Kenny Ingram

Kenny Ingram (born February 27, 1986) is a former American football linebacker. He was signed by the New York Giants as an undrafted free agent in 2009. He played college football at Florida State.

Kenny Ingram
Position:Linebacker
Personal information
Born: (1986-02-27) February 27, 1986
Height:6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight:239 lb (108 kg)
Career information
College:Florida State
Undrafted:2009
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com

Ingram also played for the Hartford Colonials and the Virginia Destroyers of the United Football League.

Early years

Ingram graduated from Edgewater High School in 2004 where he was a three-star player by Rivals.com and the No. 14 rated safety in the nation. He was a two-sport athlete who also played basketball and helped lead his team to the 6A state championship in 2003. He totaled 60 tackles and five interceptions as a senior, and as a junior he recorded 60 tackles (35 unassisted tackles and 25 assisted) along with six interceptions. He also played wide receiver in high school.

College career

In 2008 Ingram played in a career-high 13 games and made the first five starts of his career and recorded a single-season career-high 22 tackles and 3.5 tackles for loss. In 2007, he re-joined the Seminoles after earning his eligibility back during the summer of 2007. He spent the summer of 2006 at Tallahassee Community College and the entire 2006–07 academic year at East Central Community College in Decatur, Miss. In 2007, he played in nine games and recorded five tackles as a special teams player. As a freshman in 2005 he appeared in 12 of Florida State's 13 games and finished with 10 tackles as he earned playing time in the defensive backfield and on special teams. He redshirted in 2004.

Professional career

New York Giants

Ingram was signed as an undrafted free agent by the New York Giants following the 2009 NFL Draft. He played safety in college but was converted to linebacker by the Giants. He was waived on September 5, 2009. On December 1, he was signed to their practice squad. On January 5, 2010 Ingram was signed to a reserved/future contract. Released by the Giants on July 30, 2010. After spending some time with the Hartford Colonials of the UFL, Ingram returned to the Giants, signing to the team's practice squad on December 15, 2010. He was waived on August 24, 2011.[1]

Montreal Alouettes

On May 7, 2012, Ingram signed with the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League.[2]

References
  1. New York Giants [@Giants] (24 August 2011). "The #Giants have signed CB Brian Williams and waived linebacker Kenny Ingram #nyg" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-05-01. Retrieved 2012-05-07.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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