elvafeng: Okorafor spent his first two seasons at right tackle

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Chukwuma Okorafor s is well traveled, living in Nigeria, South Africa, Botswana and Southfield before spending the last four years in Kalamazoo.

The next destination for the Western Michigan offensive tackle is Pittsburgh, after the Steelers selected him in the third round, 92nd overall in the 2018 NFL Draft on Friday.

You see him get better each year, each time out there playing, Steelers offensive line coach Mike Munchak told reporters after selecting Okorafor. You get a guy who doesn t have a whole lot of bad habits... He s not even close to being developed the way he can be, so I m just excited about all the upside he has and looking forward to working with him.

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Okorafor was the sixth offensive tackle selected, the first player taken from the Mid American Conference and the first player selected from a Michigan school in the 2018 NFL Draft.

The 6 foot 5, 321 pound lineman and two time First Team All MAC selection was a semifinalist for the 2017 Outland Trophy, given to the nation s top interior lineman. As a senior, he helped pave the way for a Broncos rushing attack that ranked second in the Mid American Conference and 21st in the nation at 224.8 yards per game, earning him All America status from the Football Writers Association of America, Phil Steele, Walter Camp and Sports Illustrated.

Okorafor spent his first two seasons at right tackle before moving to left tackle in 2016 www.steelerspitzone.com/lt-walton-jersey-c-87.html , helping the Broncos win their first Mid American Conference championship since 1988 before making an appearance in the Cotton Bowl. He and Taylor Moton — a 2017 second round draft pick by the Carolina Panthers — anchored a Broncos offensive line that allowed just 16 sacks all season.


Dubbed Chuks, he moved from his native Nigeria to South Africa when he was 5 years old www.steelerspitzone.com/johnny-maxey-jersey-c-86.html , then spent the next seven years in the Republic of Botswana before moving to Southfield in 2010. As a freshman at Detroit Mumford High School, he decided to play football for the first time in his life — trying out as a punter/kicker. A year later, he transferred to Southfield High School where he learned to play the game as an interior lineman.

WMU s Okorafor s amazing football journey

Despite being young for his graduating class and new to the game of football Jerald Hawkins Jersey, Okorafor turned himself into a three star recruit, and arrived at Western Michigan as one the highest rated offensive lineman to ever sign with a MAC program, spurning offers from Power Five programs Ohio State, Florida, Oklahoma www.steelerspitzone.com/cameron-heyward-jersey-c-88.html , N.C. State, Iowa and Nebraska.