But for injury, Edogbo could easily have featured in this list for a previous Six Nations.
The 23-year-old second row spent nearly two years on the sidelines with Achilles tendon tears, but is now up to speed and could add heft to an Ireland pack that has, on occasions, looked lightweight against the very best.
Standing 6ft 5in tall and weighing 20 stone, he has scored three tries in nine games this season for Munster.
Edogbo was a relatively late convert to rugby, only picking up a ball as a 13-year-old after his younger brother Sean – a promising back row prospect himself – took it up.
Away from the pitch, he is in the final year of an economics degree at University College Cork.
Will head coach Andy Farrell dare to pair him with the similarly powerful Joe McCarthy in the engine room, or use Edogbo as a possible stand-in for his Leinster rival? Or perhaps he is earmarked for an impact bench role?
