Who Is Amos Olatayo? Amos Olatayo, a former basketball player from Nigeria holding an American passport, was born on September 26, 1991, in Lagos. He spent one season playing for the LEB Plata, a team in the Viten Getafe third division of the Spanish league. He completed it while standing 1.93 meters tall in the photograph guard position.
He received his education from Alief Elsik Excessive College in Houston, Texas. Tim Martin was his coach, and he earned district honors as a junior and senior. He was recognized as one of Houston’s best players in the All-Star Game twice. As a junior and senior, he helped lead the Rams to two consecutive regional titles. As a junior, he averaged 18 factors per game and 22 factors and eight rebounds per game.
As a junior, he averaged 18 factors and eight rebounds per game, and as a senior, he averaged 22 factors and eight rebounds per game. In his final game with the Rams, he recorded 40 points and 12 rebounds. He was voted the sixth best player in Texas by TexasRoundball.com and was nominated for a McDonald’s All-American.
After graduating in 2010, he attended Stephen F. Austin College in Nacogdoches, Texas, for one season (2010-2011) before transferring to Navarro College in Waxahachie, Texas, a JUCO. He appeared in the 2011-2012 season. He spent the last two years of his career (2012-2014) at the College of Louisiana at Monroe in Monroe, Louisiana.
