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Jersey Number 88
Ifeanyi Maijeh
- Position:
- DL
- Class:
- Senior
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-2 / 290
- Hometown:
- Far Rockaway, N.Y.
- High School:
- Poly Prep
- Major:
- Labor Studies and Employment Relations (Grad)
| PRONUNCIATION |
2023 NFL Contract (Seattle Seahawks)
2020 Bednarik Award Watch List
2020 Nagurski Trophy Watch List
2020 Outland Trophy Watch List
2019 First Team All-American Athletic Conference
2019 All-ECAC
Bednarik Award National Player of the Week (Sept. 14, 2019)
2018 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team
2022 (Senior): Played in all 12 games with 10 starts at defensive tackle ... signed as a free agent with the Seattle Seahawks ... totaled 41 tackles with three for loss and two sacks ... had five games with at least five stops ... added a pass breakup and forced fumble ... forced a fumble and recorded a sack at Maryland (11/26) ... honored on Senior Day and totaled six tackles versus No. 11 Penn State (11/19) ... in on four stops at Michigan State (11/12) ... contributed a sack on five tackles against No. 4 Michigan (11/5) ... had four stops at Minnesota (10/29) ... knocked down a pass in the win over Indiana (10/22) ... added two tackles versus Nebraska (10/7) ... posted two stops at No. 3 Ohio State (10/1) ... recorded five tackles at Temple (9/17) ... in on five stops in the home opener against Wagner (9/10) ... collected two tackles at Boston College (9/3) ... selected to the Shrine Bowl 1000 (7/13).
2021 (Senior): Played in all 13 games with four starts on the defensive line ... totaled 19 tackles with three for loss and 1.5 sacks ... added two fumbles recoveries, a forced fumble, pass breakup and blocked kick ... had seven games with multiple stops ... posted two tackles with a pass batted down in the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl versus No. 20 Wake Forest (12/31) ... blocked an extra point and contributed four tackles against Maryland (11/27) ... recovered a fumble in the win at Indiana (11/13) ... added two tackles in start versus Wisconsin (11/6) ... forced a fumble with three stops in the win at Illinois (10/30) ... recorded three tackles with a sack against Delaware (9/18) ... posted two tackles-for-loss at Syracuse (9/11) ... recovered a fumble in Rutgers debut versus Temple (9/4).
2020 (Senior at Temple): Started all seven games at defensive tackle … named to the Bednarik Award, Nagurski Trophy and Outland Trophy watch lists … totaled 15 tackles with a forced fumble … recorded a tackle-for-loss against East Carolina (11/21) … collected four stops and forced a fumble at Memphis … had four tackles in the season opener at Navy (10/10) … recognized preseason as a top-30 player in the American Athletic Conference (#13) by College Football News ... earned preseason All-American Athletic Conference first team recognition (Athlon, College Football News, Phil Steele).
2019 (Junior at Temple): Started 12 games at defensive tackle … totaled 52 tackles with 10 for loss, 6.5 sacks and a forced fumble … earned First Team All-American Athletic Conference and All-ECAC ... ranked eighth in the conference for sacks per game (0.60) ... named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll … recorded two tackles in the Military Bowl versus North Carolina (12/27) … notched a season-high nine tackles with an assisted sack at No. 19 Cincinnati (11/23) … added sack on five stops versus Memphis (10/12) … registered two tackles-for-loss to setback East Carolina (10/3) 20 yards … contributed two tackles-for-loss and a forced fumble against Georgia Tech (9/28) … had eight tackles at Buffalo (9/21) … posted 1.5 sacks on six stops to earn Chuck Bednarik National Defensive Player of the Week following game at No. 21 Maryland (9/14) … started the season with five stops, two for loss, with a sack versus Bucknell (8/31).
2018 (Sophomore at Temple): Played in eight games … recorded seven tackles with one for loss … named to the American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team and Athletic Director's Honor Roll … contributed two stops in the Independence Bowl versus Duke (12/27) … had two stops at Cincinnati (10/20) … registered a tackle-for-loss against East Carolina (10/6) … made collegiate debut with a tackle at Boston College (9/29).
2017 (Freshman at Temple): Did not see game action … named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll.
Prior to College: Played defensive end and tight end for head coach Kevin Fountaine at Poly Prep High in Brooklyn, New York … helped lead Poly Prep to a 5-3 record overall … accolades include first-team all-city, top 100 New York and defensive MVP of Ivy League conference in 2016 ... led Poly Prep as a senior with nine sacks and seven tackles-for-loss.
