Giovani Bernard

Bernard in 2013

No. 25 Cincinnati Bengals

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Personal information

Date of birth:

November 22, 1991 (age 25)

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Height:

5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)

Weight:

208 lb (94 kg)

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NFL Draft:

2013 / Round: 2 / Pick: 37

Career history

Roster status:

Injured reserve

Career highlights and awards

Career NFL statistics as of Week 17, 2016

Giovani Govan Bernard (born November 22, 1991) is an American football running back for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Bengals in the second round of the 2013 NFL Draft. He played college football at North Carolina.

Bernard was born in West Palm Beach, Florida. He began playing football for the local tackle football league, the Boca Jets. He played high school football at St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where he was teammates with Florida State safety Lamarcus Joyner. While in high school, he was ranked the No. 2 running back in Florida by the Orlando Sentinel and the No. 12 running back in the United States by Rivals.com. He is the younger brother of former Oregon State running back Yvenson Bernard.

Bernard is the son of Haitian immigrant parents, who own a dry cleaning business in Boca Raton, Florida.

Bernard was recruited by many schools and first committed to Notre Dame, but ultimately decided on the University of North Carolina.

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Bernard enrolled in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and played for the North Carolina Tar Heels football team from 2010 to 2012. During the third day of practice, he tore the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his right knee after trying to cut away from a defender and redshirted the 2010 season.