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Jersey Number 8
Seydou Traore
- Position:
- TE
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 235
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- London, England
- High School/Previous School:
- Clearwater Academy International (Arkansas State)
Career Honors
SEC Graduate
2026 East-West Shrine Bowl
2025 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
2025 Panini Senior Bowl Top 300 Watch List
2025 Shrine Bowl 1000
2025 NFF Hampshire Honor Society
2024 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
2024 Phil Steele Preseason All-SEC (Fourth Team)
2023-24ย First Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
2022 Honorable Mention All-American
2022 All-Sun Belt (First Team)
Career Notes
Concluded his college career having played in 48 career games with 37 career starts โฆ Ended his collegiate career with 131 receptions, 1,482 yards and 10 touchdowns โฆ In two seasons at Arkansas State, he had 62 catches for 752 yards and four touchdowns โฆ Had to sit out the 2023 season due to NCAA transfer rules.
2025 (Redshirt Senior Season)
Played in all 13 games with 12 starts โฆ Totalled 35 receptions for 369 yards and five touchdowns โฆ Scored the first touchdown of the season for Mississippi State on 57-yard reception from Blake Shapen โฆ at Southern Miss (8/30): Caught his 100th career pass โฆ Had his longest career reception on his 55-yard long TD reception ... Texas (10/25): Has caught a pass in five straight games ... Tied his career best single-season touchdown with his fourth ... at Missouri (11/15): Set his single-season career high in touchdown receptions with five ... Caught his 10th career touchdown pass ... Ole Miss (11/28): Finished the season catching 3+ passes in the final 5 games and 7 games in total.
2024 (Redshirt Junior Season)
Played in 12 games with 12 starts โฆ Caught 34 passes for 361 yards and one touchdown โฆ Averaged 2.8 receptions per game, 10.6 yards per reception and 30.1 yards per game โฆ Had 4+ receptions in four games โฆ Season-high 77 yards vs. Arkansas โฆ Eastern Kentucky (8/31): Made his Mississippi State debut with his first start at State โฆ Recovered three MSU fumbles โฆ Played in his first football game since 2022 ... at Arizona State (9/7): Caught his first three passes at Mississippi State for 33 yards combined ... Toledo (9/14): Hauled in five catches for 40 yards ... Set a season-high in receptions ... This was his seventh career 5+ reception game โฆ Florida (9/21): Hauled in four receptions for 48 yards ... Set season-highs in longest reception (25 yards) and receiving yards (48) ...ย at Texas (9/28): Caught one pass for 14 yards ...ย at Georgia (10/12): Had five grabs for 51 yards โฆ Recorded season-highs in receptions and receiving yards ...ย Texas A&M (10/19): Recorded three receptions for 38 yards ...ย Arkansas (10/26): Caught five passes for 77 yards ... Recorded season-highs in receptions (5), receiving yards (77), and longest reception (32 yards) ... Third straight game with 3+ receptions ...ย UMass (10/2): Caught two passes for 26 yards and a touchdown ... Caught his first touchdown as a Bulldog ...ย at Tennessee (11/9): Caught one pass for three yards ...ย Missouri (11/23): Caught three passes for 17 yards โฆ at Ole Miss (11/29): Caught two passes for 14 yards โฆ Had a long reception of nine yards.
2023 (Junior Season)
Sat at out due to NCAA transfer rules โฆ Spent the spring of 2023 at Colorado before deciding to transfer to Mississippi State ahead of the 2023 season ... Earned a redshirt.
2022 (Sophomore Season โ Arkansas State)
Arkansas State Athletics Directorโs Honor Roll member โฆ Started in 11 of the 12 games he saw action at tight end โฆ Led the team with 655 receiving yards and four touchdowns โฆ Led Sun Belt tight ends in receptions and yards and was second for touchdowns โฆ Ranked fifth in the NCAA amongst tight ends in receiving yards โฆ Pulled in his first 100-yard receiving game with 120 yards at Memphis โฆ He was the first A-State tight end with 100-yard receiving game since 2016 โฆ Had a career-long catch of 51 yards against Memphis โฆ Recorded a career-high eight receptions against South Alabama โฆ Had seven games with at least four catches โฆ Led the team in receptions three times โฆ Had eight catches of at least 20 yards โฆ Entered the transfer portal and transferred to Colorado.
