Ben Gedeon is one of the most popular and richest American Football Player who was born on October 16, 1994 in Hudson, Ohio, United States. The Minnesota Vikings selected Gedeon in the fourth round (120th overall) of the 2017 NFL Draft. Gedeon was the first of two linebackers chosen from the Vikings in 2017 together with Elijah Lee.
The Minnesota Vikings finished first in the NFC North with a 13-3 record and received a first round bye. On January 14, 2018, Gedeon played in first career playoff game and assisted on one tackle in a 29-24 victory against the New Orleans Saints in the NFC Divisional round. They lost to the Philadelphia Eagles who became the eventual Super Bowl LII Champions.
Gedeon opened the 2019 season as a starting linebacker for the Vikings. He played in eight games with five starts before suffering a concussion in Week 11. He was placed on injured reserve on December 2, 2019.
On the 26th of May in 2017, The Minnesota Vikings signed a Gedeon to a four-year $3.03 million contract , which includes an initial bonus of $633,147.
Gedeon made his regular season debut, and his first start of the career with the Minnesota Vikings’ season-opener against the New Orleans Saints and recorded one tackle on his own in their victory of 29-19. On December 31, 2017, Gedeon collected a season-high six tackles combined during the Vikings beating 23-10 their rivals the Chicago Bears. Gedeon completed his rookie season with 37 total tackles (23 by himself) over 16 contests, and nine games.
Gedeon was ranked as the No. 9 inside linebacker in the 2017 NFL draft by CBBSSports.com and was projected to go in the fourth or fifth round according to NFL.com. Gedeon was one of the top performers at the 2017 NFL Combine. Gedeon finished atop all linebackers in the bench press, lifting 225 pounds 27 times. He also tied for the best 20-yard shuttle (4.13 seconds), was third in the 60-yard shuttle (11.58 seconds), had the seventh-best vertical jump (34.5 inches), was ninth in the 3-cone drill (6.98 seconds) and was twelfth with a 119-inch broad jump.
