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Julian Okwara

OLB

#52

Experience: 5 years

Height: 6-4

Age: 26

Weight: 250 lbs

College: Notre Dame

Biography

BIRDSEED

► Is the younger brother of Romeo Okwara, who played eight seasons in the NFL with the Giants (2016-17) and Lions (2018-23) ... Romeo, an undrafted DE, retired after the 2023 campaign ... The brothers were teammates in Detroit as well as at the collegiate level at Notre Dame

► Born in London, England, and raised in Nigeria ... Moved from Nigeria to the United States when he was in third grade

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

► Originally a 3rd-round draft choice (67th overall) by Detroit in 2020 ... Spent the first four seasons of his career with the Lions (2020-23), logging 53 tackles (34 solo), 47 pressures, 16 QB hits, 12 TFLs, 9.0 sacks, 1 INT, 1 FF and 1 FR in 38 games (four starts) in that span

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2023 SEASON

  • Solo
    5
  • SCK
    2
  • FF
    0
  • INT
    --

STANDINGS

Table - Summary
NFC EAST W L T PCT
Dallas Cowboys xz
Cowboys xz
12 5 0 0.706
Philadelphia Eagles x
Eagles x
11 6 0 0.647
New York Giants
Giants
6 11 0 0.353
Washington Commanders
Commanders
4 13 0 0.235
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Recent Games

WK OPP RESULT TKL AST COMBINED SOLO SCK SFTY PDEF INT YDS AVG LNG TDS FF OPP FR
5 Panthers W 42 - 24
6 @Buccaneers W 20 - 6 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0
7 @Ravens L 6 - 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Raiders W 26 - 14 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 0
10 @Chargers W 41 - 38 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0
11 Bears W 31 - 26
12 Packers L 22 - 29
13 @Saints W 33 - 28
14 @Bears L 13 - 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Broncos W 42 - 17
16 @Vikings W 30 - 24
17 @Cowboys L 19 - 20
18 Vikings W 30 - 20 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Career Stats

Defense Career

SEASON TEAM G GS TKL AST COMBINED SOLO SCK SFTY PDEF INT YDS AVG LNG TDS FF OPP FR
2020 Detroit Lions 6 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 0
2021 Detroit Lions 13 1 18 9 27 15 5 0 2 1 9 9 9 0 1 1
2022 Detroit Lions 10 2 10 7 17 8 2 0 0 0
2023 Detroit Lions 9 1 6 1 7 5 2 0 1 0
TOTAL 38 4 35 19 54 29 9 0 3 1 9 9 9 0 1 1
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