Cordell Volson
| No. 67 – Cincinnati Bengals | |||||||
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| Position: | Guard | ||||||
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| Born: | July 20, 1998 Balfour, North Dakota, U.S. | ||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | ||||||
| Weight: | 315 lb (143 kg) | ||||||
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| High school: | Drake-Anamoose (Drake, North Dakota) | ||||||
| College: | North Dakota State (2016–2021) | ||||||
| NFL draft: | 2022 / round: 4 / pick: 136 | ||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||
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| Career NFL statistics as of Week 5, 2024 | |||||||
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Cordell Volson (born July 20, 1998) is an American professional football guard for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at North Dakota State.
Early life
[edit]Volson grew up in Balfour, North Dakota, a town with a population of 27, and attended Drake-Anamoose High School.[1] He played offensive line, defensive line, tight end, fullback, linebacker, punter, and kicker on the school's nine-man football team.[2] Volson committed to play college football at North Dakota State over offers from Wyoming and North Dakota.[3]
College career
[edit]Volson redshirted his true freshman season at North Dakota State.[4] He played mostly on special teams as a redshirt freshman and sophomore.[5] He was named a starter going into his redshirt junior season and was named first-team All-Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) after starting all 16 of NDSU's games as the team won the 2020 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game.[6] He was a consensus FCS All-American selection during his redshirt senior season, which was shortened and played in the spring of 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. Volson decided to utilize the extra year of eligibility granted to college athletes who played in the 2020 season due to the coronavirus pandemic and return to NDSU for a sixth season.[7]
Professional career
[edit]| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
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| 6 ft 6+1⁄8 in (1.98 m) |
315 lb (143 kg) |
33+7⁄8 in (0.86 m) |
10+1⁄2 in (0.27 m) |
5.27 s | 1.80 s | 3.06 s | 4.64 s | 7.65 s | 32.0 in (0.81 m) |
8 ft 8 in (2.64 m) |
25 reps | |
| Sources:[8][9] | ||||||||||||
Volson was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in the fourth round (136th overall) of the 2022 NFL draft.[10][11] He would outright win the starting left guard job as a rookie over Jackson Carman.[12] Volson would finish the season with 1107 snaps, the most of any Bengals player that season.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ Kolpack, Jeff (January 5, 2018). "Bison's Volson brothers have entire small town behind them". The Dickinson Press. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
- ^ Jachim, Nick (February 9, 2022). "Former Drake-Anamoose HS football player invited to NFL Combine". KXNet.com.
- ^ "NFL draft 2022: How prospects from small schools fought to get noticed". ESPN.com. April 16, 2022. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
- ^ "Even with Volson gone, Bison offensive line looks familiar and deep". The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead. September 6, 2019. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
- ^ "Game day notebook: Volson looking forward to first career start". The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead. March 23, 2022. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
- ^ Uglem, Ross (March 3, 2021). "Volson to play through fall season". 247Sports.com. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
- ^ "Cordell Volson turns to his former Bison teammates for advice as he prepares for NFL draft". The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead. April 26, 2022. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
- ^ "Cordell Volson Draft and Combine Prospect Profile". NFL.com. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
- ^ "2022 Draft Scout Cordell Volson, North Dakota State NFL Draft Scout College Football Profile". draftscout.com. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
- ^ Hobson, Geoff (April 30, 2022). "Bengals go O-line in Fourth with Cordell Volson". Bengals.com.
- ^ "Bengals draft North Dakota State offensive lineman Cordell Volson in fourth round". Cincinnati Enquirer. April 30, 2022. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
- ^ Poss, Steven (September 2, 2022). "Cordell Volson Wins Starting Job Over Jackson Carman". Stadium Rant. Retrieved September 6, 2023.
- ^ "Cincinnati Bengals 2022 Snap Counts". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved September 6, 2023.