After an up-and-down final season on Texas A&M’s campus, Cedric Ogbuehi has found his new football home.

The Cincinnati Bengals made the 6-foot-5, 306-pound Ogbuehi the fourth offensive tackle selected in the 2015 draft at No. 21 overall. The pick also extended the Aggies’ streak of five consecutive first-round picks.

Ogbuehi likely will spend 2015 as the equivalent of a redshirt season, sitting behind offensive tackles Andre Smith and Andrew Whitworth.

Whitworth, the Bengals’ current left tackle, is in the final year of his contract.

The A&M product became the second SEC first-round selection recovering from a torn ACL after St. Louis selected Georgia running back Todd Gurley 11 picks earlier.

Ogbuehi migrated from right to left tackle entering his senior season. Media and fans expected that Ogbuehi would pick up right where top-five picks Luke Joeckel and Jake Matthews left off at left tackle. While Ogbuehi was recognized as a first-team All-SEC and third-team All-American performer, he at times struggled as the Aggies line was inconsistent protecting its quarterbacks. I

In A&M’s final game of the season, Ogbuehi suffered a torn ACL that further dropped his draft stock. He reportedly expects to be ready to play by training camp.

Projected as a top-10 selection before the season, that grade waned to a borderline first-round selection by the end of the season, and his ACL injury added further questions. While viewed as an excellent athlete for the position, scouts have had concerns about Ogbuehi’s strength and aggressiveness, especially against power rushers and physical run defenders, players like Trey Flowers of Arkansas.

Ogbuehi showed excellent versatility in college, beginning his career as a guard before playing right tackle as a junior and left tackle as a senior. But some questioned whether he would be capable of starting at left tackle as an NFL rookie, wondering if he’d need to start at right tackle or swing tackle and calling into question his value as a first-round pick.

Instead, Ogbuehi seemed to land in a great situation in Cincinnati, a perennial playoff contender with an eye on developing him.

Since Kevin Sumlin came to Texas A&M, the Aggies have produced first round picks at a rapid rate. With Ogbuehi’s selection, Texas A&M has now produced five first round picks in three years, including three in the 2014 draft.

SDS writer Brett Weisband contributed to this story.