Defensive back, Ohio State, 2006–10
Chimdi Chekwa
- Number
- No. 5
- Height
- 6′0″
- Hometown
- Clermont, FL
- Born
- Sep 7, 1988, in Marrero, Louisiana
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Chimdi Chekwa played defensive back at Ohio State (2006–10). The Oakland Raiders took Chekwa in round 4, No. 113 overall in the 2011 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Honors
Team titles: Big Ten champions, 2007, 2008 and 2009
All-America: FWAA 2010; Walter Camp second team 2010; College Football News 2010
Defense
| Season | Team | Int |
|---|---|---|
| 2007* | Ohio State | 1 |
| 2008* | Ohio State | 1 |
| 2009* | Ohio State | 1 |
| 2010* | Ohio State | 3 |
| On file (2007–10) | 6 | |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short. Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | Int | PBU | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 12 | 27 | 3 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| 2008 | 11 | 28 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 2009 | 13 | 26 | 17 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| 2010 | 12 | 34 | 8 | 42 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 2 |
| On file | 115 | 30 | 145 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 29 | 2 | |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in). A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Ht |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Ohio State | 5 | DB | |
| 2008 | Ohio State | 5 | DB | |
| 2009 | Ohio State | 5 | DB | |
| 2010 | Ohio State | 5 | DB | 6′0″ |
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.
Game by game
2010 Ohio State 2 games with an interception on file, 3 INT
2009 Ohio State 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17 | at Purdue | L 18–26 | 1 |
2008 Ohio State 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13 | at USC | L 3–35 | 1 |
2007 Ohio State 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22 | vs. Northwestern | W 58–7 | 1 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2011 |
|---|---|
| Height | 5′11¾″ |
| Weight | 191 lb |
| Arm length | 31⅜″ |
| Hand size | 8⅜″ |
| Wingspan | 74⅞″W |
| 40-yard dash | 4.38 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.52 sW |
| Vertical jump | 34½″ |
| Broad jump | 10′6″ |
Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
5 seasons, 25 games with a stat; latest team: Miami Dolphins.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Oakland Raiders | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | Oakland Raiders | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | Oakland Raiders | 10 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | Oakland Raiders | 7 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | Miami Dolphins | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 25 | 52 | 0 | 0 | |
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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