Defensive end, Texas, 2009–12
Alex Okafor
- Number
- No. 80
- Height
- 6′4″
- Weight
- 265 lb
- Hometown
- Pflugerville, TX
- Born
- Feb 8, 1991, in Dallas, Texas
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Alex Okafor played defensive end at Texas (2009–12). The Arizona Cardinals took Okafor in round 4, No. 103 overall in the 2013 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Honors
Team titles: Big 12 champions, 2009
All-America: AFCA 2011; College Football News second team 2012
The teams
No defensive lines in our box scores: before 2016 they record only interceptions for defenders. His defense from other sources is below.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | PBU | FF | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 2.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010N | 12 | 13 | 15 | 28 | 3.5 | 3.5 | – | 1 | – |
| 2011 | 13 | 26 | 26 | 52 | 12.5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| 2012 | 12 | 42 | 19 | 61 | 16.5 | 12.5 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| On file | 90 | 69 | 159 | 35 | 23 | – | 7 | – | |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Before the draft
Played in the 2013 Senior Bowl (North team, lost 16–21).
| Drill | Combine 2013 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′4½″ |
| Weight | 264 lb |
| Arm length | 33⅞″ |
| Hand size | 9⅝″ |
| 40-yard dash | 4.91 sW |
| 10-yard split | 1.69 sW |
| Vertical jump | 31″W |
| Broad jump | 9′4″W |
| Bench press | 21 reps |
| 3-cone drill | 7.26 sW |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.43 sW |
Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
9 seasons, 92 games with a stat; latest team: Kansas City Chiefs.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Arizona Cardinals | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | Arizona Cardinals | 12 | 28 | 8 | 1 |
| 2015 | Arizona Cardinals | 12 | 29 | 2 | 0 |
| 2016 | Arizona Cardinals | 8 | 13 | 3.5 | 0 |
| 2017 | New Orleans Saints | 10 | 42 | 4.5 | 0 |
| 2018 | New Orleans Saints | 15 | 33 | 4 | 0 |
| 2019 | Kansas City Chiefs | 8 | 21 | 5 | 0 |
| 2020 | Kansas City Chiefs | 10 | 16 | 3 | 0 |
| 2021 | Kansas City Chiefs | 16 | 23 | 1.5 | 0 |
| NFL career | 92 | 206 | 31.5 | 1 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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