Ben VanSumeren

About

Ben VanSumeren (born May 5, 2000) is an American professional football fullback for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Michigan Wolverines and Michigan State Spartans. VanSumeren began his NFL career as a linebacker and was officially designated as a linebacker for his first two seasons, although he only saw playing time on defense during his rookie season. After the Eagles began playing him at fullback in his second season VanSumeren officially moved to fullback during the off-season of his third season. VanSumeren had originally played fullback for the first two seasons of his collegiate career and moved to linebacker during his final two. Early life VanSumeren was born on May 5, 2000, and grew up in Bay City, Michigan. By age six, he declared that he was going to be a professional football player. He attended Garber High School in Essexville, playing at different points linebacker, defensive lineman, quarterbac...