BuccaneersFan.com • Player Spotlight • No. 69
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Right guard • Active
North Dakota grit in pewter & red
Cody Mauch
- Born
- January 15, 1999
- Hometown
- Hankinson, North Dakota
Hankinson High School - Listed size
- 6 feet 6 inches • 303 pounds
- College
- North Dakota State • 2017–2022
Redshirt in 2017; five playing seasons - NFL Draft
- April 28, 2023 • Round 2 • Pick 48
Tampa Bay Buccaneers - Rookie signing
- July 24, 2023 • Four-year contract
- NFL career
- Tampa Bay, 2023–present
- Current chapter
- Fourth Buccaneers season in 2026
Profile: Buccaneers biography, official roster PDF and NDSU biography. Highlights: draft announcement, FCS ADA award report and the official game logs linked below. Listed size follows the current Buccaneers roster.
A road trip powered by family pride
Captain Booty had the pleasure of meeting Cody Mauch’s grandparents during their stay at the Hacienda Hotel in New Port Richey. They were touring the country by car, collecting adventures along the way and making stops at Cody’s games to cheer him on.
As they shared stories from the road, their pride in their grandson shone through. Captain Booty came away with a simple impression: great people and wonderfully proud grandparents. Their travels added a special family story to the Buccaneers journey of No. 69.
A walk-on’s path to the heart of the line
Cody Mauch brought a walk-on’s persistence and a tackle’s movement skills to the Buccaneers’ interior line. The long red hair and familiar smile made him easy to recognize. His transition to right guard gave Tampa Bay a young blocker with room to grow alongside the rest of its front five.
He arrived at North Dakota State as a tight end, developed into an All-American tackle and became Tampa Bay’s second-round selection in 2023. The Buccaneers moved up two spots to draft him, then put him in the starting lineup for every game of his rookie regular season. College transformation • Draft report • 2023 game log.
After another 17-start season in 2024, a knee injury ended his 2025 campaign after two games. His return in 2026 has brought him back to his place in the lineup, with eight starts through November 1. 2025 roster announcement • Return to practice • 2026 game log.
The Buccaneers chapter
2023–present: learning, growing and returning
Tampa Bay selected Mauch on April 28, 2023, after sending picks 50 and 179 to Green Bay for the 48th selection. He signed his four-year rookie contract on July 24 and made the move from college tackle to NFL guard. Draft trade • Rookie contract announcement.
| Season | Team | G | GS | Season context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | TB | 17 | 17 | Rookie starter; NFC South champions; divisional round |
| 2024 | TB | 17 | 17 | Started all 17 games; NFC South champions; wild-card round |
| 2025 | TB | 2 | 2 | Two starts before season-ending injured reserve |
| 2026* | TB | 8 | 8 | Eight starts through Week 8; season in progress |
| Career | TB | 44 | 44 | Regular season only |
G = games played; GS = games started; TB = Tampa Bay Buccaneers. * 2026 includes games through November 1 and is unfinished. Select a season to open its official game log.
Participation: official regular-season logs for 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026. Team finishes: 2023 history and 2024 history. Injury context: September 18, 2025 roster move.
2023 A new position and a full season
Mauch started all 17 regular-season games at right guard, then both playoff games. The rookie season included a division title and a 32–9 wild-card victory over Philadelphia, giving him early experience in meaningful January football.
2024 Strength, timing and continuity
His second season brought another 17 starts. Tampa Bay’s analysis highlighted better pulling and combination blocks with right tackle Luke Goedeke. Mauch had spent the offseason adding strength while refining the timing that lets neighboring linemen work together.
2025–2026 Injury, rehabilitation and a return
Mauch finished the 2025 Houston game despite a knee injury, then went on injured reserve on September 18. He was a full participant when organized team activities began in May 2026 and has started all eight games of the new season so far.
November 1, 2026 • Raymond James Stadium
A Sunday the offensive line could savor
Week 8 • Final
16 – 0
TAMPA BAY / ATLANTA
324 team rushing yards
A new Buccaneers single-game record.
