An offensive tackle with the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League, Germain Ifedi is a professional football player. He is 151 kg in weight and 1.96 meters tall. He competed in football, basketball, and track as a three-sport student-athlete at Westside High School. The Associated Press named him to their second team All-State.
Ifedi, a four-star recruit, was ranked as the No. 15 offensive guard prospect in his class by Scout.com. ESPN also listed him as four-star recruit. He attended Texas A&M University after high school, where he played college football for the Aggies from 2012 to 2015. In 2012, he had a redshirt as a freshman. He started each of the 13 regular-season games as a redshirt freshman in 2013.
The Seattle Seahawks took Ifedi with the 31st overall choice in the 2016 NFL Draft. He committed to a four-year, $8.27 million contract in May 2016. On October 2, 2016, he made his NFL debut and first start of his career. He became a free agent in 2020 after the Seahawks turned down his fifth-year option in May 2019. He committed to a one-year contract with the Chicago Bears on April 1, 2020.
He extended his contract with the Bears in April 2021. He sustained a knee injury in Week 5 of the 2021 season, and on October 13 he was placed on injured reserve. In December 2021, he became operational. He entered into a one-year agreement with the Atlanta Falcons on April 6, 2022.
How Old Is Germain Ifedi?
Germain Ifedi is 28 years old. He was born on June 2, 1994 in Houston, Texas in the United States of America.