What is Andrei Iosivas' ethnicity? Bengals' WR brings unique nationality to NFL

Billy Heyen

What is Andrei Iosivas' ethnicity? Bengals' WR brings unique nationality to NFL image

The Cincinnati Bengals' top two wide receivers are incredibly well known in the form of Ja'Marr Chase and Tee Higgins.

But they've got a key No. 3 WR, too, even if Andrei Iosivas flies a bit under the radar.

Iosivas didn't travel a path that very many players take to the NFL, which makes his role in Cincy's offense even cooler.

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What is Andrei Iosivas' ethnicity?

Andrei Iosivas is the son of a Filipino mother and a Romanian father.

Where is Andrei Iosivas from?

Andrei Iosivas was born in Tokyo, Japan.

Four years later, he and his family moved to Honolulu, Hawaii, where he grew up.

Iosivas became an American citizen when he was 17.

Where did Andrei Iosivas go to college?

Andrei Iosivas was an Ivy League football player.

He suited up for the Princeton Tigers before being a sixth-round pick by the Bengals in 2023.

Iosivas also competed in the heptathlon for Princeton, and he set the school record in that event in 2022 while earning All-American honors.

Bengals WR depth chart

The Cincinnati Bengals have a clear top-three WRs:

  1. Ja'Marr Chase
  2. Tee Higgins
  3. Andrei Iosivas

Iosivas might not be as well known, but he's still crucial to Cincinnati's success.

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Billy Heyen

Billy Heyen is a freelance writer with The Sporting News. He is a 2019 graduate of Syracuse University who has written about many sports and fantasy sports for The Sporting News. Sports reporting work has also appeared in a number of newspapers, including the Sandusky Register and Rochester Democrat & Chronicle