It won’t bring much praise or excitement but the Commanders did sign a player at a position of need.
Sunday, the Commanders signed cornerback Noah Igbinoghene on a one-year deal.
Igbinoghene will come with not much fanfare, but he is known by the Commanders’ new head coach, Dan Quinn.
Igbinoghene played for the Cowboys on Quinn’s 2023 defense. He played in five games, did not make a start and saw action on only 25 defensive snaps and 77 special teams snaps.
In the 2023 season, Igbinoghene scored his first NFL touchdown against the NY Giants. Here it is.
The Miami Dolphins selected Igbinoghene 30th overall in the 2020 NFL Draft out of Auburn. In his three seasons with the Dolphins (2020-22), Igbinoghene didn’t perform up to expectations, making only five starts. The Dolphins then traded him to the Cowboys during the 2023 NFL preseason.
Igbinoghene (5-11, 197) will turn age 25 in November and becomes the fourth former Dallas Cowboy to follow Quinn from Dallas to Washington. He joins Tyler Biadasz (C), Dorance Armstrong (DE) and Dante Fowler Jr. (DE).
Running a 4.48 40-yard dash and displaying a 37-inch vertical jump, Igbinoghene certainly possesses the physical ability of NFL corners, but his production thus far suggests this is a depth signing unless Igbinoghene can resurrect his career.