Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Thayer Munford was born September 18, 1999, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Munford played as a reserve offensive lineman as a freshman at Ohio State. He was named a starter going into his sophomore season and started the first 13 games of the season before suffering a back injury. Munford started all of the Buckeyes games as a junior and was named second-team All-Big Ten Conference. As a senior, he was named first-team All-Big Ten after starting all seven of Ohio State's games in the team's COVID-19-shortened 2020 season. After considering entering the 2021 NFL Draft, Munford decided to utilize the extra year of eligibility granted to college athletes who played in the 2020 season due to the coronavirus pandemic and return to Ohio State for a fifth season. He was moved to left guard prior to the start of the season. Munford was named first-team All-Big Ten and a first-team All-American by the American Football Coaches Association in his final season. He moved back to the tackle position for the 2022 Rose Bowl, his last game at Ohio State after Nicholas Petit-Frere opted out of the game to prepare for the NFL Draft.

In the 2022 NFL Draft, Thayer Munford Jr. was taken 238th by the Las Vegas Raiders.