![]() Paul with the Washington Commanders in 2024 | |||||||
No. 75 – Washington Commanders | |||||||
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Position: | Guard | ||||||
Personal information | |||||||
Born: | Houston, Texas, U.S. | November 19, 1998||||||
Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 324 lb (147 kg) | ||||||
Career information | |||||||
High school: | Jersey Village (Jersey Village, Texas) | ||||||
College: | Tulsa (2017–2021) | ||||||
NFL draft: | 2022 / round: 7 / pick: 230 | ||||||
Career history | |||||||
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Roster status: | Active | ||||||
Career NFL statistics as of 2024 | |||||||
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Christopher Kelechi Paul (born November 19, 1998) is an American professional football guard for the Washington Commanders of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Tulsa Golden Hurricane and was drafted by the Commanders in the seventh round of the 2022 NFL draft. Paul is the grandson of the former Nigerian president Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi and the older brother of NFL offensive tackle Patrick Paul. He has released R&B music as The Seventh.
Paul was ranked as a two–star recruit by 247Sports coming out of high school. [1] He enrolled at The University of Tulsa in 2017 and played for the Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team, graduating with a bachelor's degree in computer information systems in May 2021. [2] [3] Paul played in the 2022 Senior Bowl for the American team.
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
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6 ft 3+7⁄8 in (1.93 m) | 323 lb (147 kg) | 33+5⁄8 in (0.85 m) | 9+3⁄8 in (0.24 m) | 4.89 s | 1.71 s | 2.84 s | 4.83 s | 7.74 s | 27.0 in (0.69 m) | 9 ft 1 in (2.77 m) | 26 reps | |
Sources: [4] [5] |
Paul was selected by the Washington Commanders in the seventh round (230th overall) of the 2022 NFL draft and signed his four-year rookie contract on May 6, 2022. [6] [7] He made his first career start in the final game of his rookie season. [8]
In the 2023 offseason, Paul lost out to Saahdiq Charles for the starting left guard position. [9] After Charles was placed on injured reserve, Paul took over as starter in Week 8. [10]
Paul's grandfather is Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, who served as the President of Nigeria in 1966 before being assassinated. [11] His younger brother Patrick was selected by the Miami Dolphins in the second round of 2024 NFL draft. [12] Paul has released R&B music as The Seventh since 2020. [13]
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