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Tristan Wirfs (born January 24, 1999) is an American professional football offensive tackle for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Iowa Hawkeyes, and was selected in the first round by Tampa Bay in the 2020 NFL draft. He has been selected to three consecutive Pro Bowls.
_(cropped).jpg) Wirfs with the Buccaneers in 2021 | |||||||
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| Position: | Offensive tackle | ||||||
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| Born: | January 24, 1999 Mount Vernon, Iowa, U.S. | ||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||
| Weight: | 320 lb (145 kg) | ||||||
| Career information | |||||||
| High school: | Mount Vernon (IA) | ||||||
| College: | Iowa (2017–2019) | ||||||
| NFL draft: | 2020 / round: 1 / pick: 13 | ||||||
| Career history | |||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||
| Career highlights and awards | |||||||
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| Career NFL statistics as of Week 6, 2024 | |||||||
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Wirfs played high school football at Mount Vernon High School, where he also excelled in wrestling and track and field.[1] He won the state discus throw as a sophomore, and Iowa State and Iowa Hawkeyes both offered Wirfs scholarships within the next month.[2] He committed to Iowa in winter of his junior year in December 2015,[3] and was a four-star recruit.[4] During his senior year of high school, Wirfs helped Mount Vernon to a state semifinal appearance in football, was named an Army All-American for football, won a state wrestling title in winter after cutting 30 pounds, and won the discus for the third straight year and shot put for the second straight year in spring at the Iowa state track-and-field championship meet. He was honored by the Des Moines Register as the best boys prep athlete in the state.[5]
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As a true freshman, Wirfs started seven games at right tackle,[6] becoming the first true freshman to start at offensive tackle in the Kirk Ferentz era.[7] Through the season, he worked on being more aggressive against defenders.[8]
Before his sophomore season, Wirfs was suspended for the season-opening game against Northern Illinois for an OWI arrest in late July.[6] After his sophomore season, Wirfs broke the Hawkeyes hang clean record held by Brandon Scherff, setting the new mark at 450 pounds. He also said a focus of his junior season would be to translate his weight room exploits to the field.[9] An injury during spring practice caused Wirfs to miss a few weeks of practice.[10] Following his junior season where he was selected to the First Team All-Big Ten Conference and named the conference lineman of the year, Wirfs announced that he would forgo his final season and enter the 2020 NFL draft.[11]
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| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | Wonderlic |
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| 6 ft 4+7⁄8 in (1.95 m) |
320 lb (145 kg) |
34 in (0.86 m) |
10+1⁄4 in (0.26 m) | 4.85 s | 1.69 s | 2.80 s | 4.68 s | 7.65 s | 36.5 in (0.93 m) | 10 ft 1 in (3.07 m) | 24 reps | 23 |
| All values from NFL Combine[12][13] | ||||||||||||
Wirfs was selected by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the first round with the 13th overall pick in the 2020 NFL Draft.[14] As a rookie, Wirfs started all 16 games in the 2020 season, playing at right tackle, only allowing 1 sack to Khalil Mack of the Chicago Bears in Week 5.[15][16] Wirfs played and started all four games in the Buccaneers' playoff run that resulted in the team winning Super Bowl LV.[17][18] He was named to the PFWA All-Rookie Team.[19] He was ranked 89th by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2021.[20]
Wirfs started all 17 games for the Buccaneers in 2021, before suffering an ankle injury in the Wild Card Round of the playoffs that kept him out the remainder of the season.[21][22] After another strong year performance wise, Wirfs was named to his first career Pro Bowl, as well as garnered a first-team All-Pro selection.[23][24] He was ranked 41st by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2022.[25]
Wirfs started 13 out of 17 games for the Buccaneers in 2022.[26] He missed three games after suffering an ankle injury and was inactive for the team's final regular season game as it did not impact playoff seeding.[27] Wirfs was named to his second career Pro Bowl and 2nd-Team All-Pro.[28][29] He was ranked 98th by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2023.[30]
On April 26, 2023, the Buccaneers picked up the fifth-year option of Wirfs' contract.[31] In the 2023 season, Wirfs started all 17 regular season games and both of the Buccaneers' postseason games—switching to left tackle for the first time.[32][16]
On August 1, 2024, Wirfs and the Buccaneers agreed to a five–year, $140.63 million contract extension, a deal that made him the highest paid offensive lineman in NFL history.[33]
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| Legend | |
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| First Team All-Pro | |
| Second Team All-Pro | |
| Won the Super Bowl | |
| No type penalty | |
| Bold | Career high |
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