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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)
Bio
Career Honors
SEC Graduate
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)
2023-24Â First Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
2022 Honorable Mention All-American
2022 All-Sun Belt (First Team)
Career Notes
Played in 35 career games with 25 career starts … At Mississippi State he has played in 12 games with 12 starts ... Following the 2024 season, he has caught 96 career passes for 1,113 yards and five touchdowns … In two seasons at Arkansas State, he had 62 catches for 752 yards and four touchdowns … Had to sit out the 2023 season due to NCAA transfer rules.
2024 (Redshirt Junior Season)
Played in 12 games with 12 starts … Caught 34 passes for 361 yards and one touchdown … Averaged 2.8 receptions per game, 10.6 yards per reception and 30.1 yards per game … Had 4+ receptions in four games … Season-high 77 yards vs. Arkansas … Eastern Kentucky (8/31): Made his Mississippi State debut with his first start at State … Recovered three MSU fumbles … 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 … Florida (9/21): Hauled in four receptions for 48 yards ... Set season-highs in longest reception (25 yards) and receiving yards (48) ... at Texas (9/28): Caught one pass for 14 yards ... at Georgia (10/12): Had five grabs for 51 yards … Recorded season-highs in receptions and receiving yards ... Texas A&M (10/19): Recorded three receptions for 38 yards ... 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 ... UMass (10/2): Caught two passes for 26 yards and a touchdown ... Caught his first touchdown as a Bulldog ... at Tennessee (11/9): Caught one pass for three yards ... Missouri (11/23): Caught three passes for 17 yards … at Ole Miss (11/29): Caught two passes for 14 yards … Had a long reception of nine yards.
2023 (Junior Season)
Sat at out due to NCAA transfer rules … 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 – Arkansas State)
Arkansas State Athletics Director’s Honor Roll member … Started in 11 of the 12 games he saw action at tight end … Led the team with 655 receiving yards and four touchdowns … Led Sun Belt tight ends in receptions and yards and was second for touchdowns … Ranked fifth in the NCAA amongst tight ends in receiving yards … Pulled in his first 100-yard receiving game with 120 yards at Memphis … He was the first A-State tight end with 100-yard receiving game since 2016 … Had a career-long catch of 51 yards against Memphis … Recorded a career-high eight receptions against South Alabama … Had seven games with at least four catches … Led the team in receptions three times … Had eight catches of at least 20 yards … Entered the transfer portal and transferred to Colorado.
2021 (True Freshman Season – Arkansas State)
Mid-year signee who participated in A-State’s 2021 spring camp ... Arkansas State Athletics Director’s Honor Roll member … Appeared in 11 games … Pulled in 97 yards on 12 catches … Recorded season-highs of 32 then 33 yards in the final two games of the season … 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 … Ranked as a three-star prospect ... 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 … 3-star recruit by 247Sports … Also recruited by schools such as Florida State, Iowa State and Memphis.
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Personal
Born Aug. 12, 2002 ... Son of Zaia Merabet ... Nickname is Ziko ... Came to America in hopes to earn a Division I football scholarship, never having competed in 11-man football … Spent one season in the United States … Graduated in 2024 with a degree in interdisciplinary studies.
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Social Media
X/Twitter – @zikotraore
Instagram – ziko.traoree
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SEC Graduate
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)
2023-24Â First Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
2022 Honorable Mention All-American
2022 All-Sun Belt (First Team)
Career Notes
Played in 35 career games with 25 career starts … At Mississippi State he has played in 12 games with 12 starts ... Following the 2024 season, he has caught 96 career passes for 1,113 yards and five touchdowns … In two seasons at Arkansas State, he had 62 catches for 752 yards and four touchdowns … Had to sit out the 2023 season due to NCAA transfer rules.
2024 (Redshirt Junior Season)
Played in 12 games with 12 starts … Caught 34 passes for 361 yards and one touchdown … Averaged 2.8 receptions per game, 10.6 yards per reception and 30.1 yards per game … Had 4+ receptions in four games … Season-high 77 yards vs. Arkansas … Eastern Kentucky (8/31): Made his Mississippi State debut with his first start at State … Recovered three MSU fumbles … 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 … Florida (9/21): Hauled in four receptions for 48 yards ... Set season-highs in longest reception (25 yards) and receiving yards (48) ... at Texas (9/28): Caught one pass for 14 yards ... at Georgia (10/12): Had five grabs for 51 yards … Recorded season-highs in receptions and receiving yards ... Texas A&M (10/19): Recorded three receptions for 38 yards ... 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 ... UMass (10/2): Caught two passes for 26 yards and a touchdown ... Caught his first touchdown as a Bulldog ... at Tennessee (11/9): Caught one pass for three yards ... Missouri (11/23): Caught three passes for 17 yards … at Ole Miss (11/29): Caught two passes for 14 yards … Had a long reception of nine yards.
2023 (Junior Season)
Sat at out due to NCAA transfer rules … 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 – Arkansas State)
Arkansas State Athletics Director’s Honor Roll member … Started in 11 of the 12 games he saw action at tight end … Led the team with 655 receiving yards and four touchdowns … Led Sun Belt tight ends in receptions and yards and was second for touchdowns … Ranked fifth in the NCAA amongst tight ends in receiving yards … Pulled in his first 100-yard receiving game with 120 yards at Memphis … He was the first A-State tight end with 100-yard receiving game since 2016 … Had a career-long catch of 51 yards against Memphis … Recorded a career-high eight receptions against South Alabama … Had seven games with at least four catches … Led the team in receptions three times … Had eight catches of at least 20 yards … Entered the transfer portal and transferred to Colorado.
2021 (True Freshman Season – Arkansas State)
Mid-year signee who participated in A-State’s 2021 spring camp ... Arkansas State Athletics Director’s Honor Roll member … Appeared in 11 games … Pulled in 97 yards on 12 catches … Recorded season-highs of 32 then 33 yards in the final two games of the season … 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 … Ranked as a three-star prospect ... 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 … 3-star recruit by 247Sports … Also recruited by schools such as Florida State, Iowa State and Memphis.
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Personal
Born Aug. 12, 2002 ... Son of Zaia Merabet ... Nickname is Ziko ... Came to America in hopes to earn a Division I football scholarship, never having competed in 11-man football … Spent one season in the United States … Graduated in 2024 with a degree in interdisciplinary studies.
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Social Media
X/Twitter – @zikotraore
Instagram – ziko.traoree
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Career-Highs Entering 2025
Receptions: 8, vs. South Alabama (10/29/2022) *
Receiving Yards: 120, at Memphis (9/17/2022) *
Receiving Touchdowns:Â 1, 5x, last vs. UMass (11/02/2024)
Longest Reception: 51, at Memphis (9/17/2022) *
*Career-high set at Arkansas State
Receptions: 8, vs. South Alabama (10/29/2022) *
Receiving Yards: 120, at Memphis (9/17/2022) *
Receiving Touchdowns:Â 1, 5x, last vs. UMass (11/02/2024)
Longest Reception: 51, at Memphis (9/17/2022) *
*Career-high set at Arkansas State
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