 He finished at OSU with 9 interceptions, 362 tackles and was named to the 2nd team all-pac-10 team in 1994 and the 1st team in 1995.Tongue was selected in the 2nd round (58th overall) in the 1996 NFL Draft by the Kansas City Chiefs.He would play there for 4 seasons, until being picked up by the Seattle Seahawks for the 2000 season, where he played until 2004.