324 YARDS ON THE GROUND
Bucky Irving: 170 rushing yards
Kenny Gainwell: 140 rushing yards
Mauch was in Tampa Bay’s starting lineup as the Buccaneers shut out Atlanta and established a franchise rushing record. Irving and Gainwell both crossed 100 yards, matching a feat last achieved for the club by Mike Alstott and Warrick Dunn on November 1, 1998.
For a guard, a day like this puts the work up front in focus: opening a crease, staying connected on a combination block and giving the runner room to finish. The 324 yards belong to the team, with the offensive line, tight ends, receivers and backs sharing the work.
Sources: Mauch's game log, official game notes and rushing feature.
Hankinson • Fargo • Tampa Bay
The making of a Buccaneer
A tight end grows into a tackle
Mauch played nine-man football at Hankinson High School in North Dakota. He entered NDSU in 2017 as a walk-on tight end at roughly 220 pounds, then moved to the offensive line during spring practice in 2018. His frame and role changed as he developed into a college tackle.
By his final season, he had become one of the FCS’s most recognized blockers. He received the FCS Athletic Directors Association’s top offensive lineman honor in 2022 and earned first-team Associated Press All-America recognition.
Sources: Buccaneers draft profile, FCS ADA honor and AP All-America announcement.
Moving inside for the NFL
Guard presented a new set of demands after Mauch spent most of his college starts at left tackle. Interior defenders arrive quickly, and working in step with the center and tackle matters on both passing plays and runs.
In its 2024 coverage, Tampa Bay emphasized his growing strength and communication with Goedeke. The club’s review of that season also praised his movement as a pulling guard—coming across behind the line to lead a run—and his progress with hand placement and combination blocks.
Sources: 2024 consistency feature and Buccaneers draft class review.
Returning to familiar work
The 2025 injury interrupted a run of 36 consecutive regular-season starts. Tampa Bay’s May 2026 report described Mauch’s relief at joining his teammates for a full practice again. That return restored an experienced member of an offensive line that had played together during the club’s successful 2024 running season.
The injury ended his 2025 season after two appearances. His 2026 game log confirms the return to regular-season action. Official return feature • Current season log.
Through November 1, 2026 • Career still active
A career in games and starts
Mauch has started all 44 NFL regular-season games in which he has appeared. His three postseason starts are recorded separately. These participation records show his role and availability; the team rushing achievement above provides context for the unit’s work.
| Scope | Team | G | GS | Seasons included |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NFL regular season | Tampa Bay | 44 | 44 | 2023–2026* |
| NFL postseason | Tampa Bay | 3 | 3 | 2023–2024 |
* The regular-season total includes the partial 2026 season. Postseason season labels refer to the NFL season, although those games took place in January of the following calendar year. NFL preseason games are excluded.
Totals are summed from the official regular-season logs for 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 and postseason logs for 2023 and 2024.
College honors
- 2022 FCS ADA Top Offensive Lineman.
- 2022 Phil Steele FCS Offensive Lineman of the Year.
- 2022 consensus FCS All-American.
- First-team All-MVFC: 2021 and 2022.
Buccaneers milestones
- 2023: Started all 17 games as a rookie.
- January 15, 2024: First NFL playoff start and victory.
- NFC South champion: 2023 and 2024 seasons.
- 2026: Eight starts through Week 8 after returning from injury.
2026 game log • Eight games, eight starts
| Week | Date | Opponent | TB result | G | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep. 13 | @ Bengals | L 27–33 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Sep. 20 | Browns | L 19–23 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Sep. 27 | Vikings | L 16–23 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Oct. 4 | Packers | L 14–17 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Oct. 8 | @ Cowboys | W 24–16 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Oct. 18 | Steelers | L 19–26 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Oct. 25 | @ Panthers | W 43–13 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Nov. 1 | Falcons | W 16–0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 8 games | Tampa Bay | 3–5 | 8 | 8 |
All dates are in 2026. Results show Tampa Bay’s score first; @ marks an away game. The 3–5 figure is the Buccaneers’ team record through Week 8.
Source: official 2026 regular-season game log. The November 1 Atlanta appearance is included in the eight-game total.