2021 (True Freshman Season โ Arkansas State)
Mid-year signee who participated in A-Stateโs 2021 spring camp ... Arkansas State Athletics Directorโs Honor Roll member โฆ Appeared in 11 games โฆ Pulled in 97 yards on 12 catches โฆ Recorded season-highs of 32 then 33 yards in the final two games of the season โฆ Ten of his 12 catches came in the final three games of the season.
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High School
Prepped at Clearwater Academy International โฆ Ranked as a three-star prospect ...ย 247 Sports listed him as the No. 153 wide receiver in the class and No. 106 player from Florida ... Played one season at Clearwater Academy International in Clearwater, Fla. ... Had not played 11-man football prior to his one season at Clearwater ... Came to the United States in hopes of earning a Division-I scholarship ... Finished his one season at Clearwater with 26 receptions for 433 yards and 3 touchdowns ... Former standout goalie in London โฆ 3-star recruit by 247Sports โฆ Also recruited by schools such as Florida State, Iowa State and Memphis.
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Personal
Born Aug. 12 ... Son of Zaiaย Merabet ...ย Nickname is Ziko ... Came to America in hopes to earn a Division I football scholarship, never having competed in 11-man football โฆ Spent one season in the United States โฆ Graduated in 2024 with a degree in interdisciplinary studies.
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SEC Graduate
2026 East-West Shrine Bowl
2025 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
2025 Panini Senior Bowl Top 300 Watch List
2025 Shrine Bowl 1000
2025 NFF Hampshire Honor Society
2024 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
2024 Phil Steele Preseason All-SEC (Fourth Team)
2023-24ย First Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
2022 Honorable Mention All-American
2022 All-Sun Belt (First Team)
Career Notes
Concluded his college career having played in 48 career games with 37 career starts โฆ Ended his collegiate career with 131 receptions, 1,482 yards and 10 touchdowns โฆ In two seasons at Arkansas State, he had 62 catches for 752 yards and four touchdowns โฆ Had to sit out the 2023 season due to NCAA transfer rules.
2025 (Redshirt Senior Season)
Played in all 13 games with 12 starts โฆ Totalled 35 receptions for 369 yards and five touchdowns โฆ Scored the first touchdown of the season for Mississippi State on 57-yard reception from Blake Shapen โฆ at Southern Miss (8/30): Caught his 100th career pass โฆ Had his longest career reception on his 55-yard long TD reception ... Texas (10/25): Has caught a pass in five straight games ... Tied his career best single-season touchdown with his fourth ... at Missouri (11/15): Set his single-season career high in touchdown receptions with five ... Caught his 10th career touchdown pass ... Ole Miss (11/28): Finished the season catching 3+ passes in the final 5 games and 7 games in total.
