The Arizona Cardinals had plenty of holes after last season ended with 14 losses. GM Monti Ossenfort was tasked with attempting to fill needs on both sides of the ball.<\/p>\n
During free agency, Ossenfort signed 20 players to date, with nine dedicated to the offense alone. That breaks down to one QB, two RBs, one TE, two WRs, and three offensive linemen.<\/p>\n
After the free agency signings, the Cardinals\u2019 offensive line has changed quite a bit.<\/p>\n
Currently, the depth chart lists Hjalte Froholdt at center, Paris Johnson is still penciled in at LT, and backup Isaiah Adams is listed at RG. New on the chart are LG Isaac Seumalo and RT Elijah Wilkinson.<\/p>\n
So, where would Mauigoa fit? Why should Arizona draft him?<\/p>\n
Mauigoa is considered the best offensive lineman in this year\u2019s draft. And he is young. Wilkinson is 31 years old, Seumalo is 32, and another free agent lineman the Cardinals signed, Matt Pryor, is also 31. Not that any of these players can\u2019t do a great job \u2013 all of them can. Seumalo was ranked the best offensive guard in free agency, and Ossenfort showed that age wasn\u2019t an issue as he gave a three-year deal.<\/p>\n
Every single team in the league wants Mauigoa because he is an absolute beast. 89% grading of pass blocking and 81% run blocking grade. He accumulated 42 consecutive starts with over 2,800 offensive snaps at mainly RT and some RG. Allowed two snaps in his final season.<\/p>\n
Draft projection: Round 1<\/p>\n
College career starts: 42<\/p>\n
Accolades: Consensus All-American, First Team All-ACC (2025), Jacobs Blocking Trophy winner, Second Team All-ACC (2024), Honorable Mention All-ACC (2023), Freshman All-American (2023)<\/p>\n
Expert Draft Site Analysis<\/p>\n
Mauigoa figures to be a mauling right tackle with a high ceiling right away at the next level, with All-Pro upside if he continues to develop and improve his minor inconsistencies. Despite his size, he is a very controlled and balanced athlete, with very good toughness. He shows mauler tendencies and isn\u2019t afraid to finish plays to and through the whistle when he can. In the passing game, Mauigoa shows off a devastating hand punch that he can deploy with either or both hands. The quickness with which he delivers that hand punch stuns defenders and knocks them off their path. In the run game, Mauigoa excels working downhill. His ability to stay low to the ground, despite his size, to punch the defender in the mid-section and drive them to his left, opening wide running lanes for his running back off his right hip.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Arizona Cardinals had plenty of holes after last season ended with 14 losses. GM Monti Ossenfort was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":829997,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2078],"tags":[375,390,2757,2604,1327,7,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-829996","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arizona-cardinals","8":"tag-arizona","9":"tag-arizona-cardinals","10":"tag-arizona-cardinals-draft","11":"tag-arizonacardinals","12":"tag-cardinals","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116280955133407824","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/829996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=829996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/829996\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/829997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=829996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=829996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=829996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}