Benjamin "Ben" Guidugli (born October 22, 1987) is a former

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

fullback. He was signed by the

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as an

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in 2011. He played

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for the

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Professional career

St. Louis Rams

On July 28, 2011, Guidugli was signed as an undrafted free agent by the

New York Giants

On August 13, 2013, Guidugli was signed by the

New York Giants The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area. The Giants compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) East division. ...

to replace fullback

Ryan D'Imperio Ryan D'Imperio (born August 15, 1987) is a former American football fullback. He was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings with the 237th overall pick in the seventh round of the 2010 NFL Draft. He played college football at Rutgers University. He fi ...

, who decided to retire from the NFL. On August 25, 2013, he was cut by the Giants.

Personal life

Guidugli's brothers, Gino, Jeff and Tony, played college football at Cincinnati, Southeastern Louisiana and

Georgia Military College Georgia Military College (GMC) is a public military junior college in Milledgeville, Georgia. It is divided into the junior college, a military junior college program, high school, middle school, and elementary school. It was originally known as M ...

, respectively.

References

External links

Cincinnati Bearcats bioSt. Louis Rams bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Guidugli, Benjamin 1987 births Living people People from Fort Thomas, Kentucky Players of American football from Kentucky American football tight ends Cincinnati Bearcats football players Highlands High School (Fort Thomas, Kentucky) alumni St. Louis Rams players New York Giants players