His performance earned him the Hec Crighton Trophy as the most outstanding university football player in Canada, and he was honored with numerous other accolades.
Aidoo was a multi-sport athlete at St. Ignatius of Loyola High School, playing Canadian football, soccer, track and field, and basketball.
With the track and field team, he was twice named most valuable player,[1] participating in events including the 110 metres hurdles, shot put, and javelin.
[4] Despite this, Aidoo increasingly focused on football, eventually leaving the track and field team in his final year.
Aidoo played a major role on the Invictas, including rushing for 165 yards and two touchdowns on only 11 carries against the Essex Ravens.
[6] Returning to his high school football team in the fall, Aidoo helped the Hawks reach the Halton final in 1997.
The Marauders finished the season with a 4–4 record and advanced to the playoffs for the first time in 12 years, where they lost to the first-ranked Western Ontario Mustangs 34–32.
In the season opener against the tenth-ranked Waterloo Warriors, Aidoo was afflicted by leg cramps early in the game.
[14] He went on to be named the CIAU Offensive Player Of The Week for scoring three touchdowns and rushing for 209 yards in a 47–15 upset of the third-ranked Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks.
[20] In the postseason, the Marauders won the Yates Cup by defeating the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks, and Aidoo was named the most valuable player for the game with 168 yards and two touchdowns.
[30] He played a large role in a 27–15 upset of first-ranked Ottawa, scoring two of three touchdowns in the final five minutes of the game.
[31] Due to recurring issues with his healing leg, Aidoo missed multiple games in October but returned for the playoffs.
[32][33] McMaster won the Yates Cup after defeating the Ottawa Gee-Gees 30–22,[34] but ended their season with a loss in the Churchill Bowl for the second year in a row.
[36][37] Although he was eligible to declare for the CFL Draft, Aidoo chose to remain with the Marauders for the 2002 season, citing a desire to further recover from his leg injury.
[43] He participated in a Canadian Football League (CFL) evaluation camp in March 2003, where he impressed commentators by bench pressing 250 pounds (110 kg).
[47] The Edmonton Journal noted that Aidoo looked "impressive" in training camp, but he had difficulties adapting to professional football.
[51] Aidoo was signed by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in October 2003 after starting defensive back Tom Europe's season ended due to an ankle injury.
The Blue Bombers lost the West Semi-Final to the Saskatchewan Roughriders 37–21, marking Aidoo's first playoff game in the CFL.
[54] On February 12, 2004, the Tiger-Cats acquired Aidoo by trading a third-round pick in the 2004 CFL Draft to the Blue Bombers.
[55] In training camp, Aidoo competed with Julian Radlein and Ray Thomas for the starting fullback position.
[61] Through the first 11 regular season games, Aidoo made two special teams tackles and rushed for 51 yards on six carries.
[62] This led The Hamilton Spectator to speculate he would be dropped from the active roster in favor of recently signed running back Jesse Lumsden.
[51] Head coach Greg Marshall was released prior to 2007 after two disappointing seasons, and Aidoo was viewed as "expendable" according to general manager Marcel Desjardins.