TE#85
Chig Okonkwo
gsis_id 00-0037809
WAS
Next Gen Stats
Source: nflverse Next Gen Stats2025 weekly average
- Separation
- 3.76 yd
- Cushion
- 6.01 yd
- YAC above expectation
- 1.87
- Avg YAC
- 6.65
- Share of intended air yards
- 9.0%
- Catch rate
- 71.4%
Advanced charting
Source: Pro Football Reference advanced2025 season total / average
- Broken tackles (rec)
- 6
- Drops
- 5
- Drop rate
- 5.5%
- Passer rating when targeted
- 89.1
- Interceptions on targets
- 1
Season by season
Aggregated from real weekly rows in nflverse_player_stats_weekly.
| Season | G | Tgt | Rec | Rec yds | TD | Rec EPA | Tgt share | WOPR | Rush yds | PPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | 79 | 56 | 560 | 2 | 12.7 | 0.150 | 0.29 | 0 | 124.0 |
| 2024 | 16 | 70 | 52 | 479 | 2 | -7.3 | 0.141 | 0.29 | 17 | 113.6 |
| 2023 | 17 | 77 | 54 | 528 | 1 | 7.8 | 0.162 | 0.33 | 6 | 113.4 |
| 2022 | 16 | 46 | 32 | 450 | 3 | 23.8 | 0.121 | 0.27 | 2 | 97.2 |
Bio & status
- Height
- 6'3"
- Weight
- 238 lb
- College
- Maryland (Big Ten Conference)
- Draft
- 2022 · Rd 4 · Pk 143 · TEN
- Rookie season
- 2022
- Experience
- 5 yr
- Status
- ACT
Source: nflverse injury report
2025 Wk 16 · no game status listed · practice: Full Participation in Practice
Cross-source coverage
Source: Highlightly box scoresmatched via name+birth_date
62 games with stored box-score lines (2025, 2024, 2023, 2022).
Play-by-play drill-down
Loaded on demand, one season at a time.
Similar players
Position-matched comparables scored on real Next Gen Stats season data.
Source: nflverse Next Gen Stats2025 · TE cohort of 35
Each of separation, cushion, yac over expected, share of air yards, catch rate is z-scored across every qualified TE in 2025; distance is the root-mean-square z gap, so lower means more alike. Only same-position players are compared.
Cade OttonTE · TB · distance 0.57
- Separation
- 3.50
- Cushion
- 5.56
- YAC over expected
- 0.73
- Share of air yards
- 9.0
- Catch rate
- 72.8
Michael MayerTE · LV · distance 0.80
- Separation
- 3.45
- Cushion
- 5.92
- YAC over expected
- 0.23
- Share of air yards
- 6.7
- Catch rate
- 70.0
Dawson KnoxTE · BUF · distance 0.81
- Separation
- 3.64
- Cushion
- 5.32
- YAC over expected
- 0.28
- Share of air yards
- 10.0
- Catch rate
- 73.5
Jonnu SmithTE · PIT · distance 0.84
- Separation
- 3.77
- Cushion
- 5.50
- YAC over expected
- -0.00
- Share of air yards
- 7.1
- Catch rate
- 70.4
Colston LovelandTE · CHI · distance 0.86
- Separation
- 3.68
- Cushion
- 5.38
- YAC over expected
- 0.74
- Share of air yards
- 16.4
- Catch rate
- 70.7
Chigoziem Okonkwo baseline
- Separation
- 3.86
- Cushion
- 5.81
- YAC over expected
- 1.17
- Share of air yards
- 9.0
- Catch rate
- 70.9