Elic Ayomanor
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| No. 5 – Tennessee Titans | |||||||||
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| Position | Wide receiver | ||||||||
| Roster status | Active | ||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||
| Born | June 3, 2003 Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada | ||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
| Weight | 206 lb (93 kg) | ||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||
| High school | Deerfield Academy (Deerfield, Massachusetts, U.S.) | ||||||||
| College | Stanford (2022–2024) | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 2025: 4th round, 136th overall pick | ||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||
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| Career NFL statistics as of Week 8, 2025 | |||||||||
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Elic Ayomanor (EL-lick EYE-yo-MAN-oor; born June 3, 2003) is a Canadian professional football wide receiver for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Stanford Cardinal and was selected by the Titans in the fourth round of the 2025 NFL draft. He won the 2023 Jon Cornish Trophy as the top Canadian player in the NCAA and holds the Stanford record for receiving yards in a game.
Early life
[edit | edit source]Ayomanor was born in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada, and has family roots in Kincaid, Saskatchewan.[1] He played for Peddie School in New Jersey for one year. He then finished his last two years of high school at Deerfield Academy in Deerfield, Massachusetts.[1][2] He was a star track athlete in high school, setting league records in the 100 (10.76) and 200 meters (21.66).[3] He also excelled in football for Deerfield and was rated as a top 10 recruit in Massachusetts.[1] He had scholarship offers from Stanford, Notre Dame, California, Tennessee, and Ole Miss.[2][4] He is of Nigerian and Liberian descent.[5]
College career
[edit | edit source]Ayomanor enrolled at Stanford University in 2022. He did not appear in any games as a freshman due to injury.[1]
Against Colorado on October 13, 2023, Ayomanor caught 13 passes for a school-record 294 receiving yards. He led Stanford to a comeback victory after trailing, 29–0, tallying three touchdown receptions, including an overtime catch in which he pulled the ball over the helmet of Colorado's Travis Hunter.[6][7][8]
College statistics
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| Season | GP | Receiving | |||||||||||||||
| Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | |||||||||||||
| 2022 | Redshirt Redshirt | ||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | 12 | 62 | 1,013 | 16.3 | 97 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 2024 | 12 | 63 | 831 | 13.2 | 60 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Career | 24 | 125 | 1,844 | 14.8 | 97 | 12 | |||||||||||
Professional career
[edit | edit source]On December 21, 2024, Ayomanor declared for the 2025 NFL draft.[9][10]
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |||
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| 6 ft 1+3⁄4 in (1.87 m) |
206 lb (93 kg) |
32+3⁄8 in (0.82 m) |
10 in (0.25 m) |
4.44 s | 1.58 s | 2.59 s | 38.5 in (0.98 m) |
10 ft 7 in (3.23 m) |
15 reps | |||
| All values from NFL Combine/Pro Day[11][12][13] | ||||||||||||
In April 2025, Ayomanor was ranked as the #1 prospect ahead of the 2025 CFL draft.[14] He was drafted in the fourth round (136th overall) by the Tennessee Titans at the 2025 NFL draft and went undrafted in the 2025 CFL draft.[15] Ayomanor was named as a starting wide receiver to start the 2025 season, alongside veterans Calvin Ridley and Tyler Lockett.[16] In Week 2 against the Los Angeles Rams, Ayomanor recorded his first career touchdown on a nine-yard reception from Cam Ward.[17]
NFL career statistics
[edit | edit source]| Year | Team | Games | Receiving | Fumbles | ||||||||
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| GP | GS | Tgt | Rec | Yds | Avg | Y/G | Lng | TD | Fum | Lost | ||
| 2025 | Tennessee Titans | 8 | 7 | 47 | 23 | 277 | 12.0 | 34.6 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 8 | 7 | 47 | 23 | 277 | 12.0 | 34.6 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
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External links
[edit | edit source]- 2000s births
- Living people
- Players of American football from Alberta
- Sportspeople from Medicine Hat
- American football wide receivers
- Canadian people of Nigerian descent
- Canadian people of Liberian descent
- Deerfield Academy alumni
- Stanford Cardinal football players
- Jon Cornish Trophy winners
- Tennessee Titans players