Ted Karras

Discover how the Cincinnati Bengals center Ted Karras transformed the Cincy Hats project into much more than merchandise. Karras' initiative goes beyond football, using his voice and platform to help support the Village of Merici to provide housing and community opportunities for adults with developmental disabilities.

C Ted Karras speaks to the media after the Ravens-Bengals game in Week 2 of the 2023 season.

C Ted Karras talks with Dave Lapham after the Bengals-Browns week 1 game of the 2023 season.

WR Tee Higgins, WR Ja'Marr Chase and C Ted Karras talk about Burrow's first day at practice in this edition of GEICO Locker Room Interviews.

C Ted Karras speaks to the media after practice on Wednesday, August 30, 2023.

C Ted Karras speaks to the media after training camp on Wednesday, August 16, 2023.

C Ted Karras speaks to the media following the Packers-Bengals joint practice on Wednesday, August 9, 2023.

C Ted Karras speaks to the media after Training Camp on Monday, July 23, 2023.

Cincinnati Bengals center Ted Karras joins Nickelodeon NFL Insider Dylan Schefter for an interview.

C Ted Karras speaks to the media ahead of the upcoming Bengals-Chiefs AFC Championship Game in Kansas City on Sunday.

Hear what members of the Bengals offensive line had to say after the team beat the Bills in the divisional round of the 2022 season playoffs.

C Ted Karras speaks to the media ahead of the Divisional Playoff game against the Buffalo Bills.

C Ted Karras speaks to the media on Wednesday, January 11th before the upcoming Wild Card playoff game on Sunday.

C Ted Karras speaks to the media during open locker room on Thursday, January 5 2023.

Dave Lapham, Dan Hoard and Geoff Hobson give their top three Bengals that should be voted into the Pro Bowl. Go to bengals.com/probowl to vote for your favorite Bengal to go to the 2023 Pro Bowl Games.

Learn Ted Karras' favorite song, post game meal and more in this week's edition of Know Your Pro.

Ted Karras talks about carrying on the Karras family legacy of pro football players while Frank Pollack comments on how Ted's presence affects the team's energy.

C Ted Karras talks strategy and work ethic during the Week 6 game against the Saints.

Tune in to Paycor Stadium as C Ted Karras is Mic'd Up for Week 4 against the Miami Dolphins.

C Ted Karras speaks to the media after Week 4 of the 2022 season.

C Ted Karras talks after the Bengals took on the Cowboys in Week 2 of the 2022 season.

Ted Karras speaks to the media after the Steelers-Bengals game from Week 1 of the 2022 season.

Voice of the Bengals Dan Hoard and Dave Lapham meet with C Ted Karras on the first Training Camp Report of the 2022 season.

C Ted Karras talks about working with Joe Burrow and the Bengals O-Line.

Newly signed offensive linemen Alex Cappa and Ted Karras join the media after signing with the Cincinnati Bengals.

The Cincinnati Bengals announced today center Ted Karras as its nominee for the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award presented by Nationwide. The Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award presented by Nationwide is the league's most prestigious honor and acknowledges NFL players who excel on the field and demonstrate a passion for creating a lasting positive impact beyond the game in their communities.

With the Cincy Hat Project celebrating its one-year anniversary of smashing success via grassroots fundraising, Bengals.com senior writer Geoff Hobson held a conversation with the venture's driving force. Ted Karras also expounds on Cincy, football, Joe Burrow's window, and the issues that concern him as the Bengals' representative to the NFL Players Association.

Joe Burrow has been so deprived by playing a mere three preseason snaps in his NFL career that he is the game's most accurate passer of all time. So until the opening weekend of Sept. 7, expect to see plenty of Trevor Siemian and Jake Browning in the bid to be the Bengals' No. 2 quarterback. 

Did we win? Ted Karras, Bengals center and history buff, has a prediction for Damar Hamlin's first question to his doctors. "I thought it was a legendary comment."

Like many Ohio settlers before him, Ted Karras struck out from Massachusetts back in the spring. The new Bengals center with the Patriot Way and Kennedy charisma returns for a Christmas Eve game against his old New England team (1 p.m.-Cincinnati's Local 12) as a Cincinnati staple.

The NFL announced that QB Joe Burrow, WR Ja'Marr Chase and DE Trey Hendrickson have been voted to the AFC team for the 2023 Pro Bowl Games.

Now Bengals wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase knows how NFL defensive backs feel after his first 24 pro games. As he emerged his from four-game absence Wednesday with the anticipation of playing Sunday (4:25 p.m.-Cincinnati's Local 12) against the Chiefs at Paycor Stadium, he reflected on the month-long exile.

