Evan Tengesdahl

#50 · OL · Sr. · Cincinnati6′3″ · 325 lb · Dayton, OH · Wayne

Evan Tengesdahl is an offensive lineman at Cincinnati who has not played in Cincinnati's 8 games this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025.

Where Tengesdahl comes from

  • Dayton, OHHometown
  • WayneHigh school
  • About 50 miles from Nippert StadiumDistance
  • Three-star, No. 725 in the 2023 class.Recruiting profile
  • On the Cincinnati roster since 2023Roster

Where Tengesdahl fits

Cincinnati lists 19 offensive linemen this season.

The team’s line is 6th in the country in line yards this season (a team number).

Cincinnati is 5-3. Next: at Houston, Sat Nov 7.

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Same class and position

From Wayne

Also from Dayton, OH

The story

As of

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.

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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.

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Style of play

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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.