Tag: Noah Igbinoghene

Former Cowboys CB Noah Igbinoghene signs with Commanders

From @ToddBrock24f7: The former 1st-round pick played sparingly for Dallas, mostly on special teams. He’s the 4th Cowboy to join the commanders this offseason.

The Cowboys’ two games with Washington in 2024 could look a lot like intrasquad scrimmages to Dallas fans.

The rival Commanders have signed free agent cornerback Noah Igbinoghene, as first reported Sunday by ESPN’s John Keim. The 24-year-old is the fourth former Cowboy this offseason to leave for Washington, joining Dorance Armstrong, Tyler Biadasz, and Dante Fowler Jr.

Igbinoghene is a former first-round draft pick, taken 30th overall by Miami in 2020 out of Auburn. After three mostly disappointing seasons with the Dolphins, he came to Dallas in a cornerback swap that sent Kelvin Joseph packing for South Beach.

The son of two Nigerian track and field Olympians, Igbinoghene scored the first points of the Cowboys’ 2023 season when he returned a blocked field goal attempt 58 yards in the season opener against the Giants.

But he was inactive for Week 2, as well as 11 more of the team’s 17-game regular-season schedule. He did see action in Dallas’s playoff loss to Green Bay, but Igbinoghene played just 118 total snaps with the Cowboys, the vast majority of them on special teams.

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Cowboys Wire will continue to update our free agency tracker with all the additions, departures, and re-signings leading up to the draft.

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Former Dolphins first-round pick lands with NFC East team

Former Dolphin lands in the NFC East.

While the attention of most Miami Dolphins fans are on the players that the team is bringing in for the 2024 season and beyond, it’s always good to check on where former Dolphins are heading to continue their careers.

On Sunday, according to ESPN’s John Keim, former Dolphins cornerback Noah Igbinoghene signed with the Washington Commanders.

Igbinoghene, 24, was selected by Miami with the 30th overall pick in the 2020 NFL draft and struggled mightily to find a role on defense during his three seasons with the team. In aqua and orange, he recorded 29 tackles, five passes defensed, two fumble recoveries and an interception.

During roster cuts last year, Igbinoghene was traded to the Dallas Cowboys for Kelvin Joseph, who appeared in just four games for Miami before being cut.

In Dallas, Igbinoghene appeared in five games, playing just 25 defensive snaps and 77 on special teams.

He’s still very young, so Washington is taking a flier on a player who did enough in college to get drafted in the first round with the hope that he can be a contributor on at least one of their units.

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5 free agents Saints fans should watch in Cowboys vs. Packers

5 pending free agents New Orleans Saints fans should watch in Sunday’s Dallas Cowboys vs. Green Bay Packers playoff game:

The New Orleans Saints are stuck watching the playoffs from home, but it’s a good opportunity for fans to scout some of the top players headed for free agency — and both the Dallas Cowboys and Green Bay Packers have some playmakers who could interest the Saints if they hit the open market.

Here are five pending free agents we’ll be looking for on Sunday afternoon:

Bowl predictions: Is a New Year’s Day bowl on the horizon?

ESPN’s Kyle Bonagura pictures Auburn facing a familiar bowl foe on New Year’s Day in his latest projection.

Auburn’s chance of making a bowl game has increased drastically over the last two weeks, and the experts at ESPN are confident that the Tigers will end the season with a respectable bowl bid.

ESPN’s Kyle Bonagura and Mark Schlabach updated their bowl projections following week 10’s action, and both have given Auburn a favorable bowl outlook.

Bonagura’s prediction is the best one that Auburn has received to date. According to Bonagura’s calculations, the Tigers are poised to meet Wisconsin in the Reliaquest Bowl on New Year’s Day in Tampa, Florida. Heading into week 11, Wisconsin is 5-4 under first-year head coach Luke Fickell.

Auburn has an immense history with the Badgers in bowl games. Auburn and Wisconsin have played three times in bowl season, with the Badgers winning the last two games in 2006 and 2015. Auburn’s lone win over the Badgers came in 2003 when [autotag]Cadillac Williams[/autotag] and [autotag]Ronnie Brown[/autotag] each rushed for two scores in the Tigers’ 28-14 win over Wisconsin in the Music City Bowl.

Schlabach predicts that Auburn will play two days earlier in the TransPerfect Music City Bowl in Nashville against another Big Ten squad in Minnesota. The Tigers and Golden Gophers have met just once on the gridiron, which was the 2020 Outback Bowl. Auburn’s [autotag]Bo Nix[/autotag] threw for 176 yards and [autotag]Noah Igbinoghene[/autotag] had a 96-yard kickoff return, but the Tigers ultimately fell to Minnesota, 31-24. The game would ultimately be the final game for head coach [autotag]Gus Malzahn[/autotag].

Auburn is currently 5-4 and needs just one more win to qualify for a bowl game. The Tigers have three chances to earn at least one more win, starting this Saturday at Arkansas.

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LOOK: Cowboys open season with blocked field goal TD

The Cowboys’ special teams opens up the scoring on the season with a special play in Gotham.

Mike McCarthy made it a point early in the offseason to mention the second-year jump UDFA safety Juanyeh Thomas had made. Therefore it was no surprise for those paying attention when the Georgia Tech product made the 53-man roster.

