Frank Okam with the Houston Texans
With the Houston Texans. Photo: Loganbking, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Defensive tackle, Texas, 2004–⁠07

Frank Okam

Hometown
Dallas, TX
Born
Oct 16, 1985, in Pine Bluff, Arkansas

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Frank Okam played defensive tackle at Texas (2004–⁠07). The Houston Texans took Okam in round 5, No. 151 overall in the 2008 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
2007
Second-team All-Big 12
Drafted
No. 151
Round 5, 2008 NFL Draft (Houston Texans)

Honors

Team titles: National champions, 2005; Big 12 champions, 2005

All-America: AP third team 2007

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

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLSacksPBUFF
200513131831411–
20061215132831.5––
2007131719368541
On file455095157.5––

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

DrillCombine 2008Combine or pro day 2008
Height6′4½″
Weight347 lb
Arm length34¾″
Hand size11⅛″
40-yard dash5.36 s
10-yard split1.84 s
Vertical jump23″
Broad jump8′8″
Bench press32 reps
3-cone drill8.07 s
20-yard shuttle4.95 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

3 seasons, 14 games with a stat; latest team: Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2008Houston Texans2200
2010Tampa Bay Buccaneers5900
2011Tampa Bay Buccaneers71300
NFL career142400

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.

Other pro football

YearsLeagueTeam
2012UFLOmaha Nighthawks

Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams.

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