Postseason participation • By NFL season
| NFL season | Team | G | GS | TB playoff record | Final round |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | TB | 2 | 2 | 1–1 | Divisional |
| 2024 | TB | 1 | 1 | 0–1 | Wild Card |
| Postseason totals | TB | 3 | 3 | 1–2 | — |
The 2023 season’s playoffs were played in January 2024; the 2024 season’s playoff game was played in January 2025. These three appearances are excluded from his 44-game regular-season total.
Every playoff appearance • All three starts
| Game date | NFL season | Round | Opponent | TB result | G | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-01-15 | 2023 | Wild Card | Eagles | W 32–9 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024-01-21 | 2023 | Divisional | @ Lions | L 23–31 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025-01-12 | 2024 | Wild Card | Commanders | L 20–23 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | Two seasons | 3 games | — | 1–2 | 3 | 3 |
Scores list Tampa Bay first. The 1–2 total is the Buccaneers’ record in these playoff games. Each date links to its official season game log.
North Dakota State • College playing record
| Season | G | GS | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | Redshirt; no game appearances |
| 2018 | 6 | 0 | Reserve offensive lineman |
| 2019 | 16 | 0 | Reserve tackle; occasional eligible tight end |
| 2020–21 | 10 | 9 | Fall reserve; nine spring starts (2 RT, 7 LT) |
| 2021 | 15 | 15 | Started every game at left tackle |
| 2022 | 15 | 15 | Started every game at left tackle |
| College career | 62 | 39 | 2 starts at right tackle; 37 at left tackle |
College figures include FCS playoff games. The 2020–21 entry is one season spanning a fall game and the spring schedule: ten appearances, nine starts. The fall 2021 season is a separate entry. RT = right tackle; LT = left tackle.
Source: North Dakota State biography. Mauch finished with 39 consecutive starts, two at right tackle and the final 37 at left tackle.
North Dakota roots & the next chapter
Beyond the huddle
Mauch grew up around a family farm in southeastern North Dakota. His familiar smile has its own sports story: according to the Buccaneers’ draft profile, his two front teeth were knocked out during a seventh-grade basketball game. He graduated from NDSU in December 2021 with a degree in agricultural and biosystems engineering. Draft profile • NDSU biography.
A walk-on beginning. Mauch joined North Dakota State as a tight end and redshirted his first year. College background.
National recognition. The FCS ADA selected Mauch as its top offensive lineman. Award announcement.
Tampa Bay moves up. The Buccaneers selected him 48th overall after trading with Green Bay. Draft report.
A season cut short. Tampa Bay placed Mauch on injured reserve following his knee injury at Houston. Roster announcement.
Back on the practice field. Mauch returned to full participation at the start of the Buccaneers’ organized team activities. Return feature.
A team rushing record. He started in Tampa Bay’s 16–0 victory over Atlanta, when the Buccaneers ran for 324 yards. Game log • Game notes.
Sources & statistical notes
Published November 2, 2026. Regular-season data includes games completed through November 1, 2026. The current season is unfinished. NFL regular-season, NFL postseason and full college-season figures are presented separately.
- Hacienda Hotel introduction: W.P. Rader’s personal recollection, as Captain Booty, of meeting Cody Mauch’s grandparents in New Port Richey and hearing about their travels in support of their grandson.
- Player information and photograph: official Buccaneers profile; birthdate from the official roster PDF, alphabetical roster on PDF page 3.
- NFL participation: the four regular-season and two postseason logs linked in the tables. The current total is 17 + 17 + 2 + 8 = 44 regular-season games and starts. The dated logs include Week 8, while parts of the profile’s career summary may update later.
- College participation: NDSU biography. The 2020–21 season has nine starts in ten games, which reconciles to 39 career starts. College game totals include FCS playoffs.
- College honors: FCS ADA announcement, AP All-America report and the NDSU honors list.
- Draft and development: 2023 draft trade, rookie signing, 2024 development feature and draft class review.
- Injury and return: September 2025 injured reserve announcement and May 2026 return report. The page uses the current roster’s listed height and weight.
- November 1, 2026 team performance: official game notes and rushing feature. The 324 rushing yards are a collective Buccaneers achievement, not an individual statistic for Mauch.