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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
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 Draft
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View Details For: 40 Regular Season TDs Scored
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | ||||||
| 1987 | 26 | KAN | FB | 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 |
| 1988 | 27 | KAN | FB | 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 |
| 1989*+ | 28 | KAN | FB | 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 |
| 1990 | 29 | KAN | FB | 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 |
| 1991* | 30 | KAN | FB | 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 |
| 1992 | 31 | KAN | FB | 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 |
| 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 | |||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty |
| 1987 | 26 | KAN | FB | 12 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1988 | 27 | KAN | FB | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1989*+ | 28 | KAN | FB | 15 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1990 | 29 | KAN | FB | 14 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1991* | 30 | KAN | FB | 14 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1992 | 31 | KAN | FB | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Career | 79 | 65 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts |
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| 1987 | 26 | KAN | FB | 12 | 12 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 1988 | 27 | KAN | FB | 9 | 9 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 1989*+ | 28 | KAN | FB | 15 | 14 | 12 | 72 | ||||||||||
| 1990 | 29 | KAN | FB | 14 | 13 | 7 | 42 | ||||||||||
| 1991* | 30 | KAN | FB | 14 | 12 | 9 | 54 | ||||||||||
| 1992 | 31 | KAN | FB | 15 | 5 | 6 | 36 | ||||||||||
| Career | 79 | 65 | 40 | 240 |
Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors
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1st-team All-Pro |
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Pro Bowls games are Year; All-Pro Teams are Year; Stats are Season Lg (if not NFL) Value (Rank--in top 100 all-time single-season)
All-Pro Teams
Glossary|
1989 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf. 1989 - UPI: 1st team all-conf. 1989 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL 1989 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL 1989 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL 1989 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-NFL 1989 - Sporting News: 1st team all-NFL 1991 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-conf. 1991 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL |