Israel Ifeanyi
Date of birth | (1970-11-21) November 21, 1970 (age 53) |
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Place of birth | Nigeria |
Career information | |
Position(s) | Defensive end |
US college | University of Southern California |
NFL draft | 1996 / Round: 2 / Pick: 46 |
Career history | |
As player | |
1996 | San Francisco 49ers |
1998[1] | Tampa Bay Buccaneers* |
1998-1999 | San Diego Chargers |
2000 | Dallas Cowboys* |
*Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Israel Ifeanyi (born November 21, 1970) is a former American football defensive end who played for the San Francisco 49ers and San Diego Chargers. He was selected in the second round of the 1996 NFL draft.[2] He had a career-ending knee injury during training camp, cutting his career short as it was on the rise.[3] Subsequently, he went on to coach high school football for 10 years, and was the head coach for eight years at Desert Christian High School in Lancaster, CA, where he started the program and made the playoffs during several seasons.
During his collegiate career at USC he wore the famous #55 and was a collegiate All-American and defensive captain of the 1996 Champion Rose Bowl Game.
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