Tight End · Washington Commanders

Chig Okonkwo

No. 85 · 5th season

Chig Okonkwo is starting over somewhere new, and he sounds ready

Three seasons. 162 catches. And then a phone call that changed everything.

Okonkwo built his name in Tennessee as a tight end who could get open, and did it consistently enough that the number speaks for itself. What those years with the Titans looked like in full — the highs, the losses, the moments nobody clipped — is his story to carry into the next chapter.

Now he's in Washington. He signed with the Commanders and, by his own account, he's not just arriving — he's looking forward to what this offense can do for him, and what he can do for it.

Starting over is its own kind of pressure. New building, new playbook, new people who need to trust you before they actually trust you. Okonkwo has the receipts to speed that up.

What he does with a fresh start is the part we get to watch.

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