NOAH TOGIAI: Bio/Stats/Draft Profile

[EastStreet]

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Overview

Three-year starter with back-end-of-the-roster potential as an H-back. Togiai will put in effort as a blocker but simply isn't big enough or strong enough to make much difference near the line of scrimmage. His strength as a prospect resides in his basketball athleticism and his ability to gain leverage and separation as a route runner. He has plus body control and the speed to work past linebackers, but needs the ball thrown accurately because of his limited catch radius. He needs to improve as a move blocker and as a possession target underneath, but he might be an intriguing late-rounder for teams looking to add an athlete.

 

Strengths

Three-star high school basketball prospect

Good lean and acceleration into routes

Appears to have traits to work the seam despite how he was used

Has feel for leverage and separation at the top of the route

Quick to snap head around and put eyes on the quarterback

Body control and positioning spawned from his basketball instincts

Toughness to complete catches through contact

Athleticism for adjustments and space as move blocker

 

Weaknesses

Has short arms and small hands for his position

Difficult catches will elude him more than you like

Needs to become a more consistent target in the middle of the field

Play strength will be an issue as a blocker

Defenders work their way across his face from backside

Body control through contact is very lacking

Not a creative runner after the catch

 

https://www.nfl.com/prospects/noah-togiai/3219544f-4730-7886-9671-81fc84e55269

https://osubeavers.com/sports/football/roster/noah-togiai/7268

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PRONOUNCED Tong-EE-eye

CAREER
• Signed as an undrafted free agent with the Philadelphia Eagles after the 2020 NFL Draft
• Played in 44 games, making 37 starts
• Caught 102 passes for 1,048 yards and 10 touchdowns. Became the sixth tight end in Oregon State history to surpass 1,000 yards receiving
• Scored at least one touchdown in five different seasons, becoming just the second player in school history to do so (joining James Rodgers)
• Named to the 2017 Associated Press All-Pac-12 Second Team
• 2019 All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention
• 2019 John Mackey Award Watch List

2019 (REDSHIRT SENIOR)
• Played in all 12 games, making 11 starts
• Caught 44 passes for 406 yards and three touchdowns
• All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention
• Recorded a reception in every game
• Posted a season-best eight catches in the win over Arizona State. Scored one touchdown
• Also scored touchdowns versus Arizona and Washington State
• Finished with 17 catches over the last three games while grabbing five at Washington State and four in the season finale at Oregon
• John Mackey Award Watch List

2018 (REDSHIRT JUNIOR)
• Played in and started nine games
• Caught 10 passes for 77 yards and three touchdowns
• Totaled a season-best four receptions for 40 yards at Washington
• Scored solo touchdowns against Arizona State, USC and Stanford

2017 (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE)
• Played in and started 11 games
• Led Oregon State with 461 yards receiving and 34 receptions. Scored two touchdowns
• Posted a season-best 95 yards receiving against Portland State, with one of his five receptions going for a year-long 48 yards
• Opened the season with seven catches for 67 yards and a touchdown against Colorado State. Touchdown came on a 25-yard pass
• Totaled four catches at USC, and three against Colorado, California and Arizona. Scored a touchdown against the Wildcats
• Nearly hit the 100-yard mark against Arizona State, totaling 88 on five catches
• Associated Press All-Pac-12 Second Team

2016 (SOPHOMORE)
• Played in two games in 2016
• Suffered a season-ending knee injury on the opening kickoff in the second game of the season against Idaho State
• Made four catches for 31 yards and a touchdown in the season-opener at Minnesota
• His touchdown catch at Minnesota was the Beavers’ first points of the season
• Made seven catches for 107 yards in the Spring Game

2015 (FRESHMAN)
• One of four true freshmen to play in 2015
• Played in 10 games starting five
• Began the season with the idea of using his redshirt, but was inserted into the lineup in Game 3 due to injuries at the position
• Made his first career start at Arizona
• Caught his first career pass, a 4-yarder, against San Jose State
• Scored his first career touchdown on a  3-yard pass from Nick Mitchell at California
• Grabbed season-long 26-yard pass at Oregon
• Joined the Oregon State men’s basketball team following the football season, playing in two games

HUNTER HIGH SCHOOL
• Two-sport athlete – football and basketball – at Hunter
• Three-star tight end by Scout
• Rated the No. 39 tight end in the nation and No. 1 in Utah by Scout
• 5A honorable mention tight end as a senior after suffering a leg injury during the season
• 5A second team as a junior
• Recorded 92 receptions for 1,496 yards and 14 touchdowns during his prep career
• Rated a three-star basketball prospect by Scout and ESPN
• Utah 5A second team in basketball following his junior season after averaging 22 points and 6.8 rebounds
• 5A honorable mention as a sophomore, one of only three sophomores to earn the honor

PERSONAL
• Son of Kaio and Gina Togiai
• Has three brothers, Andrew, Ian and Stone, and a sister, Chyna
• Enjoys playing basketball
• Majoring in sociology

 

 

 

 

[EastStreet]

IDK. Did decent in college in weak PAC, but pretty meh overall. 

