Education
He attended Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University. In his senior season, he finished with five touchdowns on offense and six interceptions on defense.
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Career
Ojo played high school football at Florida State University School (Florida High), where he played as both a receiver and safety. Starting in 2008, Ojo played college football for the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical Rattlers as a safety. After suffering a broken ankle in his first game with the Rattlers, Ojo received redshirt status and did not play for the rest of the 2008 season.
He started at the free safety position for the first time in 2009.
He was named to the All Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference first team in 2011. In the second game of 2012, he received a metatarsophalangeal joint sprain, also known as turf toe, which ended his season.
He was again able to obtain redshirt status, preserving his final year of eligibility. Ojo played his last year with the Rattlers in 2013 as a sixth-year senior.
He finished his college career with at least 131 tackles, seven interceptions, and six pass break ups.
Ojo was eligible for the 2014 NFL Draft, but went undrafted. He was invited to try out for the Seattle Seahawks in May 2014, but was not signed to the team Ojo was signed by the Edmonton Eskimos to their practice squad on October 9 and was released a month later.
Ojo was signed by the Edmonton Eskimos on April 29, 2015 as a defensive back.
On June 21, Ojo was dropped from the active roster and added to the practice squad among the final round of roster changes in the preseason. He was moved back to the active roster on June 26, and made his Canadian Football League debut in the season opener against the Toronto Argonauts on June 27, 2015, where he recorded 2 tackles and recovered a fumble.
In the Eskimos" home opener against the Ottawa Redblacks, Ojo caught an interception and returned it 57 yards for a touchdown, adding four tackles.
