{"id":861656,"date":"2026-04-08T22:05:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T22:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/861656\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T22:05:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T22:05:13","slug":"francis-mauigoa-will-attend-combine-medical-recheck-to-have-his-back-examined","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/861656\/","title":{"rendered":"Francis Mauigoa will attend Combine medical recheck to have his back examined"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Miami offensive tackle Francis Mauigoa has a back issue that NFL teams want to get another look at.<\/p>\n<p>Mauigoa will attend the Combine medical recheck on Friday, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network. The Combine recheck is for players who have had a medical issue flagged to get a medical examination that all 32 teams will have access to.<\/p>\n<p>According to the report, Mauigoa will undergo additional imaging for a minor back issue that caused him some discomfort last season. He is not expected to need immediate surgery for the disc issue.<\/p>\n<p>Mauigoa is the betting favorite to be the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/francis-mauigoa-favored-to-be-the-first-offensive-lineman-drafted\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">first offensive lineman drafted<\/a> and projects to get drafted somewhere around Picks 6 through 10.<\/p>\n<p>The 6-foot-5, 329-pound Mauigoa is only 20 years old and can probably still get stronger and more athletic, but he\u2019s already got NFL size, strength and quickness. Mauigoa was an All-American last season and won the Jacobs Blocking Trophy as the ACC\u2019s best offensive lineman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Miami offensive tackle Francis Mauigoa has a back issue that NFL teams want to get another look at.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":861657,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5],"tags":[7,49,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-861656","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-ncaa","10":"tag-ncaa-football"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116371359514267299","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861656","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=861656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861656\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/861657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=861656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=861656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=861656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}