Running back, Tennessee Tech (from Old Dominion), 2020–⁠25

Obasanjo Sanni

Number
No. 23
Height
5′9″
Weight
185 lb
Class (2025)
Senior
Hometown
Aurora, CO

Obasanjo Sanni played running back at Old Dominion (2020–⁠23) and Tennessee Tech (2024–⁠25).

Career highs

85rushing yards, career highvs. Georgia State, 2023

Team titles: Big South–OVC Football Association champions, 2024 and 2025

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2021Old Dominion6233.805
2022Old Dominion18613.4011
2023Old Dominion572484.4167
2024Tennessee Tech1617010.6154
2025Tennessee Tech231235.3245
Career1206255.2467

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2020Old Dominion23RBYr 1
2021Old Dominion23RBYr 2
2022Old Dominion23RBYr 3
2023Old Dominion23RBYr 4
2024Tennessee Tech23RBYr 5
2025Tennessee Tech23RBSr. (Yr 6)5′9″185

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsageAdj. rush
2022Old Dominion19-0.17––-3.1––
2023Old Dominion620.0927th (n=450)0.175.613%0.15
2024Tennessee Tech (FCS)170.38––6.4––
2025Tennessee Tech (FCS)260.03––0.77%–

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). Adjusted pass and rush: EPA per play adjusted for the defenses faced (CollegeFootballData’s WEPA). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2025 Tennessee Tech 6 games, 123 rushing yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 27atTennessee StateW 35–⁠8757045––
Oct 4vs.Western IllinoisW 66–⁠202916––
Oct 11atCharleston SouthernW 27–⁠13735117––
Oct 25vs.Southeast Missouri StateW 42–⁠23621012––
Nov 8atEastern IllinoisW 21–⁠9––––13
Nov 15atKentuckyL 10–⁠421101––
2024 Tennessee Tech 4 games, 170 rushing yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Aug 31atMiddle TennesseeL 25–⁠32120212
Sep 7atGeorgiaL 3–⁠4841409––
Sep 21vs.Tennessee StateW 24–⁠14675154––
Sep 28atGardner-WebbW 52–⁠21579040––
2023 Old Dominion 8 games, 248 rushing yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 2atVirginia TechL 17–⁠3649010218
Sep 9vs.LouisianaW 38–⁠31114201017
Oct 28atJames MadisonL 27–⁠30619011––
Nov 4vs.Coastal CarolinaL 24–⁠28147501816
Nov 11atLibertyL 10–⁠38101705225
Nov 18atGeorgia SouthernW 20–⁠172102––
Nov 25vs.Georgia StateW 25–⁠241085167––
Dec 18 ✦vs.Western KentuckyL 35–⁠38––––––
2022 Old Dominion 5 games, 61 rushing yards
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 2vs.Virginia TechW 20–⁠173507––
Sep 24vs.Arkansas StateW 29–⁠268180710
Oct 1vs.LibertyL 24–⁠3831108––
Oct 15atCoastal CarolinaW 49–⁠21427011––
Nov 12vs.James MadisonL 3–⁠37––––––
2021 Old Dominion 1 game, 23 rushing yards
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 11vs.HamptonW 47–⁠762305––

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

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