2024 (Redshirt Junior Season)
Played in 12 games with 12 starts โฆ Caught 34 passes for 361 yards and one touchdown โฆ Averaged 2.8 receptions per game, 10.6 yards per reception and 30.1 yards per game โฆ Had 4+ receptions in four games โฆ Season-high 77 yards vs. Arkansas โฆ Eastern Kentucky (8/31): Made his Mississippi State debut with his first start at State โฆ Recovered three MSU fumbles โฆ Played in his first football game since 2022 ... at Arizona State (9/7): Caught his first three passes at Mississippi State for 33 yards combined ... Toledo (9/14): Hauled in five catches for 40 yards ... Set a season-high in receptions ... This was his seventh career 5+ reception game โฆ Florida (9/21): Hauled in four receptions for 48 yards ... Set season-highs in longest reception (25 yards) and receiving yards (48) ...ย at Texas (9/28): Caught one pass for 14 yards ...ย at Georgia (10/12): Had five grabs for 51 yards โฆ Recorded season-highs in receptions and receiving yards ...ย Texas A&M (10/19): Recorded three receptions for 38 yards ...ย Arkansas (10/26): Caught five passes for 77 yards ... Recorded season-highs in receptions (5), receiving yards (77), and longest reception (32 yards) ... Third straight game with 3+ receptions ...ย UMass (10/2): Caught two passes for 26 yards and a touchdown ... Caught his first touchdown as a Bulldog ...ย at Tennessee (11/9): Caught one pass for three yards ...ย Missouri (11/23): Caught three passes for 17 yards โฆ at Ole Miss (11/29): Caught two passes for 14 yards โฆ Had a long reception of nine yards.
2023 (Junior Season)
Sat at out due to NCAA transfer rules โฆ Spent the spring of 2023 at Colorado before deciding to transfer to Mississippi State ahead of the 2023 season ... Earned a redshirt.
2022 (Sophomore Season โ Arkansas State)
Arkansas State Athletics Directorโs Honor Roll member โฆ Started in 11 of the 12 games he saw action at tight end โฆ Led the team with 655 receiving yards and four touchdowns โฆ Led Sun Belt tight ends in receptions and yards and was second for touchdowns โฆ Ranked fifth in the NCAA amongst tight ends in receiving yards โฆ Pulled in his first 100-yard receiving game with 120 yards at Memphis โฆ He was the first A-State tight end with 100-yard receiving game since 2016 โฆ Had a career-long catch of 51 yards against Memphis โฆ Recorded a career-high eight receptions against South Alabama โฆ Had seven games with at least four catches โฆ Led the team in receptions three times โฆ Had eight catches of at least 20 yards โฆ Entered the transfer portal and transferred to Colorado.
2021 (True Freshman Season โ Arkansas State)
Mid-year signee who participated in A-Stateโs 2021 spring camp ... Arkansas State Athletics Directorโs Honor Roll member โฆ Appeared in 11 games โฆ Pulled in 97 yards on 12 catches โฆ Recorded season-highs of 32 then 33 yards in the final two games of the season โฆ Ten of his 12 catches came in the final three games of the season.
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High School
Prepped at Clearwater Academy International โฆ Ranked as a three-star prospect ...ย 247 Sports listed him as the No. 153 wide receiver in the class and No. 106 player from Florida ... Played one season at Clearwater Academy International in Clearwater, Fla. ... Had not played 11-man football prior to his one season at Clearwater ... Came to the United States in hopes of earning a Division-I scholarship ... Finished his one season at Clearwater with 26 receptions for 433 yards and 3 touchdowns ... Former standout goalie in London โฆ 3-star recruit by 247Sports โฆ Also recruited by schools such as Florida State, Iowa State and Memphis.
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Personal
Born Aug. 12 ... Son of Zaiaย Merabet ...ย Nickname is Ziko ... Came to America in hopes to earn a Division I football scholarship, never having competed in 11-man football โฆ Spent one season in the United States โฆ Graduated in 2024 with a degree in interdisciplinary studies.
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Career-Highs
Receptions: 8, vs. South Alabama (10/29/2022) *
Receiving Yards: 120, at Memphis (9/17/2022) *
Receiving Touchdowns:ย 1, 10x, last at Missouri (11/15/2025)
Longest Reception: 57 yards, at Southern Miss (08/30/2025)
*Career-high set at Arkansas State
Receptions: 8, vs. South Alabama (10/29/2022) *
Receiving Yards: 120, at Memphis (9/17/2022) *
Receiving Touchdowns:ย 1, 10x, last at Missouri (11/15/2025)
Longest Reception: 57 yards, at Southern Miss (08/30/2025)
*Career-high set at Arkansas State
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