 Mauch at the 2023 Senior Bowl | |||||||
| No. 69 – Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||||
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| Position | Guard | ||||||
| Roster status |  Injured reserve | ||||||
| Personal information | |||||||
| Born | (1999-01-15)January 15, 1999 (age 26) Breckenridge, Minnesota, U.S. | ||||||
| Height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | ||||||
| Weight | 303 lb (137 kg) | ||||||
| Career information | |||||||
| High school | Hankinson(Hankinson, North Dakota) | ||||||
| College | North Dakota State (2017–2022) | ||||||
| NFL draft | 2023: 2nd round, 48th overall pick | ||||||
| Career history | |||||||
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| Career NFL statistics as of Week 2, 2025 | |||||||
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Cody Mauch (born January 15, 1999) is an American professionalfootballguard for theTampa Bay Buccaneers of theNational Football League (NFL). He playedcollege football for theNorth Dakota State Bison.
Mauch was born on January 15, 1999, inBreckenridge, Minnesota. His parents live inHankinson, North Dakota, where he attended Hankinson High School and playedbasketball,baseball, and football.[1] When he was in theseventh grade, he lost his two front teeth while diving for a loose ball in a basketball game.[2] He finished his high school career with 1,072 receiving yards and scored a school-record 24 touchdowns.[3] In his senior season, Mauch had 24 catches for 474 yards and 13 touchdowns, rushed for 398 yards and four touchdowns, passed for 273 yards and four touchdowns and also had 18.5 sacks on defense in nine games.[4] He was also named second team All-State in basketball as a senior after averaging 20 points, 15.3 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 2.5 steals, and 1.8 blocks per game.[5][6] Mauch committed to playcollege football at North Dakota State and join the team as a preferredwalk-on over a similar offer from theUniversity of North Dakota and a scholarship offer from Division IIMinnesota State–Moorhead.[7]
Mauchredshirted his true freshman season atNorth Dakota State (NDSU) and was eventually moved from tight end to the offensive line.[8] He played in six games as a redshirt freshman as NDSU won the2018 FCS national championship. Mauch played in all 16 of the Bison's games during his redshirt sophomore season, appearing on special teams and also lining up at tight end in some formations to function as a sixth offensive lineman while the team repeated as national champions.[9]
Mauch became a starter in the second game of his redshirt junior season, which was shortened and played in the spring of 2021 due to theCOVID-19 pandemic in the United States. He was named second-team All-Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC). He was named first-team All-MVFC and a second-teamAll-American by theAssociated Press after starting all 15 of NDSU's games as the Bison again won the FCS national title.[10] Mauch decided to utilize the extra year of eligibility granted to college athletes who played in the 2020 season due to the coronavirus pandemic and return to NDSU for a sixth season. He was added to the watchlist for the 2022Walter Payton Award midway through the season.[11][12]
Mauch graduated from North Dakota State University with a degree in agricultural and biosystems engineering.[13]
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
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| 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | 302 lb (137 kg) | 32+3⁄8 in (0.82 m) | 9+3⁄4 in (0.25 m) | 5.08 s | 1.79 s | 2.91 s | 4.46 s | 7.12 s | 29.0 in (0.74 m) | 9 ft 0 in (2.74 m) | 29 reps | |
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Mauch was selected by theTampa Bay Buccaneers in the second round, 48th overall, of the2023 NFL draft.[16] As a rookie, he started in all 17 regular season games in the 2023 season.[17] He started all 17 games in the 2024 season.[18]
In Week 2 of the 2025 season against theHouston Texans, Mauch suffered a season-ending knee injury.[19]