Washington Commanders · TE · 5 games through Nov 1, 2026 · Maryland (2022 Round 4, Pick 143)

Chig Okonkwo

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56.3

Downfield Score v7.0Ranked #20 of 45 qualified TEs

Rec / Targets: 17/2416.0% target share
Receiving yards: 18210.7 YPR
Receiving TD: 036.4 yds/G
Snap share: 68%Offensive snaps
EPA per opportunity: +0.05624 opportunities · What is EPA?
Success rate: 37.5%Play-by-play positive EPA

Chig Okonkwo among the 45 qualified tight ends: each 2026 Downfield Score, 0 to 100.

Bowers96.5
Likely89.5
Kittle86.4
McBride86.4
Kelce84.9
Fannin Jr.82.3
LaPorta78.7
Hockenson76.8
Kincaid74.5
Okonkwo#2056.3

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Downfield Score v7.0 breakdown

Each component is shrunk toward the 2026 positional mean before percentile ranking across 45 qualified TEs. Read score check & methodology · What Raw and Shrunk mean

Opponent-adjusted receiving EPA per game15% weight · Raw +0.034 → Shrunk +0.937

50thpercentile

Early-down opponent-adjusted receiving EPA per game5% weight · Raw −0.010 → Shrunk +0.691

65thpercentile

Receiving yards per game, regressed16% weight · Raw 7.58 → Shrunk 34.45

59thpercentile

Yards after catch per game, regressed10% weight · Raw 3.17 → Shrunk 16.45

57thpercentile

Downfield air yards per game, regressed3% weight · Raw 8.38 → Shrunk 32.62

60thpercentile

Offensive snaps per game, regressed3% weight · Raw 0.72 → Shrunk 41.01

47thpercentile

Target share34% weight · Raw 16.0% → Shrunk 15.5%

59thpercentile

First-down rate, regressed10% weight · Raw 33.3% → Shrunk 36.2%

36thpercentile

20+ yard target rate, regressed4% weight · Raw 16.7% → Shrunk 9.0%

88thpercentile

2026 game log

Every 2026 regular-season game line for Chig Okonkwo. Click any game to open its drive-by-drive chart and box score.

Week	Date	Matchup	Result	Rec	Targets	Rec yds
Week 1	Sep 13, 2026	@ PHI	L 22-24	2	3	16
Week 4	Oct 4, 2026	vs IND	L 13-30	2	4	5
Week 5	Oct 11, 2026	vs NYG	T 27-27	4	6	60
Week 6	Oct 19, 2026	@ SF	L 17-23	7	7	69
Week 8	Nov 1, 2026	vs PHI	W 27-10	2	4	32

College to the NFL: Maryland to Washington Commanders

Verified identity bridge linking Chig Okonkwo's college regular-season yards at Maryland to official NFL game lines.

Maryland (College yards)

692018

2012019

4332021

143143rd pick
2022 Draft

WAS (NFL yards)

4502022

5282023

4792024

5602025

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Career NFL seasons

Regular-season totals from official NFL game lines across 5 seasons.

Season	Club	G	Carries	Rush yds	Rec/Tgt	Rec yds	Rec TD
2022	TEN	17	3	2	32/46	450	3
2023	TEN	17	2	6	54/77	528	1
2024	TEN	17	1	17	52/70	479	2
2025	TEN	17	0	0	56/79	560	2
2026 (so far)	WAS	5	0	0	17/24	182	0

Compare Chig Okonkwo with top tight ends

Launch a head-to-head Tale of the Tape against another 2026 TE.

Chig Okonkwo vs. Brock Bowers (LV)Score 56.3 vs. 96.5 Chig Okonkwo vs. Isaiah Likely (NYG)Score 56.3 vs. 89.5 Chig Okonkwo vs. George Kittle (SF)Score 56.3 vs. 86.4 Chig Okonkwo vs. Trey McBride (ARI)Score 56.3 vs. 86.4 Chig Okonkwo vs. Travis Kelce (KC)Score 56.3 vs. 84.9 Chig Okonkwo vs. Harold Fannin Jr. (CLE)Score 56.3 vs. 82.3