Personal: Born Ifeanyi Louis Maijeh (pronounced ee-FINE my-JAY) in Brooklyn, New York ... studying as a graduate student in the labor studies and employment relations program.
2020 Bednarik Award Watch List
2020 Nagurski Trophy Watch List
2020 Outland Trophy Watch List
2019 First Team All-American Athletic Conference
2019 All-ECAC
Bednarik Award National Player of the Week (Sept. 14, 2019)
2018 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team
2022 (Senior): Played in all 12 games with 10 starts at defensive tackle ... signed as a free agent with the Seattle Seahawks ... totaled 41 tackles with three for loss and two sacks ... had five games with at least five stops ... added a pass breakup and forced fumble ... forced a fumble and recorded a sack at Maryland (11/26) ... honored on Senior Day and totaled six tackles versus No. 11 Penn State (11/19) ... in on four stops at Michigan State (11/12) ... contributed a sack on five tackles against No. 4 Michigan (11/5) ... had four stops at Minnesota (10/29) ... knocked down a pass in the win over Indiana (10/22) ... added two tackles versus Nebraska (10/7) ... posted two stops at No. 3 Ohio State (10/1) ... recorded five tackles at Temple (9/17) ... in on five stops in the home opener against Wagner (9/10) ... collected two tackles at Boston College (9/3) ... selected to the Shrine Bowl 1000 (7/13).
2021 (Senior): Played in all 13 games with four starts on the defensive line ... totaled 19 tackles with three for loss and 1.5 sacks ... added two fumbles recoveries, a forced fumble, pass breakup and blocked kick ... had seven games with multiple stops ... posted two tackles with a pass batted down in the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl versus No. 20 Wake Forest (12/31) ... blocked an extra point and contributed four tackles against Maryland (11/27) ... recovered a fumble in the win at Indiana (11/13) ... added two tackles in start versus Wisconsin (11/6) ... forced a fumble with three stops in the win at Illinois (10/30) ... recorded three tackles with a sack against Delaware (9/18) ... posted two tackles-for-loss at Syracuse (9/11) ... recovered a fumble in Rutgers debut versus Temple (9/4).
2020 (Senior at Temple): Started all seven games at defensive tackle … named to the Bednarik Award, Nagurski Trophy and Outland Trophy watch lists … totaled 15 tackles with a forced fumble … recorded a tackle-for-loss against East Carolina (11/21) … collected four stops and forced a fumble at Memphis … had four tackles in the season opener at Navy (10/10) … recognized preseason as a top-30 player in the American Athletic Conference (#13) by College Football News ... earned preseason All-American Athletic Conference first team recognition (Athlon, College Football News, Phil Steele).
2019 (Junior at Temple): Started 12 games at defensive tackle … totaled 52 tackles with 10 for loss, 6.5 sacks and a forced fumble … earned First Team All-American Athletic Conference and All-ECAC ... ranked eighth in the conference for sacks per game (0.60) ... named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll … recorded two tackles in the Military Bowl versus North Carolina (12/27) … notched a season-high nine tackles with an assisted sack at No. 19 Cincinnati (11/23) … added sack on five stops versus Memphis (10/12) … registered two tackles-for-loss to setback East Carolina (10/3) 20 yards … contributed two tackles-for-loss and a forced fumble against Georgia Tech (9/28) … had eight tackles at Buffalo (9/21) … posted 1.5 sacks on six stops to earn Chuck Bednarik National Defensive Player of the Week following game at No. 21 Maryland (9/14) … started the season with five stops, two for loss, with a sack versus Bucknell (8/31).
2018 (Sophomore at Temple): Played in eight games … recorded seven tackles with one for loss … named to the American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team and Athletic Director's Honor Roll … contributed two stops in the Independence Bowl versus Duke (12/27) … had two stops at Cincinnati (10/20) … registered a tackle-for-loss against East Carolina (10/6) … made collegiate debut with a tackle at Boston College (9/29).
2017 (Freshman at Temple): Did not see game action … named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll.
Prior to College: Played defensive end and tight end for head coach Kevin Fountaine at Poly Prep High in Brooklyn, New York … helped lead Poly Prep to a 5-3 record overall … accolades include first-team all-city, top 100 New York and defensive MVP of Ivy League conference in 2016 ... led Poly Prep as a senior with nine sacks and seven tackles-for-loss.
Personal: Born Ifeanyi Louis Maijeh (pronounced ee-FINE my-JAY) in Brooklyn, New York ... studying as a graduate student in the labor studies and employment relations program.
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