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Chike Okeafor

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Arizona Cardinals · OLB

Chike Okeafor recorded 140 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 10 rostered seasons with ARZ, Arizona Cardinals, Seattle Seahawks, San Francisco 49ers.

▶Best highlights

2.5

tackles/gm

8

playoff games

10

indexed seasons

140

career games

Five defining games

Start here

A provisional five-game introduction to Chike Okeafor's most significant indexed performances.

Super Bowl
XLIII
PITTSBURGHSTEELERS
ARIZONACARDINALS
FEB 1, 2009

Pittsburgh Steelers vs Arizona Cardinals

Super Bowl XLIII · Feb 1, 2009

5 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Wild Card
2004
ST. LOUISRAMS
SEATTLESEAHAWKS
JAN 8, 2005

St. Louis Rams vs Seattle Seahawks

Wild Card · Jan 8, 2005

4 tackles · 2 sacks · 0 INT

Wild Card
2008
ATLANTAFALCONS
ARIZONACARDINALS
JAN 3, 2009

Atlanta Falcons vs Arizona Cardinals

Wild Card · Jan 3, 2009

4 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Wild Card
2009
GREEN BAYPACKERS
ARIZONACARDINALS
JAN 10, 2010

Green Bay Packers vs Arizona Cardinals

Wild Card · Jan 10, 2010

1 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
2006
ARIZONACARDINALS
ST. LOUISRAMS
DEC 3, 2006

Arizona Cardinals vs St. Louis Rams

Regular Season · Dec 3, 2006

4 tackles · 2.5 sacks · 0 INT

Single-game peaks

Career highs

Position-relevant single-game records from Chike Okeafor's indexed NFL box scores.

Career high: 8 total tackles

Regular Season
2009
ARIZONACARDINALS
DETROITLIONS
DEC 20, 2009

Arizona Cardinals vs Detroit Lions

Regular Season · Dec 20, 2009

8 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 2.5 sacks

Regular Season
2006
ARIZONACARDINALS
ST. LOUISRAMS
DEC 3, 2006

Arizona Cardinals vs St. Louis Rams

Regular Season · Dec 3, 2006

4 tackles · 2.5 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 2 tackles for loss

Regular Season
2001
MIAMIDOLPHINS
SAN FRANCISCO49ERS
DEC 16, 2001

Miami Dolphins vs San Francisco 49ers

Regular Season · Dec 16, 2001

3 tackles · 2.5 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 3 quarterback hits

Conference Championship
2008
PHILADELPHIAEAGLES
ARIZONACARDINALS
JAN 18, 2009

Philadelphia Eagles vs Arizona Cardinals

Conference Championship · Jan 18, 2009

4 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 2 forced fumbles

Regular Season
2006
DENVERBRONCOS
ARIZONACARDINALS
DEC 17, 2006

Denver Broncos vs Arizona Cardinals

Regular Season · Dec 17, 2006

5 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped Chike Okeafor's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

1999–2010

01
SFOKEAFOR—Chike Okeafor
SFOWENS81Terrell Owens
SFGARCIA5Jeff Garcia

Brief Owens–Garcia fireworks precede a rebuild

San Francisco 49ers · The long reset

An explosive early-2000s offense supplied one last playoff comeback before instability took over and Willis became the next defensive foundation.

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Franchise era

1999–2009

02
SEAOKEAFOR—Chike Okeafor
SEAHASSELBECK8Matt Hasselbeck
SEAALEXANDER37Shaun Alexander

Hasselbeck and Alexander reach the Super Bowl

Seattle Seahawks · Holmgren builds an NFC champion

Paul Allen stabilized the club, Holmgren built around an elite line and the 2005 Seahawks won the NFC behind Alexander's MVP season.

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Franchise era

2004–2012

03
ARIOKEAFOR—Chike Okeafor
ARIFITZGERALD11Larry Fitzgerald
ARIWARNER13Kurt Warner

A Hall of Fame receiver carries Arizona to the Super Bowl

Arizona Cardinals · Fitzgerald and the impossible run

Warner's revival and Fitzgerald's extraordinary 2008 postseason sent the Cardinals to their first Super Bowl and within one late drive of a championship.

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Career accomplishments

10 NFL seasons140 career games256 career solo tackles53 career sacksDrafted by: SFDraft pick: 89Jersey: 568 playoff appearances1 Super Bowl appearanceFirst appearance: Sep 27, 1999Most recent: Jan 16, 2010

Official awards via ESPN · Pro Bowl and All-Pro counts via NFLverse with selection years cross-checked against Wikipedia · league leads verified from indexed regular-season stats

Team history