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http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1056430...-in-nfl-history

 

50 Worst Draft Picks in NFL History By Vincent Frank(Featured Columnist)

 

 

 

41. Amobi Okoye, DL, Houston Texans

 

Draft Pick: 10th overall in 2007 NFL draft from Louisville

 

Career Statistics: 59 starts, 15.5 sacks and 165 tackles

 

A lot of draft pundits were shocked when the Houston Texans spent the 10th overall pick of the 2007 NFL draft on this 19-year-old Nigerian, who was considered a physical beast but extremely raw.

 

It isn't that Okoye didn't play decently in four seasons with the Houston Texans; it was more about the fact that he failed to grasp the nuances of the game and was extremely weak in several different categories. After a rookie season that saw him nab 5.5 sacks, he would just match that total over the course of the next three seasons.

 

Adding insult to injury is the fact that Patrick Willis and Darrelle Revis were two of the next three players selected after Okoye—both future Hall of Fame players.

 

 

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http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1056430...-in-nfl-history

 

50 Worst Draft Picks in NFL History By Vincent Frank(Featured Columnist)

 

 

 

41. Amobi Okoye, DL, Houston Texans

 

Draft Pick: 10th overall in 2007 NFL draft from Louisville

 

Career Statistics: 59 starts, 15.5 sacks and 165 tackles

 

A lot of draft pundits were shocked when the Houston Texans spent the 10th overall pick of the 2007 NFL draft on this 19-year-old Nigerian, who was considered a physical beast but extremely raw.

 

It isn't that Okoye didn't play decently in four seasons with the Houston Texans; it was more about the fact that he failed to grasp the nuances of the game and was extremely weak in several different categories. After a rookie season that saw him nab 5.5 sacks, he would just match that total over the course of the next three seasons.

 

Adding insult to injury is the fact that Patrick Willis and Darrelle Revis were two of the next three players selected after Okoye—both future Hall of Fame players.

I think he was a decent player that we wanted back at our price, but we must not have been offering him more than a one year deal and he did better with the Bucs. That leaves us with at least one DT to draft and maybe two. I think there is a strong possiblity that the BPA might be a DT with that first pick, it depends on if there is a run at a position.

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