Among team's best Day 3 draft selections in recent memory, Volson was a 2022 fourth-round pick out of North Dakota State University and played every one of Cincinnati's 1311 offensive snaps (regular season plus postseason) as a rookie LG ... Part of revamped line which featured four new starters and allowed just 14 sacks in second half of season compared to 30 in first half ... Earned starting LG spot in training camp, and was only player on team to line up for 100 percent of offensive snaps ... Played at four different positions (LOT, LG, RG, ROT) during five-year career at NDSU, where he was a three-time FCS All-American and four-time FCS national champion.
Selected by Cincinnati in fourth round of 2022 NFL Draft (136th overall) ... Signed with Bengals on 6-14-22.
2022—Won starting LG job in training camp, and lined up there for all 16 regular-season games and all three postseason contests as a rookie ... Played 100 percent (1106 of 1106) of offensive snaps during regular season; only player on the team to line up for every possible offensive snap ... Also played all 205 offensive snaps in postseason ... Key member of offensive line that allowed 14 sacks in second half of regular season, after giving up 30 in first half ... Blocked for QB Joe Burrow, who set single-season team records for completions (414) and passing TDs (35), while ranking in the top six leaguewide in completion percentage (68.3, second), passing yards (4475, fifth), and passer rating (100.8, sixth) ... Helped open holes for HB Joe Mixon's 153 rushing yards and four rushing TDs on Nov. 6 vs. Carolina ... On Dec. 4 against Kansas City, paved the way for HB Samaje Perine's 106 rushing yards on 21 attempts (5.0 average), while protecting Burrow as he completed 80.6 percent of his passes (25 of 31), including nine of 11 in the fourth quarter ... Blocked for rushing effort of 172 net yards on 34 carries (5.1 average) in Divisional Playoff at Buffalo.
College:Spent six years (2016-21) at North Dakota State, including a redshirt season in '16 ... Used extra year of eligibility granted due to COVID-19 pandemic ... Played in a school-record 65 games, starting 41 consecutive contests over final three seasons ... Helped NDSU win four FCS national championships (2017, '18, '19, 21) ... Spent time at all four G and OT positions, but primarily lined up as a ROT ... Named first-team FCS All-American in 2020 and '21, after picking up second-team honors in '19 ... In 2021, played 623 regular-season snaps with zero sacks allowed ... Allowed zero sacks and committed just one penalty in 2020.
High school/personal: Hometown is Balfour, N.D. ... Attended Drake High School in Drake, N.D. ... Played OL and DL, as well as TE, LB, P and K ... Totaled 239 tackles, 28 sacks, five FFs and six FRs in his career ... Also blocked 14 punts and had one INT ... Two-time all-state selection in football ... Also was a two-time all-state selection in basketball ... Older brother is Tanner Volson, who played C at North Dakota State and spent time with the L.A. Chargers and N.Y. Giants (no games played) ... Graduated from North Dakota State in 2020 with a degree in general agriculture ... First name is pronounced "kor-DELL" and last name is pronounced "VOLL-son."
