BIOGRAPHY
Arik Armstead was born on November 15th, 1993 in Sacramento, California. He is a defensive end in th NFL.
Armstead attended Pleasant Grove High School in Elk Grove, California. During his high school career, he played Football and Basketball. He originally committed to the University of Southern California (USC) to play college football but changed to the University of Oregon.
If Armstead wasn’t in the NFL, he would be playing basketball. He was a three-year starter in basketball at Pleasant Grove High School in Sacramento and played two years at the University of Oregon before focusing solely on football for the 2014 season. As a freshman at Oregon, he joined the men’s basketball team following the completion of the football season, redshirting for the program that claimed the Pac-12 Conference Tournament title and advanced to the Sweet 16 in the NCAA tournament. “A big part of the recruiting pitch from Oregon was they were going to let me play two sports. We only lost 5 games during my time there. I wanted to go somewhere with the chance to win and be a part of something special.” Armstead majored in general social science.
Armstead’s father, Guss, played basketball at Sacramento State and his brother, Armond, played football at USC and spent a season with the New England Patriots before retiring from football in 2014.
The San Francisco 49ers selected Armstead in the first round (17th overall) in the 2015 NFL Draft. He was the fourth defensive end selected in 2015.
On March 16, 2020, Armstead signed a five-year, $85 million contract extension with the 49ers with $48.5 million guaranteed.
Armstead signed a 3 year deal with the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2024.
