Bengals Rookie Minicamp Preview: 3 players to look out for as they make their practice debuts in Cincinnati
The Cincinnati Bengals begin their annual rookie minicamp Friday and have another session on Saturday. Here are the players who could be turning heads in their debut practices.
Phase One of the Cincinnati Bengals’ offseason workout program is wrapping up this weekend with rookie minicamp.
Cincinnati has seven draftees from the 2026 NFL Draft and at least 10 reported undrafted free agents set to participate in rookie minicamp Friday and Saturday. Any non-participants may be awaiting the finalization of their rookie contracts, but there should be well over a dozen players set to have their first official on-field moments with the Bengals.
These rookies may be the ones who garner your attention the most.
CB Tacario Davis
Anytime a 6-4 cornerback steps onto the field, your eyes will follow. Tacario Davis is stepping into a Bengals secondary in need of depth behind DJ Turner II and Dax Hill. Maximizing his length and ball skills will be an important task for CB coach Charles Burks this year.
We’ll get our first look at how he moves and tracks the ball at that size.
WR Colbie Young
Colbie Young is another well-built athlete at 6-4, 218 pounds. He can go up and get it with the best of them, and against air, he should make it look easy.
Cincinnati already had a deep receivers room entering the offseason program and didn’t add many to the group. Young will standout among the very few additions.
Colbie Young Stats & Facts
The Cincinnati Bengals used the No. 140 pick in the 2026 draft on former Georgia wide receiver Colbie Young.
- Young, one of 15 children in his family, started his college career at Lackawanna College in Scranton, PA. He caught 24 passes for 472 yards and nine touchdowns during his lone junior college season in 2021.
- Miami (FL) landed Young as a JUCO transfer in 2022. He played in 22 games, catching 79 passes for 930 yards and 10 touchdowns in two seasons.
- Young finished his college career with two years at Georgia. He only played in 13 games as he was suspended from the team for nine games, and injured for another six.
TE Jack Endries
The Bengals’ tight end room is also pretty deep at the moment, which will make it tough for Jack Endries to break through when late August rolls around. For now, he’ll be one of just two TEs working through drills along with UDFA and legacy Bengal Josh Kattus.
Endries is a natural receiver who was projected to be drafted much earlier than the seventh round. He should look really good for his actual draft status.
