Prince
Tega Wanogho.
Prince
Tega Wanogho.
Auburn· 6'5"· 308 lb
"A former basketball player turned Auburn left tackle, Tega Wanogho carried rare feet and length into the league, yet the polish needed to start never fully arrived."Pre-draft read
Tega Wanogho was a long, athletic left tackle who converted from defensive end and played the blind side in Auburn's spread offense. His primary trait was movement: he had the feet to kick-slide and mirror speed rushers, and he could reach and seal on outside runs. His technique still lagged his tools, as his hands were often late and his pad level rose too quickly in pass sets.
His secondary trait was range in the run game, where he climbed to linebackers and got out on screens better than most tackles his size. Against power he was less reliable, and bull rushers could walk him back when his anchor was not set. The signature was rare athletic upside for a player who had only started playing football in high school.
Outside and mid zone offense that asks its tackles to reach, move laterally and get to the second level more than drive defenders off the ball.
Year 1: inactive developmental tackle and practice-squad project. Ceiling: a starting left tackle in a zone-heavy system.
A gap and power offense that needs its tackles to anchor against bull rushers and win drive blocks on the edge every snap.
LT Prince Tega Wanogho vs Georgia
Left tackle cut-up of Wanogho against Georgia's front.
Auburn Tigers football: Prince Tega Wanogho
Auburn feature on his path from Nigeria and basketball to starting left tackle.
Gus Malzahn talks Eagles draft picks Jack Driscoll and Prince Tega Wanogho
His Auburn head coach evaluating Wanogho after the Eagles drafted him.
Wanogho was a developmental left tackle with starting traits: a Nigerian-born former basketball player who learned football as a defensive lineman in one high school season and still became a four-star Auburn recruit. Scouts saw a long, loose mover whose ceiling was well above his polish.
After a redshirt year and 10 games as a reserve in 2016, he took over at left tackle in 2017 and started 32 games there across three seasons, protecting the blind side against SEC edge rushers. He entered 2019 on several preseason All-America and first-team All-SEC lists, missed the Kent State game with an injury and finished second-team All-SEC before accepting a Senior Bowl invitation. The flags were raw hand usage and an inconsistent anchor.
Some pre-draft mocks placed him on Day 2, so a slide to the sixth round said teams had doubts about how much of his game would translate. Philadelphia took him at No. 210 as a low-cost developmental tackle, a bet on the athletic traits rather than on the finished product.
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Movement skills
Light, quick feet let him kick-slide, mirror speed rushers and recover when beaten early, a rare trait for a tackle his size.
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Blind-side experience
Started 32 games at left tackle across three SEC seasons, repeatedly facing top edge rushers on Auburn's schedule.
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Range in the run game
Climbed to linebackers, reached on outside zone and got out in space on screens better than most tackles in the class.
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Upside for his experience
Only began playing football in high school, so his tape reflected tools that still had significant room to grow.
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Length and frame
A long frame gave him the reach to stop pass rushers wide before they could turn the corner on him.
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Raw hand usage
Hands were often late or wide in pass sets, giving rushers access to his chest and letting them control the rep.
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Inconsistent anchor
Bull rushers could walk him back into the pocket when his base was narrow or his pad level rose too quickly.
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Limited football experience
Still learning the position after converting from defensive end, so his reads of twists and stunts were uneven.
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Health questions
Missed a 2019 game with an injury, and his draft slide suggested teams had medical or projection concerns.
| Yr | Team | G |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Auburn | 10 |
| 2017 | Auburn | — |
| 2018 | Auburn | — |
| 2019 | Auburn | — |
| Career | — | 10 |
Redshirted in 2015 while recovering from a basketball leg injury. Auburn's official bio confirms 10 games as a reserve in 2016 with no starts, 32 career starts at left tackle from 2017 to 2019, every 2018 game started, and a missed 2019 game vs. Kent State. Games and starts per season for 2017-2019 are not published year by year, so they stay unverified (—) rather than estimated.
A dash means the figure is not published by a source we trust — never a zero we invented.
Chiefs reserve tackle who stayed on the roster through depth and special teams without winning a job.
Athletic blind-side tackle whose movement skills earned him real starting snaps when healthy.
Long, athletic tackle whose technique never became consistent enough to hold a starting spot.
Everything above is the pre-draft evaluation. This section is what actually happened — updated year over year.
Wanogho played one game for Philadelphia as a rookie in 2020 and did not stick in Philadelphia, then signed with Kansas City in October 2021. He appeared in two games that year and in all 17 in 2022 as a reserve lineman and special teams player, earning a ring in Super Bowl LVII. In 2023 he played the first three games, all on special teams, before a quadriceps injury put him on injured reserve, and he was ruled out of Super Bowl LVIII even after returning to practice.
His career line reads 23 games and no starts. He was a free agent afterward and tried out with San Francisco in July 2025 but did not return to an NFL roster. In hindsight, the traits Auburn developed were real, but the technique never caught up enough to win a starting job, and a sixth-round price was fair for a reserve who contributed to two championship teams without ever becoming a regular in the lineup. The conversion story remains remarkable even if the pro résumé stayed modest.