
Alex Okafor
Defensive End
#57
Experience: 8 years
Height: 6-4
Age: 29
Weight: 261 lbs
College: Texas
Biography
- Eighth-year defensive end enters his second season with the Chiefs in 2020.
- Spent the 2017 and 2018 seasons with the New Orleans Saints, appearing in 26 games (26 starts) tallying 79 tackles (52 solo), 8.5 sacks (-46 yards), 18 quarterback hits, 10 tackles for loss, five passes defensed, two forced fumbles and one fumble recovery.
- Made his first NFL start with Arizona in 2014 against Washington (10/12), recording his first two career sacks and marking the first multi-sack game of the season by a Cardinals player.
- During his rookie season in 2013, played in one game and had a special teams tackle before suffering a season-ending biceps injury that sent him to Injured-Reserve for the remainder of the season.
- Signed with Kansas City (3/14/19) ... Re-signed with New Orleans (3/19/2018) ... Signed with New Orleans (3/14/17) ... Originally entered the NFL as a fourth-round pick (103rd overall) by the Arizona Cardinals in the 2013 NFL Draft.
Recent Games
WK | OPP | RESULT | Total | Solo | AST | SCK | SFTY | PDEF | INT | YDS | AVG | LNG | TDS | FF | OPP FR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
17 | Chargers | L 21 - 38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
16 | Falcons | W 17 - 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
15 | @Saints | W 32 - 29 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
14 | @Dolphins | W 33 - 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
13 | Broncos | W 22 - 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
12 | @Buccaneers | W 27 - 24 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
11 | @Raiders | W 35 - 31 | |||||||||||||
3 | @Ravens | W 34 - 20 | |||||||||||||
2 | @Chargers | W 23 - 20 | |||||||||||||
6 | @Bills | W 26 - 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
1 | Texans | W 34 - 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
5 | Raiders | L 32 - 40 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
4 | Patriots | W 26 - 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Career Stats
Defense Career
SEASON | TEAM | G | GS | Total | Solo | AST | SCK | SFTY | PDEF | INT | YDS | AVG | LNG | TDS | FF | OPP FR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2013 | Arizona Cardinals | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2014 | Arizona Cardinals | 13 | 12 | 28 | 26 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2015 | Arizona Cardinals | 13 | 13 | 29 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2016 | Arizona Cardinals | 15 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2017 | New Orleans Saints | 10 | 10 | 42 | 26 | 16 | 4.5 | 4 | 2 | |||||||
2018 | New Orleans Saints | 16 | 16 | 33 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
2019 | Kansas City Chiefs | 10 | 9 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
2020 | Kansas City Chiefs | 11 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
TOTAL | 89 | 60 | 183 | 131 | 52 | 30 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 5 | 3 |