Place of birth Lagos, Nigeria Positions Defensive end Role American football player | Name Israel Ifeanyi 1996 San Francisco 49ers | |
Date of birth (1970-11-21) November 21, 1970 (age 45) College University of Southern California NFL draft 1996 / Round: 2 / Pick: 46 Education University of Southern California |
Israel Ifeanyi is a former American Football defensive end who played for the San Francisco 49ers and San Diego Chargers. He had a career ending knee injury during training camp cutting his career short as it was on the rise. Subsequently he went on to coach high school football for 10 years, and was the Head Coach for 8 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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