The Bengals drafted Cedric Ogbuehi knowing he wasn’t ready to contribute immediately.
Now it’s official, as the rookie tackle was placed on the reserve/non-football injury list as part of their moves to get to the 75-man roster limit. They also placed linebacker Sean Porter on reserve/physically unable to perform and waived-injured wide receiver Onterio McCalebb, and he’ll revert to injured reserve if he clears waivers.
Ogbuehi suffered a torn ACL in Texas A&M’s bowl game, which was going to keep him from taking the field immediately this year. But they think he can contribute at some point, so they left the window open for him to come back after the first six weeks of the season.
The Bengals chose him knowing he’d likely redshirt this season behind Andrew Whitworth and Andre Smith, with second-round tackle Jake Fisher providing even more depth there now that he’s back from a shoulder injury.