You can call Sunday's Bengals game in Tennessee (1 p.m.-Cincinnati's Local 12) a rematch, but it's really not. The Bengals made sure of that in the first hours of free agency back in March when they began revamping the offensive line with deals for Bus guard Alex Cappa and Patriots guard-center Ted Karras.

Matt Renie, the software startup guru who was his high school football team's leprechaun mascot, used his magic touch to get the website TheCincyHat.com up and going this week in his spare time. And it wasn't all that different than about a half a lifetime ago when he met Teddy Karras on East 56th in Indianapolis at St. Matthew School. 

With Bengals nose tackle D.J. Reader playing his first game in nearly two months and Steelers edge rusher T.J. Watt back in time to test the Bengals offense again, Sunday's game (4:25 p.m.-Cincinnati's Local 12)  in Pittsburgh promises to be one of those Trench Games.

A look at one of the Bengals' many big plays from last Sunday's rout of the Panthers.

Now he can say he can count his Bengals record on his right hand. And that's just what Bengals running back Joe Mixon did after he scored his fifth touchdown Sunday in the 42-21 win over the Panthers at Paycor Stadium. After freezing cornerback Jaycee Horn when he jumped cut to the left edge on his 14-yard touchdown run on the first series of the third quarter, Mixon stood in the end zone and counted them out. Then after the game someone counted out the Bengals greats that never did what Mixon did Sunday.

Call the Bengals' assault on the NFL's third-down stats The Revenge of the Nerds as they prep for Sunday's assignment against the Falcons (1 p.m.-Cincinnati's FOX 19) at Paycor Stadium when Bengals center Ted Karras and his relentless optimism take on Falcons two-time Pro Bowler Grady Jarrett.

His Bengals are 0-2, but here are two pretty good reasons why head coach Zac Taylor isn't worried about his team imploding before the AFC North race even begins. Two of his captains in the middle of it all. D.J. Reader and Ted Karras.

Bengals running back Joe Mixon, off a 1,205-yard career season, says he should have rushed for at least 1,600 yards and scored 23 touchdowns. Prepping for Sunday's opener at Paycor Stadium (1 p.m.-Cincinnati's Local 12) against the Steelers, Mixon went back to a run last year in Pittsburgh he says should have popped for a big one instead of one for about ten.

At 32, safety Michael Thomas is the oldest Bengal on offense and defense and the only one to have played in more than 100 NFL games from scrimmage when they line up for Sunday's opener (1 p.m.-Cincinnati's Local 12) against the Steelers at Paycor Stadium. But the grizzled vet was so overcome Monday when his teammates voted him special teams captain, he was still fighting back tears ten minutes after head coach Zac Taylor announced the captains at the end of the Labor Day practice on the Paycor field.

Even though their new right side has yet to line up in team drills, the culture shift on the revamped, re-built and re-invigorated Bengals offensive line continued to dig in during Friday's training camp on the Paul Brown Stadium practice fields.

New Bengals right tackle La'el Collins had a reassuring session with the media before Friday's practice and said he'll practice before the Sept. 11 opener against the Steelers at Paul Brown Stadium.

The Bengals are six weeks out, give or take a few days, from opening training camp. And they have just two voluntary practices left before the six-week break heading into the preseason. But for Joe Burrow, the cover guy of the AFC's defending champs, it's already on.

Journeyman quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick's 17-year run through the NFL that coincided with the league's rise to cultural prominence through its kaleidoscope of platforms even has an impact on a Bengals offensive line flexing new-found leadership. "The ultimate teammate. My favorite teammate of all-time," said new center Ted Karras after Tuesday's voluntary practice. 

C Ted Karras, G Cordell Volson, and QB Jake Browning deliver a game ball to The Oak Tavern in Oakley.

See which Bengals were selected for the 2023 NFL Pro Bowl Games in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Check out what the Bengals are wearing for the My Cause My Cleats game against the Kansas City Chiefs in Week 13 of the 2022 season, presented by CareSource. Visit bengals.com/cleats to learn more about each cause.

Check out which Bengals were nominated for the 2023 Pro Bowl Games!

Scroll through the Jungle to see the best of HB Chris Evans, C Trey Hill, C Ted Karras, G Alex Cappa, OL Cordell Volson, G D'Ante Smith, OT La'el Collins, OT Jonah Williams, and G Jackson Carman from Media Day 2022.