Ben Bredeson

Originally a 4th-round (143rd pick overall) draft choice by the Baltimore Ravens in 2020…Traded from Baltimore to the Giants with a 2022 fifth-round draft choice and a 2023 seventh-round choice for a 2022 fourth-round pick.

TRANSACTIONS:

• Originally a 4th-round (143rd pick overall) draft choice by the Baltimore Ravens in 2020…Traded from Baltimore to the Giants with a 2022 fifth-round draft choice and a 2023 seventh-round choice for a 2022 fourth-round pick.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

• Bredeson has played in 18 regular-season games with one start.
• In his first season with the Giants in 2021, Bredeson played in 8 games with one start…Inactive for 5 games and did not play in 4…Substituted for injured left guard Shane Lemieux vs. Denver (9/12) in his Giants debut…Replaced injured left guard Nick Gates at Washington (9/16)…Made his first career start at left guard vs. Atlanta (9/26).
• As a rookie in 2020, played in 10 games for Baltimore, primarily on special teams…, in his rookie campaign…Occasionally appeared as an extra O-lineman as part of Baltimore's "jumbo" formation…Helped block for the NFL's No. 1 rushing attack (191.9 yards-per-game)…Made his NFL debut, Made his NFL debut, seeing action on 4 offensive snaps and 5 special teams snaps at Washington (10/4).

COLLEGE:

• Played in 51 games with 46 starts at left guard as a 4-year letterman (2016-19) at Michigan…Twice voted a team captain by his teammates (2018-19)…As a senior in 2019, named 2nd-team All-America by the Walter Camp Football Foundation, 3rd-team All-America by the AP and first-team All-Big Ten by coaches and media…Selected 2nd-team All-Big Ten by coaches and media in 2017-18 and academic All-Big Ten in  2017.

PERSONAL:

• Psychology major…Has a photographic memory and challenged himself by taking the ACT exam in 6th grade, when he scored higher than 75% of high schoolers who took it that year…As a youngster in Wisconsin, enjoyed playing ice hockey…His father, Mike, built a hockey rink complete with full boards in the Bredeson's backyard…Older brother, Jack, spent 4 years on the Michigan baseball team…His father played football at Illinois State…Helped Arrowhead High School in Hartland, Wis. win the WIAA Division I state championships in 2012 and 2013 and state runner-up finishes in 2014 and 2015…In 2015, was named Wisconsin's Gatorade Player of the Year, first-team USA Today All-American and first-team MaxPreps All-America.