackles (four solo) and 1½ tackles for loss, and forced a fumble on a sack of QB Davis Mills that was recovered by Stanford to force a second-and-16 in the third quarter…Vs. Arizona State (Dec. 19): Recorded five tackles (four solo).
2019: Saw action in one game as a redshirt freshman (vs. Arizona, Nov. 2).
HIGH SCHOOL: Earned first-team all-state honors at Central Catholic High School (Portland Ore.), helping the team win a state title in 2017…Earned first-team all-league recognition…Lettered two years in football, playing cornerback, running back and wide receiver…Also lettered two years in rugby.
PERSONAL: Given name Olakitan Oladapo…Name is pronounced kuh-TAWN oh-luh-DAPP-oh…Born in West Covina, Calif. …Nickname is "KT"…His brother, Kash, plays soccer at the University of Portland.
