Elic Ayomano is a Canadian who started high school in Alberta and finished the final two years in Deerfield, Massachusetts, where he was a track and football star. He selected Stanford from his multiple scholarship offers.
He tore his ACL, MCL, and meniscus as a senior in high school, and then suffered a separate knee injury as a freshman and redshirted his first year. He wasted no time making an impact when he finally was able to play, logging a 1,000-yard season that first year as the Cardinal’s top receiver – no other player totaled more than 409 receiving yards or two scores.
His junior season wasn’t quite as effective but he still dominated the receiving stats on an otherwise mediocre Stanford team that only went 3-9 on the season and passed for just 2,295 yards while spinning through three quarterbacks. Ayomanor was again the lone bright spot. He set the school single-game record with 294 receiving yards in the double overtime victory at Colorado in 2023.
