Bobby Okereke

7 seasons, 4 straight 100+ tackle years (2021-2023, 2025) — one of the most durable ILBs in football.

Drafted in the 3rd round (89th overall) by Indianapolis in 2019, Okereke spent 4 years building a starter resume before signing the 4-year, $40M deal with the Giants in 2023 — at the time, the biggest non-Pro Bowl LB contract in the league.

The through-line is volume: 109, 137, 141, 85, and 140 combined tackles in his five starter years. Only a handful of LBs have hit that floor that often.

443 solo + 296 assist = 739 career combined tackles, plus 34 TFL, 7.5 sacks, 36 PDs, 11 FFs.

Through 7 seasons, Okereke has compiled a true three-down LB resume: 739 combined tackles, 34 TFL, 7.5 sacks, 36 pass defenses, and 11 forced fumbles.

The 11 career forced fumbles is the standout — it's a top-5 mark among LBs since 2019, and shows up against both run and pass. Forced fumbles tend to be volatile year-over-year; sustaining them for 7 seasons is a real skill, not a coincidence.

2023 NYG debut: 141 tackles + 11 TFL + 10 PDs + 4 INTs — a career-defining all-around line.

His first season with the Giants was the single best year of his career: career-highs in TFL (11), PDs (10), INTs (4), and FFs (4), on top of his second-highest combined-tackle total. Few LBs hit double-digit TFL and double-digit PDs in the same year — Okereke did both.

The 4 INTs was top-3 among LBs in 2023. It was the year that turned his contract into a bargain.

11 career forced fumbles — top-5 among LBs since 2019, with FFs in 5 different seasons.

FFs are normally noisy: even Pro Bowl LBs frequently post 0 in a given year. Okereke has 5 different seasons with at least 2 forced fumbles (2019, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025), totaling 11 for his career.

That sustained takeaway rate is rare for the position. Among all linebackers active since 2019, only a small handful have crossed 10 career FFs, and most got there in a single splash year. Okereke spread his out.

5 seasons of 100+ combined tackles — the durability bar most LB deals are priced against.

Okereke's 5 seasons of 100+ combined tackles (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025) puts him in elite durability territory at the position. Many LBs hit 100 once and never repeat; doing it 5 times in 5 years requires a starter snap-share that the Colts and Giants have both maintained.

The 2024 dip (85 combined) corresponded with a Giants defense that played from behind constantly. The 2025 bounce-back to 140 confirms the floor.

In 2025 he played all 17 games and missed zero starts.