 

I think this is strictly a temp move until Burton returns to form. Not sure we'll see him much, if at all so long as Doyle and MAC are healthy.

[Scott Pennock]

This is a tough one to judge. The staff seem high on Farrod Green, Grimble is a Veteran and Vollert balled out in the Chargers training camp before signing with us. All three of them spent a lot more time in the playbook and on the field as a Colt.

 

While it may be temporary, they obviously saw SOMETHING that distinguished him over the 3 guys on the PS and puts him inline to play a role on week one?

 

I hope he balls out and we don't have to bring Burton off the IR until he is 250% healed....

[CurBeatElite]

4 hours ago, Scott Pennock said:

This is a tough one to judge. The staff seem high on Farrod Green, Grimble is a Veteran and Vollert balled out in the Chargers training camp before signing with us. All three of them spent a lot more time in the playbook and on the field as a Colt.

 

While it may be temporary, they obviously saw SOMETHING that distinguished him over the 3 guys on the PS and puts him inline to play a role on week one?

 

I hope he balls out and we don't have to bring Burton off the IR until he is 250% healed....

 

I think it could also be they weren't overly impressed with the guys we put on the PS (Green and Grimble) or the guy we waived (Vollert) and at this point don't have much plans for TEs after Doyle and MAC (and Burton when he returns).  It could be like a 1 week tryout as well.  If he performs poorly, we can always recall Farrod Green or Xavier Grimble.

 

Pederson in Philly still runs a similar O to what Reich had in place as the OC there and similar to what we run in Indy.  My guess is the Colts wanted to sign this guy as a UDFA and Philly either outbid or he wanted to go there instead.  When he became available (apparently, Philly had plans to get him back to the active 53 soon like we did w/ Chaz Green), Ballard and Co. probably jumped on him just to see what he could bring to the table.

[Bolts2Colts]

I love that we stole this guy from the Eagles, but I wonder how Noah Togiai feels about being snatched away? The Eagles were supposedly planning to put him back on their active roster ASAP.  He had chosen the Eagles over his other suitors because he wanted to learn from their elite tight ends. 
 

We’ll probably have to keep him on the active roster (or IR if he is injured) all season unless we want to risk the Eagles signing him back. 
 

 

[Yoshinator]

7 minutes ago, Bolts2Colts said:

I love that we stole this guy from the Eagles, but I wonder how Noah Togiai feels about being snatched away? The Eagles were supposedly planning to put him back on their active roster ASAP.  He had chosen the Eagles over his other suitors because he wanted to learn from their elite tight ends. 
 

We’ll probably have to keep him on the active roster (or IR if he is injured) all season unless we want to risk the Eagles signing him back. 
 

 

Considering Reich used to coach in Philly and runs a similar scheme, he should have a smooth transition into the Colts scheme. I think he'll be fine as long as he's a good player.

[Scott Pennock]

9 hours ago, CurBeatElite said:

 

I think it could also be they weren't overly impressed with the guys we put on the PS (Green and Grimble) or the guy we waived (Vollert) and at this point don't have much plans for TEs after Doyle and MAC (and Burton when he returns).  It could be like a 1 week tryout as well.  If he performs poorly, we can always recall Farrod Green or Xavier Grimble.

 

Pederson in Philly still runs a similar O to what Reich had in place as the OC there and similar to what we run in Indy.  My guess is the Colts wanted to sign this guy as a UDFA and Philly either outbid or he wanted to go there instead.  When he became available (apparently, Philly had plans to get him back to the active 53 soon like we did w/ Chaz Green), Ballard and Co. probably jumped on him just to see what he could bring to the table.

All very reasonable thoughts!

[Four2itus]

13 hours ago, CurBeatElite said:

 

I think it could also be they weren't overly impressed with the guys we put on the PS (Green and Grimble) or the guy we waived (Vollert) and at this point don't have much plans for TEs after Doyle and MAC (and Burton when he returns).  It could be like a 1 week tryout as well.  If he performs poorly, we can always recall Farrod Green or Xavier Grimble.

 

Pederson in Philly still runs a similar O to what Reich had in place as the OC there and similar to what we run in Indy.  My guess is the Colts wanted to sign this guy as a UDFA and Philly either outbid or he wanted to go there instead.  When he became available (apparently, Philly had plans to get him back to the active 53 soon like we did w/ Chaz Green), Ballard and Co. probably jumped on him just to see what he could bring to the table.

Watched him at OSU a bit.  Tough kid. He has skills. 

[Horsey]

I watched him a few times at OSU. Didn't really impress me. Since Ballard ignored the TE position in the off season, we are stuck having to play Walmart caliber TE's. 

[krunk]

Wonder if theyll set their sights back on Delanie Walker if it gets to shallow at some point?