The Canadian professional football defensive tackle for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL) Eli Ankou was born on June 8, 1994.
The Ottawa, Ontario native was known to have played college football at UCLA. The 28 years old football star Ankou stands tall at a height of 6 feet and 3 inches (1.91 m) and weighs 325 Ibs (147 kg).
Ankou grew up in Canada and played high school football for the St. Peter Catholic High School Knights in Orleans, Ontario, but played his senior season at Red Lion Christian Academy in Bear, Delaware.
Ankou was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Houston Texans after the 2017 NFL Draft on May 12. He was waived by the Texans on September 2, 2017.
Ankou was signed to the Tennessee Titans practice squad on October 26, 2021. On November 1, 2021, Ankou was released from the practice squad.
Where does Eli Ankou live? Inside Eli Ankou’s home
We are unable to get hold of where the 28-year-old Ankou live currently. But from our search, we realized that the football star was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, and grew up in Canada, then moved to the U.S. during his senior year of high school.
Ankou’s father is an African from Togo and his mother is Ojibwe and Caucasian. His grandmother is Ojibwe, from the Dokis First Nation in Ontario. Therefore, whiles growing up, his mother prioritized implementing Indigenous qualities in his youth by keeping him engaged with Native culture as a child.
According to Ankou, he said, “Being raised with those values helped us grow into who we are today, myself and my siblings. The act of giving is such an integral part of our culture that we don’t think twice about it.”
Ankou has been in a relationship with American racing cyclist Shayna Powless since 2013 after the couple met at UCLA: as of 2021 the couple was engaged. Together with his wife, they founded the Dreamcatcher Foundation.
Source: nflfaqs.com
