Chip Trayanum
American football player
DeaMonte "Chip" Larue Trayanum (born January 2, 2002) is an American professional football running back for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Toledo Rockets, Arizona State Sun Devils, Ohio State Buckeyes and the Kentucky Wildcats.
Early life
Trayanum attended Archbishop Hoban High School where he was a four-year starter and helped them win three consecutive state championships. As a junior, he played running back and linebacker, averaging 12.4 yards-per-rush and gaining 1,313 rushing yards with 26 touchdowns while also having eight sacks in his school's undefeated season.
Trayanum was named a first-team All-Ohio Division II selection for his performance. Prior to his senior season, he committed to play college football for the Arizona State Sun Devils as the first-ranked running back in Ohio, a four-star recruit, the fifth-best player in the state and the 24th-best running back nationally according to 247Sports. He missed much of his senior season due to injury.
College career
Trayanum had the options to play linebacker or running back coming out of high school and opted to play the latter at Arizona State. As a true freshman for the Sun Devils, he appeared in all four games during the COVID-19-shortened season and totaled 290 rushing yards and four touchdowns, averaging 5.9 yards-per-carry. The following season, he played nine games and ran 78 times for 402 yards with six touchdowns, averaging 5.2 yards-per-carry although his playing time decreased after two fumbles.
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