He played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes and was selected by the St. Louis Rams in the fourth round of the 1999 NFL draft.
He was also a member of the Kansas City Chiefs, Cincinnati Bengals, San Diego Chargers, Utah Blaze and Arizona Rattlers.
Germaine attended Mountain View High School in Mesa, Arizona, and was a letterman in football, basketball, and baseball.
Germaine played one season (1995) at Scottsdale Community College in Arizona before transferring to Ohio State.
He led the Buckeyes on a 65-yard drive in 12 plays in the final 1:40 for the winning touchdown against Arizona State, a five-yard pass to David Boston with 19 seconds left.
He was the Chicago Tribune Silver Football Award winner as well as the Big Ten Conference Most Valuable Player that year.
In 2004 Germaine became a quarterback for the Arizona Rattlers of the Arena Football League, where he was a back-up to Sherdrick Bonner.
In 2012, Germaine's Bulldogs appeared in the Arizona Division III state championship, against Desert Edge High School.
With twelve seconds left and the game tied at 7, the snap for a Desert Edge punt was high, sailing over the punter, who picked up the ball and was tackled in the back of the end zone for a safety.