Former TCU offensive lineman Tayo Fabuluje was an All-Big 12 Honorable Mention and an NFL Draft pick by the Chicago Bears.
The TCU Horned Frogs are less than 100 days from kicking off the 2025 football season with a nonconference road matchup against the North Carolina Tar Heels and new head coach Bill Belichick. As we count down the days until kickoff, we’ll highlight a former (or current) Horned Frog whose jersey number represents the number of days left until the opener.
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59 – Tayo Fabuluje (Offensive Lineman – 2010-14)
Fabuluje went back and forth between BYU and TCU throughout his five-year collegiate career, but most of his success came with the Horned Frogs, as the massive tackle earned an All-Big 12 Honorable Mention in 2014 and contributed to one of the program’s most successful seasons in history. Standing 6 feet 7 inches tall and weighting as much as 360 pounds, Fabuluje anchored the left side of the offensive line, starting 24 games at TCU.
Fabuluje, who was named an AP Second-Team All-Big 12 honoree in 2014, was taken in the seventh round of the 2015 NFL Draft by the Chicago Bears. From 2017 to 2020, Fabuluje bounced around from the Arena Football League (AFL), the Alliance of American Football (AAF) and the XFL.