Active for the first time in his career, it took exactly one drive for Thomas to make an impact. After the Giants drove into the red zone, Thomas came up and stopped Saquon Barkley for a no-gain rush. A few plays later the Giants were kicking a field goal when Thomas came through with the block. Noah Igbinoghene, traded for right before the season began, scooped the ball and raced 58 yards for the season’s opening score.

Dallas missed the extra point when rookie Brandon Aubrey pushed it wide left and Dallas has an early 6-0 lead.

Cowboys give up on Kelvin Joseph, swap 2021 pick for Dolphins’ Igbinoghene

From @ToddBrock24f7: Both 23-year-olds are seen by many in their respective fanbases as a high-potential players who haven’t lived up to high expectations.

The Cowboys have swung a trade on cut day with the Miami Dolphins and will reportedly swap 23-year-old cornerbacks taken as early draft picks.

Dallas will send third-year man Kelvin Joseph to Miami in exchange for Noah Igbinoghene, the Dolphins’ first-round pick in the 2020 draft.

Joseph’s Cowboys tenure was marred with controversy- most notably, his involvement in a 2022 incident that resulted in the shooting death of a man outside a club in Dallas.

While the second-round draft selection out of Kentucky had improved his special teams play and reportedly impressed in training camp this summer, his time in Dallas has come to an end.

Igbinoghene (pronounced igg-beh-NAWG-ih-knee) was taken 30th overall in 2020 out of Auburn, a wide receiver who transitioned to cornerback early in his Tigers career. He appeared in 32 games with the Dolphins over three seasons, recording 29 tackles, five passes defended, an interception, and two fumble recoveries.

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Both Joseph and Igbinoghene are viewed by many within their respective fanbases as high-potential players who haven’t lived up to expectations as high draft picks. Maybe the change of scenery will be good for one or both of them.

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Dolphins not picking up fifth-year options for Austin Jackson, Noah Igbinoghene

Tua Tagovailoa is the only Dolphin to receive it this year.

Near the end of a first-round pick’s contract, the team that drafted that player has the opportunity to add a fifth year onto the contract to keep them with the team for another season.

This year, the Miami Dolphins had three players to make that decision on, including quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, offensive tackle Austin Jackson and cornerback Noah Igbinoghene.

Miami announced earlier in the offseason that they’d be picking up Tagovailoa’s option, but no news had come out regarding the other two. That is, until Tuesday, when ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler reported that the Dolphins wouldn’t be picking up the options for Jackson or Igbinoghene.

The options would’ve been $14.2 million for Jackson and $11.5 million for Igbinoghene.

Jackson, since being selected 18th overall in 2020 out of USC, has started in 30 of 50 possible games while taking snaps at left tackle, left guard and right guard. In 2022, he appeared in just two games after being named the starter responsible for protecting Tagovailoa’s blind side.

Igbinoghene, who was taken 30th overall in 2020, has had even more struggles. He’s appeared in just 32 games for Miami in his three seasons, as he’s been a healthy scratch a number of times. 2022 was probably his best season, but the former Auburn Tiger still hasn’t shown enough to earn the option.

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NFL draft history: Every player selected with the 30th overall pick since 2000

We’re looking at every No. 30 overall pick selected since the 2000 NFL Draft and the Philadelphia Eagles’ chances of landing an impact player.

The Eagles need impact players on both sides of the ball, and with two first-round picks in this month’s draft, Howie Roseman will have another opportunity to add depth to a Super Bowl-caliber roster.

First-round picks are expected to be critical contributors.

The list of No. 30 overall selections has several misses, hits, and a few Hall of Fame-worthy performers.

With the NFL draft fast approaching, we’re looking at every player selected with the 30th pick since 2000.

Grading the Miami Dolphins cornerbacks after their 2022 season

The room was decimated by injuries.

The Miami Dolphins have begun their offseason processes of evaluating their roster and coaching staff, as they look to achieve more in the 2023 season than they did in 2022.

While they’re doing their own assessments, it’s important for us to do the same.

We’ll continue to look through the Dolphins roster and break down the position groups, reviewing how they performed in their first season under head coach Mike McDaniel.

We’ve already hit on the:

Today, we’ll look at the cornerbacks.

Reliving Auburn’s only win over Texas A&M in Jordan-Hare Stadium

Auburn is 1-4 against the Aggies in Jordan-Hare Stadium but 4-1 in College Station.

The Auburn Texas A&M series has been dominated by the road team. The Tigers are 1-4 in Jordan-Hare against the Aggies but are 4-1 in College Station.

Auburn’s only home win came in 2018 when they took down No. 25 Texas A&M 28-24 after a late comeback.

Trailing 24-14 with 7:14 left to play [autotag]Noah Igbinoghene[/autotag] intercepted Kellen Mond to give Auburn a chance. After [autotag]Jarrett Stidham[/autotag] got Auburn to the 1-yard line, [autotag]Chandler Cox[/autotag] punched it in to make it 24-21 with 5:14 left.

The Tiger’s defense forced a punt to give Auburn a chance to take the lead with just over two minutes to play.

That was all the offense needed as Stidham found [autotag]Ryan Davis[/autotag] for a 47-yard catch and run to get Auburn into the red zone. Stidham hit [autotag]Seth Williams[/autotag] for the game-winning touchdown on the next play and gave Auburn a 28-24 lead.

Here are the top photos from the game.