Kingsley Ifedi

Height:
6-3
Weight:
222
Class:
Redshirt Freshman
Hometown:
Charlotte
High School:
Vance
Major:
Management

Expected to open first active season on ECU’s roster on the offensive depth chart as a reserve quarterback behind Reid Herring and Holton Ahlers … Benefitted from a productive spring practice period, despite sharing more repetitions … Was five-of-eight for 57 yards and a touchdown during the first scrimmage on March 17 … Connected with walk-on Jonathan Johnson on a 45-yard scoring strike … Completed four-of-six throws for 90 yards in the Purple-Gold Game on March 24.

2017: Redshirted as a true freshman during initial season in the Pirates’ program … Praised by coaching staff for diligence and energy preparing the defensive unit on a weekly basis as the only scholarship-level scout team signal-caller … Officially enrolled early at ECU in January of 2017 and participated in spring drills.

High School: Amassed 5,144 total yards and 64 touchdowns as a senior for coach Aaron Brand at Vance, which ranked as the fourth-highest single-season yardage total in North Carolina prep history … As team captain, played key role for Cougars’ squad that rolled to a 13-2 record (5-1 conference) and reached the Class 4AA West Regional Championship Game before falling to Page 49-14 on Dec. 9 … In addition to rushing for 1,092 yards, also totaled 4,052 passing yards to become only the 14^th player in NCHSAA history to reach the (latter) milestone … Passed for 47 scores and added 17 on the ground during the 2016 campaign to earn Charlotte Observer Player-of-the-Year honors … Helped Cougars reach regional final by scoring the winning touchdown and converting a two-point conversion in overtime to lift VHS past Butler 50-49 after an 11-of-19, 165-yard passing effort and a 160-yard (24 carries) rushing performance … Other senior notables include a 23-of-27, 367-yard passing outing and school-record seven TDs against James Island Charter School on Sept. 10 … Guided Cougars to a 38-21 road win over three-time defending state champion Mallard Creek on Oct. 14 by connecting on 10-of-22 passes for 202 yards and a pair of scoring strikes, while adding two ground TDs … Earned “top performer” accolades from the Charlotte Observer … Played freshman season at Berry Academy before transferring to Vance prior to sophomore campaign … Directed the Cougars’ junior varsity from quarterback position in 2014 prior to competing at the varsity level on a full-time basis for the remaining two seasons … Enjoyed memorable initial career varsity start in 2015, completing 23-of-33 passes for 440 yards and six touchdowns against West Mecklenburg in the season opener … The 440-yard effort marked a school single-game standard, while the six scores matched a 15-year-old mark set by former Cougar and East Carolina signal-caller Paul Troth … Opened WMHS contest with an 81-yard scoring strike to older brother Jonathan … Completed 12-game junior campaign by passing for 3,213 yards and 30 touchdowns, which each ranked among the Top 25 single-season performances in Mecklenburg County history … Also rushed for 800 yards and 14 TDs in 2015 … Played quarterback position in recreational football leagues as a youth, crediting another older brother – Jamine – for teaching him the “idiosyncrasies” of the job … Also was a standout basketball player growing up (and earned two high school letters on the hardwood), but emphasized football after enrolling at Berry … Picked up three additional track letters … A three-star prospect who was rated 84^th overall and 21^st among dual-threat QBs nationally according to 247Sports.com … Recruited by Appalachian State, Charlotte, Coastal Carolina, Colorado State, Georgia Southern, Georgia State and Pittsburgh, as well as Ivy League programs Harvard and Yale … Graduated with a 3.70 grade point average.

Personal: Full name is Kingsley Onyekachukwu Ifedi … Nickname is King or Twelve … Born at Charlotte, N.C. … Son of Ike and Victoria Ifedi … Brothers Casey and Jamime attended ECU (Casey was a walk-on linebacker in the spring of 2013), while Jonathan signed with Georgia State as a wide receiver in 2016 … A (machine) sewing enthusiast who enjoys tailoring clothes … Also lists making video documentaries as an interest … Family hails from Ogidi, Anambra (Nigeria), speaks fluent Igbo and has had opportunities to travel back to that region … A management major who earned Dean’s List honors during his first collegiate semester in the classroom (spring of 2017) before following up with Honor Roll distinction in both semesters during the 2017-18 academic year (fall, spring).