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Chig Okonkwo

Chig Okonkwo is a tight end for the Washington Commanders. Injury status: Questionable. Depth chart: TE1.

Scouting report

Chig Okonkwo: the full picture

Written automatically from Gridiron Value model data · updated September 24, 2026

Chig Okonkwo at a glance

Chig Okonkwo is a 27-year-old tight end for the Washington Commanders, listed at 6'3" and 238 pounds. The Tennessee Titans drafted Okonkwo 143rd overall in the fourth round in 2022, out of Maryland, and 2026 is Okonkwo's 5th NFL season.

2026 projection

The Gridiron Value season model projects Okonkwo for 107.7 PPR points in 2026, which ranks TE27 at the position and works out to 7.0 points per game over 17.0 projected games.

2026 season so far

Through 1 game of 2026, Okonkwo has scored 3.6 PPR points, or 3.6 per game. That is 3.3% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Okonkwo would finish with about 61 points, behind the 107.7 projected. It is a small sample, so expect that pace to settle. The best week so far is 3.6 points in Week 1 against PHI, the TE36 finish that week. Okonkwo has cleared the 7-point mark we count as a usable TE start in 0 of 1 game, a 0% consistency rate.

Percentile profile

Measured against the 39 qualified tight ends of 2025, Okonkwo ranks in the 88th percentile in average separation, the 63rd percentile in receptions and the 58th percentile in receiving yards. One of the 6 tracked categories sits at or above the 75th percentile. The softest mark is the 19th percentile in receiving TDs.

Career track record

By season-long PPR scoring, Okonkwo has finished as TE25 in 2022, TE21 in 2023, TE21 in 2024 and TE21 in 2025. The high-water mark is 124.0 PPR points in 2025. Across 67 regular-season games on record, the totals read 196 receptions, 2,033 receiving yards and 8 receiving touchdowns.

Chig Okonkwo by the numbers

Okonkwo has finished in the weekly top five at the position 4 times and finished in the top twelve 15 times. The career high is 19.1 PPR points, set in Week 16 of 2024 against IND.

Contract

Okonkwo is playing on a three-year, $27 million contract signed with the Washington Commanders in 2026, an average of $9 million per year with $16.7 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2028 season.

2026 projected stat line

Projected PPR
107.7
PPR / game
7.0

Chig Okonkwo fantasy outlook

Chig Okonkwo enters the 2026 season with WAS and ranks TE27 and #181 overall in the current Gridiron Value projection. The model projects 107.7 PPR points across 15.5 games, or 7.0 points per game, placing the expected outcome in a lineup and depth tier. The preseason depth chart lists Chig Okonkwo as TE1, so the opportunity forecast is tied to that current role rather than name value alone. In 2025, Chig Okonkwo produced 124.0 PPR points in 17 games (7.3 per game), giving the projection a recent performance baseline. Projection confidence is 51%, with a 36% modeled chance of a Top-24 positional finish. Availability is the main uncertainty because the current injury designation is Out.

Week 2 projection

Chig Okonkwo is projected for 6.5 PPR points on the road at DAL in week 2, with a likely range of 0.0 to 16.7.

Trade value

Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is down 5.1 since the previous model run (falling).

Redraft
21.1
Dynasty
33.2
Superflex redraft
35.3
Superflex dynasty
46.6
TE premium dynasty
30.9

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Career stats

SeasonTeamGTgtRecRec ydsRec TDCarRush ydsPPR
2026WAS132160003.6
2025TEN177956560200124.0
2024TEN1670524792117113.6
2023TEN177754528126113.4
2022TEN16463245033297.2

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Projections are model estimates, not recorded results. Snapshot 2026-09-24.