Cedric Ogbuehi
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| No. 70 – Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
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| Position: | Offensive tackle | ||||
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| Born: | April 25, 1992 Allen, Texas | ||||
| Height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||
| Weight: | 310 lb (141 kg) | ||||
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| High school: | Allen (TX) | ||||
| College: | Texas A&M | ||||
| NFL draft: | 2015 / Round: 1 / Pick: 21 | ||||
| Career history | |||||
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| Roster status: | Injured reserve | ||||
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| Career NFL statistics as of 2016 | |||||
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Cedric Ogbuehi (born April 25, 1992) is an American football offensive tackle for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Texas A&M.
Early years
Ogbuehi attended Allen High School in Allen, Texas, where he was a two-time all-state selection. In his junior year, Ogbuehi was the best blocker for an offense that averaged 36.1 points and 225 rushing yards per game, finishing the season 15–1 with a UIL state championship. As a senior, Ogbuehi helped lead the way for an Allen offense that averaged over 466 yards per game, allowing just one sack. He was an Associated Press second-team all-state pick and unanimous first-team all-district honoree. He played in the 2010 U.S. Army All-American Bowl.
Regarded as a four-star recruit by Rivals.com, Ogbuehi was ranked as the No. 13 offensive tackle recruit in his class.[1] He chose Texas A&M over offers from Nebraska, Kansas, Texas Tech, and Oklahoma State.
College career
Ogbuehi was redshirted in 2010. As a freshman in 2011, he started six of 10 games at guard. As a sophomore in 2012, he started all 13 games at guard. As a junior in 2013, he was moved to offensive tackle.[2]
As a senior in 2014, he received first team All-America honors from the Walter Camp Football Foundation.[3]
Professional career
As early as May 2014, Ogbuehi was projected a high first-round selection in the 2015 NFL Draft by various mock drafts.[4][5][6] After the NFL combine, most analysts had projected Ogbuehi to be a first or second round selection. Although he invited and attended the combine, he was unable to participate in the workouts due to his ACL injury. He was ranked the seventh best offensive tackle out of the 88 available by NFLDraftScout.com.[7]
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | Bench press | ||||||||
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| 6 ft 5+1⁄4 in (1.96 m) |
306 lb (139 kg) |
35+7⁄8 in (0.91 m) |
10 in (0.25 m) |
23 reps | ||||||||
| All values from NFL Combine | ||||||||||||
The Cincinnati Bengals selected Ogbuehi in the first round (21st overall) of the 2015 NFL Draft.
On June 11, 2015, the Cincinnati Bengals signed Ogbuehi to a four-year, $9.32 million contract with $8.72 million guaranteed and a signing bonus $5.04.[8]
On September 1, 2015, the Bengals added Ogbuehi to the reserve/non-football injury list. They were taking extra precaution as he recovered from his ACL injury.[9]
On December 6, 2015, Ogbuehi made his long-awaited regular season debut during the Bengal's 37-3 victory over the Cleveland Browns. He played the last five games of the season and also appeared in the Bengal's 16-18 AFC wildcard round loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers.
He started the following training camp, competing against Jake Fisher and Eric Winston for the vacant right tackle position left by Andre Smith. Ogbuehi ultimately won the job, starting the regular season as the Cincinnati Bengal's right tackle. He earned his first career start in the Bengals' season opening 22-23 win over the New York Jets. Ogbuehi started the next eleven consecutive games before being inactive for a Week 13 matchup against the Philadelphia Eagles.[10] He made his first start at left tackle in Week 16 after struggling on the right side, moving long-time starter Andrew Whitworth to left guard for the game. He gave up two sacks that game and suffered a torn rotator cuff, ending his season.[11]
References
- ^ Rivals.com offensive tackles 2010
- ^ Cedric Ogbuehi excited to show his NFL value at offensive tackle
- ^ http://waltercamp.org/125th-walter-camp-all-america-teams-announced/
- ^ Brugler, Dane (May 11, 2014). "2015 NFL mock draft: Big Ten, ACC prospects lead the way". CBS Sports.
- ^ Sobleski, Brent (May 11, 2014). "2015 mock draft: Jameis Winston slips out of Top 5". USA Today.
- ^ Burke, Chris (May 13, 2015). "2015 NFL Mock Draft 1.0: Cedric Ogbuehi goes No. 1 overall to Oakland Raiders". Sports Illustrated.
- ^ "Cedric Ogbuehi, DS #7 OT, Texas A&M: 2015 NFL Draft". NFLdraftscout.com. Retrieved December 16, 2016.
- ^ "Sportrac.com: Cedric Ogbuehi contract". sportrac.com. Retrieved December 16, 2016.
- ^ bleacher report (September 1, 2015). "Cedric Ogbuehi injury: Update on OL's recovery from knee injury". ooyuz.com. Retrieved December 16, 2016.
- ^ "NFL Player Profile: Cedric Ogbuehi". NFL.com. Retrieved December 16, 2016.
- ^ Hobson, Geoff (December 30, 2016). "Ogbuehi's tough 2016 ends on IR". Bengals.com.