Ogbuehi’s parents never wanted him to play football, fearing it was too dangerous and that academics were more important. But they finally relented when he was 11.
“I found out that was his passion,” Chris said. “We didn’t want to let him down, even though we have a different mindset in terms of letting him go get his engineering degree and things like that.”
Chris is a University of Texas-Dallas graduate and Kelly is a UT-Arlington graduate. Both work in the medical field, and Chris also is an accountant. Both take education serious, and Cedric did, too, graduating in August 2014 before his senior season with the Aggies.
“They wanted me to go the medical route, but I was never going to do that,” Cedric said.
He’s been getting a de facto medical education the last few months as he rehabs an ACL injury he suffered in the Liberty Bowl. The injury happened in the second quarter, and Ogbuehi finished the game.
“They thought it was a sprained MCL, so I kept playing,” Ogbuehi said. “Then I went to California, got the MRI, and it showed a torn ACL.”
Despite the realization of her fear, Kelly she has gotten past worrying.
“I don’t even think about it now,” she said. “I just pray for him. I know he’s going to be fine.”
TE taken: The Bengals selected Rutgers tight Tyler Kroft in the third round with the 85th overall pick.
It was a need pick for the team with Tyler Eifert coming off an elbow injury that cost him all but eight plays in 2014 and Jermaine Gresham released to free agency.
The 6-foot-6, 240 pound Kroft was the third leading receiver for the Scarlet Knights last year with 24 receptions.
He was named to the Big Ten All-Academic Team and earned the Loyal Knight Award, presented annually to the Rutgers player who has displayed great character in sacrificing personal goals for the good of the team.
Kroft is the fourth tight end the Bengals have selected in the first three rounds in the last six drafts, joining Eifert (first round, 2013), Gresham (first, 2010) and Chase Coffman (third, 2009).
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