Cedric Ogbuehi

Cedric Ogbuehi (born April 25, 1992) is an American football offensive tackle for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Texas A&M, and was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in the first round of the 2015 NFL Draft.

Cedric Ogbuehi
Ogbuehi with the Cincinnati Bengals in 2015
No. 74 – Seattle Seahawks
Position:Offensive tackle
Personal information
Born: (1992-04-25) April 25, 1992
Allen, Texas
Height:6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight:310 lb (141 kg)
Career information
High school:Allen (Allen, Texas)
College:Texas A&M
NFL Draft:2015 / Round: 1 / Pick: 21
Career history
Roster status:Active
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics as of Week 17, 2019
Games played:49
Games started:25
Player stats at NFL.com

Early years

Ogbuehi attended Allen High School in Allen, Texas, where he was a two-time all-state selection for the football team. 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 the offensive tackle position.[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 as 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 was 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]

Pre-draft measurables
Height Weight Arm length Hand size 40-yard dash 10-yard split 20-yard split 20-yard shuttle Three-cone drill Vertical jump Broad jump Bench press
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

Cincinnati Bengals

The Cincinnati Bengals selected Ogbuehi in the first round (21st overall) of the 2015 NFL Draft.

On June 11, 2015, the Bengals signed Ogbuehi to a four-year, $9.32 million contract with $8.72 million guaranteed and a signing bonus $5.04 million.[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 regular-season debut during the Bengals' 37–3 victory over the Cleveland Browns. He played the last five games of the season and also appeared in the Bengals' 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 Bengals' 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 11 games at right tackle 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]

In 2017, after Andrew Whitworth departed to the Los Angeles Rams in free agency, Ogbuehi was named the starting left tackle for the Bengals.

On May 2, 2018, the Bengals declined the fifth-year option on Ogbuehi's contract, making him a free agent in 2019.[12] He only played in two games in 2018, and was a healthy scratch for most of the season.

Jacksonville Jaguars

On March 16, 2019, Ogbuehi signed with the Jacksonville Jaguars on a one-year $895,000 contract.[13]

Seattle Seahawks

On March 23, 2020, Ogbuehi signed a one-year contract with the Seattle Seahawks.[14]

References
  1. Rivals.com offensive tackles 2010
  2. Cedric Ogbuehi excited to show his NFL value at offensive tackle
  3. December 11, 2014. "Walter Camp Football Foundation | 125th Walter Camp All-America Teams Announced"
  4. Brugler, Dane (May 11, 2014). "2015 NFL mock draft: Big Ten, ACC prospects lead the way". CBS Sports.
  5. Sobleski, Brent (May 11, 2014). "2015 mock draft: Jameis Winston slips out of Top 5". USA Today.
  6. Burke, Chris (May 13, 2015). "2015 NFL Mock Draft 1.0: Cedric Ogbuehi goes No. 1 overall to Oakland Raiders". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on May 13, 2014.
  7. "Cedric Ogbuehi, DS #7 OT, Texas A&M: 2015 NFL Draft". NFLdraftscout.com. Retrieved December 16, 2016.
  8. "Spotrac.com: Cedric Ogbuehi contract". Spotrac.com. Retrieved December 16, 2016.
  9. bleacher report (September 1, 2015). "Cedric Ogbuehi injury: Update on OL's recovery from knee injury". Ooyuz.com. Retrieved December 16, 2016.
  10. "NFL Player Profile: Cedric Ogbuehi". NFL.com. Retrieved December 16, 2016.
  11. Hobson, Geoff (December 30, 2016). "Ogbuehi's tough 2016 ends on IR". Bengals.com.
  12. Alper, Josh (May 2, 2018). "Bengals won't pick up Cedric Ogbuehi's option". ProFootballTalk.NBCSports.com.
  13. Oehser, John (March 16, 2019). "Jaguars sign OT Cedric Ogbuehi". Jaguars.com.
  14. Boyle, John (March 23, 2020). "Seahawks Sign Offensive Tackle Cedric Ogbuehi". Seahawks.com. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
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