Seun Omonije

I remember coming in, my first year counselor literally said to my face, ‘There’s no way you can do that, you’re gonna have to drop your computer science major, there’s no way you can do both [football and computer science].’ Now here I am doing it and working for Google. That’s the mentality that you got to have, you know, you just got to want to be resilient and persevere through it.

MASTERMIND OFF THE FIELD

When the Ivy League decided to cancel all fall sports seasons, Seun Omonije ’18, a wide receiver for Yale’s Football squad, took his talents elsewhere – Google.,

FAMILY After competing in a game as a member of the Yale Bulldogs’ Football team, Seun Omonije convenes with sister, Sola, and brother, Fisayo ’22.

I would like to be Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, but honestly, I kind of joke around. I say, I’ll know I made it when I testify in front of Congress with my company. If I got to go to Congress and talk to them about why my app is causing destruction, I’ll know I made it. So that’s definitely something I want to do and that’s on my bucket list.

BONDING ON THE FIELD Ball in hand after hauling in a catch, Yale wide receiver Seun Omonije celebrates with his teammates. The fact that [the season] was canceled was kind of disappointing, especially because you work so hard for something and you grind, and then it’s not really what you expect, but one thing I will say is even besides that, there’s a reason why I decided to come to Yale. There’s a reason why I wanted to go to the Ivy League and that’s to have something outside of football to go to. When the season was canceled, it obviously was disappointing, and it hurt, but I also knew that I’m at this school for a reason. That’s what gives me an opportunity to take advantage of some of the other things that it has to offer, which is what I was able to do.