| No. 67 – Cincinnati Bengals | |||||||
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| Position | Guard | ||||||
| Roster status |  Injured reserve | ||||||
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| Born | (1998-07-20)July 20, 1998 (age 27) Balfour, North Dakota, U.S. | ||||||
| Height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | ||||||
| Weight | 315 lb (143 kg) | ||||||
| Career information | |||||||
| High school | Drake-Anamoose(Drake, North Dakota) | ||||||
| College | North Dakota State (2016–2021) | ||||||
| NFL draft | 2022: 4th round, 136th overall pick | ||||||
| Career history | |||||||
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Cordell Volson (born July 20, 1998) is an American professionalfootballguard for theCincinnati Bengals of theNational Football League (NFL). He playedcollege football for theNorth Dakota State Bison and was selected by the Bengals in the fourth round of the2022 NFL draft.
Volson grew up inBalfour, North Dakota, a town with a population of 27, and attended Drake-Anamoose High School.[1] He played offensive line, defensive line, tight end, fullback, linebacker, punter, and kicker on the school'snine-man football team.[2] Volson committed to playcollege football at North Dakota State over offers from Wyoming and North Dakota.[3]
Volsonredshirted his true freshman season at North Dakota State.[4] He played mostly on special teams as a redshirt freshman and sophomore.[5] He was named a starter going into his redshirt junior season and was named first-team All-Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) after starting all 16 of NDSU's games as the team won the2020 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game.[6] He was a consensus FCS All-American selection during his redshirt senior season, which was shortened and played in the spring of 2021 due to theCOVID-19 pandemic in the United States. Volson 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.[7]
| 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 ft6+1⁄8 in (1.98 m) | 315 lb (143 kg) | 33+7⁄8 in (0.86 m) | 10+1⁄2 in (0.27 m) | 5.27 s | 1.80 s | 3.06 s | 4.64 s | 7.65 s | 32.0 in (0.81 m) | 8 ft 8 in (2.64 m) | 25 reps | |
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Volson was selected by theCincinnati Bengals in the fourth round (136th overall) of the2022 NFL draft.[10][11] He would outright win the starting left guard job as a rookie overJackson Carman.[12] Volson would finish the season with 1,107 snaps, the most of any Bengals player that season.[13]
On August 20, 2025, head coachZac Taylor announced that Volson would require season-ending right shoulder surgery.[14] On August 26, Volson was designated as waived/injured by the Bengals as part of final roster cuts.[15] He reverted to injured reserve the next day.