Cordel Iwuagwu (born September 4, 1996) is an

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who is currently a free agent. He played college football at TCU.

High school career

Iwuagwu attended

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, where he starred as an offensive guard on the Mustangs' football team. At Westfield, Iwuagwu earned First-team District 15-6A honors. Scout.com rated Iwuagwu as a three-star recruit, the No. 7 offensive guard in the State of Texas, and No. 60 offensive guard in the nation coming out of high school. Iwuagwu, ultimately, chose to attend and play football at TCU over scholarship offers from

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, and

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College career

Iwuagwu redshirted his 2015 freshman season at TCU. In 2017, as a sophomore, Iwuagwu started all 14 games, lining up mostly at left guard. In 2019, after starting all 12 games as a senior, Iwuagwu earned Honorable Mention All-

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Conference Team honors. Iwuagwu was selected to the West Team to play in the 2020 East-West Shrine Bowl.

Professional career

After his successful college career, Iwuagwu was invited to and attended the 2020

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Houston Texans

After going undrafted in the

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, Iwuagwu signed with the

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as an

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on April 27, 2020. He was waived during final roster cuts on September 5, 2020, and signed to their practice squad two days later. Iwuagwu was released on September 14, and re-signed to the practice squad the next day. He was released again on September 28, 2020.

Cleveland Browns

Iwuagwu was signed to the

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' practice squad on December 28, 2020. He was elevated to the active roster on January 2, 2021, for the team's week 17 matchup against the

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, and reverted to the practice squad after the game. Iwuagwu signed a reserve/futures contract with the Browns on January 18, 2021. Iwuagwu was waived by the Browns on August 16, 2021.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Iwuagwu, Cordel 1996 births Living people Players of American football from Houston American football offensive guards TCU Horned Frogs football players Houston Texans players Cleveland Browns players Michigan Panthers (2022) players