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Defensive end, Texas
Brian Orakpo
- Born
- Jul 31, 1986, in Houston, Texas
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Brian Orakpo played defensive end at Texas. He won the 2008 Bronko Nagurski Trophy, the 2008 Lombardi Award and the 2008 Ted Hendricks Award. He was a consensus All‑American in 2008. The Washington Redskins took Orakpo in the first round, No. 13 overall in the 2009 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Honors
- 2005Big 12 Defensive Freshman of the Year
- 2008Bronko Nagurski Trophy
- 2008Lombardi Award
- 2008Ted Hendricks Award
- 2008Bill Willis Trophy
- 2008Consensus All‑American
- 2008Big 12 Defensive Lineman of the Year
- 2008Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year
- 2008First-team All-Big 12
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
The teams in those years
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 3 | 1 | – | 1 |
| 2006 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 6 | 5 | – | – |
| 2007 | 9 | 19 | 8 | 27 | 8 | 5.5 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 12 | 32 | 8 | 40 | 17.5 | 11.5 | 2 | 4 |
| On file | 75 | 28 | 103 | 34.5 | 23 | – | – | |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2009 | Combine or pro day 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′3″ | |
| Weight | 263 lb | |
| Arm length | 33½″ | |
| Hand size | 9½″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.70 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.63 s | |
| Vertical jump | 39½″ | |
| Broad jump | 10′10″ | |
| Bench press | 31 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 7.26 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.45 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).
In the NFL
10 seasons, 128 games with a stat; latest team: Tennessee Titans.
Pro Bowls: 4 (2009–10, 2013, 2016)
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Washington Redskins | 16 | 47 | 11 | 0 |
| 2010 | Washington Redskins | 15 | 47 | 8.5 | 0 |
| 2011 | Washington Redskins | 16 | 56 | 9 | 0 |
| 2012 | Washington Redskins | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013 | Washington Redskins | 14 | 53 | 10 | 1 |
| 2014 | Washington Redskins | 7 | 23 | 0.5 | 0 |
| 2015 | Tennessee Titans | 16 | 51 | 7 | 0 |
| 2016 | Tennessee Titans | 14 | 46 | 10.5 | 0 |
| 2017 | Tennessee Titans | 16 | 43 | 7 | 0 |
| 2018 | Tennessee Titans | 12 | 26 | 1.5 | 0 |
| NFL career | 128 | 397 | 66 | 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. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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