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Syracuse basketball confirms Doyin Akintobi-Adeyeye as walk-on

UPDATED: Tuesday, Oct. 14, 1:28 p.m.

Doyin Akintobi-Adeyeye has joined the Syracuse men’s basketball team as a walk-on, SU Athletics confirmed Tuesday morning.

Adeyeye, a sophomore, is not on the team’s roster but is seen around the 40-second mark of this video wearing No. 34. That is the number that sophomore guard Ron Patterson wore last season. Patterson is now listed on the roster as No. 4.

Akintobi-Adeyeye attended Uniondale (New York) High School and SU Athletics confirmed his height and weight to be 6 feet, 6 inches and 235 pounds.

Asst. copy editor Matt Schneidman contributed reporting to this article.







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