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Christian Okoye

Christian Emeka Okoye

Position: RB
Height: 6-1    Weight: 253 lbs.
Born: August 16, 1961 in Enugu, Nigeria
College: Azusa Pacific

Career AV: 33 (2710th overall since 1950)

2-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the 2nd round (35th overall) of the 1987 NFL Draft.

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Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing Receiving
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb AV
1987 26 KAN FB 35 12 12 157 660 3 43 4.2 55.0 13.1 24 169 7.0 0 22 2.0 14.1 829 3 5 6
1988 27 KAN FB 35 9 9 105 473 3 48 4.5 52.6 11.7 8 51 6.4 0 12 0.9 5.7 524 3 1 3
1989*+ 28 KAN FB 35 15 14 370 1480 12 59 4.0 98.7 24.7 2 12 6.0 0 8 0.1 0.8 1492 12 8 10
1990 29 KAN FB 35 14 13 245 805 7 32 3.3 57.5 17.5 4 23 5.8 0 8 0.3 1.6 828 7 6 4
1991* 30 KAN FB 35 14 12 225 1031 9 48 4.6 73.6 16.1 3 34 11.3 0 13 0.2 2.4 1065 9 5 9
1992 31 KAN FB 35 15 5 144 448 6 22 3.1 29.9 9.6 1 5 5.0 0 5 0.1 0.3 453 6 2 4
Career 79 65 1246 4897 40 59 3.9 62.0 15.8 42 294 7.0 0 22 0.5 3.7 5191 40 27 36

Defense & Fumbles

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Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1987 26 KAN FB 35 12 12 5 0 0 0
1988 27 KAN FB 35 9 9 1 0 0 0
1989*+ 28 KAN FB 35 15 14 8 0 0 0
1990 29 KAN FB 35 14 13 6 1 0 0
1991* 30 KAN FB 35 14 12 5 0 0 0
1992 31 KAN FB 35 15 5 2 0 0 0
Career 79 65 27 1 0 0

Scoring Summary

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Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1987 26 KAN FB 35 12 12 3 3 18
1988 27 KAN FB 35 9 9 3 3 18
1989*+ 28 KAN FB 35 15 14 12 12 72
1990 29 KAN FB 35 14 13 7 7 42
1991* 30 KAN FB 35 14 12 9 9 54
1992 31 KAN FB 35 15 5 6 6 36
Career 79 65 40 40 240

Similar Players

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1989
1991

First-Team All-Pro

1989

Rushing Att

1989 NFL 370 (1/27)
1990 NFL 245 (7)
1991 NFL 225 (9)
Career 1246 (101)

Rushing Yds

1989 NFL 1480 (1/88)
1991 NFL 1031 (7)
Career 4897 (116)

Rushing TD

1989 NFL 12 (5)
1991 NFL 9 (7)
Career 40 (91)

Long Rush

1989 NFL 59 (7)

Yds/Rushing Att

1988 NFL 4.5 (9)
1991 NFL 4.6 (6)

Rushing Yds/Game

1989 NFL 98.7 (1/76)
1991 NFL 73.6 (6)
Career 62.0 (58)

Touchdowns

1989 NFL 12 (8)

Rushing/Receiving TD

1989 NFL 12 (7)

Yds From Scrimmage

1989 NFL 1492 (9)

Touches

1989 NFL 372 (2/100)
Career 1288 (150)

Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank Season/Rank in Top 100 All-Time Seasons)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1989Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Writers: 1st Team All-NFL
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-NFL
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-NFL
1991Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd Team All-NFL

Fantasy

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Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
1987 26 12 RB 101 29
1988 27 9 RB 70 53
1989 28 15 RB 221 101 5 8
1990 29 14 RB 125 25
1991 30 14 RB 161 39 9 34
1992 31 15 RB 81 43
759 140