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Alex Okafor | Linebacker

Team: Arizona Cardinals
Age / DOB:  (22) / 2/8/1991
Ht / Wt:  6'4' / 264
College: Texas
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Cardinals drafted Texas DE/OLB Alex Okafor with the No. 103 overall pick.
Okafor (6-foot-5, 264) played defensive tackle before converting to end for his junior and senior campaigns. He rallied for 22 career sacks, 40 tackles for loss, and eight forced fumbles. Okafor lacks flash -- he ran 4.89 at his Pro Day and offers little variety in his pass-rush moves -- but he was a finisher in the Big 12 and can win with strong hands and length. Okafor isn't special in any area, but does everything pretty well. A value pick at the top of round four, Okafor will push for immediate snaps behind underwhelming Cardinals OLBs Sam Acho and O'Brien Schofield. Apr 27 - 12:24 PM

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Alex Okafor - LB - Cardinals

Recovered from his bruised hip flexor, Texas DE Alex Okafor ran forty times of 4.88 and 4.89 at the Longhorns' Pro Day.

The injury knocked Okafor out of the Combine, but he's healthy now. An early- to mid-round prospect, Okafor also posted a 36-inch vertical leap and 9-foot-4 broad jump. Okafor led the Big 12 conference with 12 sacks last season.
Source: NFL.com
Mar 28 - 3:05 PM
Alex Okafor - LB - Cardinals

Texas DE Alex Okafor will sit out the Combine due to a bruised hip flexor suffered at last month's Senior Bowl.

His draft stock should be fine. Okafor called the injury "not serious but taking longer than I'd like to heal fully." The Longhorns' Pro Day is March 26. Okafor led the Big 12 with 12.5 sacks in 2012 and is a second-day prospect.
Source: CBS Sports
Feb 23 - 3:38 PM

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