Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
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| Wk 10 | L 14-45@ Utah | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
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#50
Evan Tengesdahl
Cincinnati allowed the second-fewest sacks in the country, and Evan Tengesdahl was the anchor -- a third-team All-American guard who's back, with his whole interior alongside him.
6′3″ · 325 lb · Dayton, OH · Wayne
National watchReturning to Cincinnati for 2026
Recruiting
3★
IOL recruit
No. 725 nationally · Signed with Cincinnati
No college snaps yet.
His full recruiting profileThe story
Cincinnati allowed the second-fewest sacks in the country, and Evan Tengesdahl was the anchor -- a third-team All-American guard who's back, with his whole interior alongside him.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Cincinnati in 2023.
- Named Preseason All-America in 2026.
Cincinnati allowed the second-fewest sacks in the country, and Evan Tengesdahl was the anchor — a third-team All-American guard who's back, with his whole interior alongside him.
Tengesdahl's 2025 earned third-team AP All-America honors and an 85.4 PFF grade that ranked among the nation's top guards, the steadying force on a Cincinnati line that allowed just seven sacks all season — second-fewest in the country. At 6-3, 320, he's already an ESPN Way-Too-Early first-team All-American for 2026, and crucially, the interior returns intact around him. The forward stakes are a Big 12 contender's foundation: lines this good don't usually come back whole, and an offense that protects this well gives Cincinnati a real ceiling. He's the kind of interior anchor a coordinator builds protection schemes around.
How he plays
Tengesdahl is a high-grade interior pass protector with the size to handle power — 6-3, 320, with an 85.4 PFF mark that placed him among the best guards in the country. The team-level proof is the seven sacks allowed (second nationally), a number you don't post without an interior that holds the pocket's middle. He's shown versatility across the line in spring, the mark of a lineman with the technique to play multiple spots. He's a steady, powerful, low-mistake guard — the unglamorous interior anchor that elite pass protection is built on.
The story
Tengesdahl's 2025 earned third-team AP All-America honors and an 85.4 PFF grade that ranked among the nation's top guards, the steadying force on a Cincinnati line that allowed just seven sacks all season -- second-fewest in the country. At 6-3, 320, he's already an ESPN Way-Too-Early first-team All-American for 2026, and crucially, the interior returns intact around him. The forward stakes are a Big 12 contender's foundation: lines this good don't usually come back whole, and an offense that protects this well gives Cincinnati a real ceiling. He's the kind of interior anchor a coordinator builds protection schemes around.
His career
He was winning awards before he was old enough to be a story.
Tengesdahl is a high-grade interior pass protector with the size to handle power -- 6-3, 320, with an 85.4 PFF mark that placed him among the best guards in the country. The team-level proof is the seven sacks allowed (second nationally), a number you don't post without an interior that holds the pocket's middle. He's shown versatility across the line in spring, the mark of a lineman with the technique to play multiple spots. He's a steady, powerful, low-mistake guard -- the unglamorous interior anchor that elite pass protection is built on.
Written by our staff.
2023
- Signed with Cincinnati3-star out of Wayne
2025
- All-Big 12first
2026
- Preseason All-AmericaFirst Team
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
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ALL-AMERICA
Named All-American (2026)
1 selectors honored him
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ALL-BIG 12 · 1ST TEAM
All-Big 12 1st team (2025)
Badges
- Honors Badge
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2025Cincinnati7-6HC: Scott Satterfield · Balanced, slow tempo
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Not enough tracked stats yet to summarize this season.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scott Satterfield
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
A three-star recruit at offensive line for Cincinnati -- now a real, honored All-American.
Offensive line play doesn't show up in a box score. Here's what actually tells you whether he's good.
Quality starterThree-star HS recruitAll-America (2026)All-Big 12 (2025)
Cincinnati has produced 10 All-Conference offensive linemen and 1 All-American. 5 have gone on to the NFL Draft since 2016. Gavin Gerhardt went on to the NFL out of this room (2026).
Selector Grid · 2026
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Game log
How he plays
Play style
Tengesdahl is a high-grade interior pass protector with the size to handle power -- 6-3, 320, with an 85.4 PFF mark that placed him among the best guards in the country. The team-level proof is the seven sacks allowed (second nationally), a number you don't post without an interior that holds the pocket's middle. He's shown versatility across the line in spring, the mark of a lineman with the technique to play multiple spots. He's a steady, powerful, low-mistake guard -- the unglamorous interior anchor that elite pass protection is built on.
2026 Outlook
Cincinnati
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Offensive line · Cincinnati
Returning around him
- 8% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
- 4 Cincinnati players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: +0 net (23 in / 23 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Cincinnati · Last season: 7-6 (AP #22) · Talent rank #77 · 2026 recruiting class #58
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology