Christian Okoye Career Highlights || "Nigerian Nightmare"

[@jasonlassiter9229]

Okoye was pretty good not only in real life, but in the video game world too. I remember using him in Super Tecmo Bowl quite often. Okoye, Bo Jackson, Barry Sanders, and QB Eagles were the best runners in the game.

[@TokyoTraveller]

QB Eagles! Oh, I remember it well!

[@UniversalMind-10]

I was just about to post the same thing about Tecmo bowl lol

[@beezies2613]

HIM AND BARRY WORD WERE A 1 2 PUNCH

[@UniversalMind-10]

@@beezies2613 facts

[@dhLord64]

He's also in All Pro Football 2k8. Insane

[@leftyflipjon]

Okoye was a beast of of a player he was a g.o.a.t. in his life miss you bro

[@mr.iowegian]

Cool to see the old school pro offense. He was a beast and why I became a Chiefs fan.

[@didierlabossiere4726]

Okoye was a beast! I saw him play vs the Dolphins in the 1990 Wild Card game in Miami. But I HAVE to give mad props to the Chiefs offensive line.......WOW, those guys were badass!!!! They just destroyed every defensive line they faced........a hat on a hat. I'm a Dolphins fan, but I love and admire greatness.

[@billbag3]

yep how can you not remember this guy.... GO DOLPHINS

[@horacejohnson1730]

Super Tecmo Bowl had him right, lol! 😁

[@PacificDark]

260lbs and the fastest guy on the team. There is a reason people still talk about him today, tho his career was short.

[@frankfurlacker5219]

He hurt his knee pretty bad from what I remember.

[@martindebrois1472]

​@@frankfurlacker5219Yes.

[@Bryanseas]

Steve atwater scared him senseless wasnt the same runner after that

[@martindebrois1472]

@@Bryanseas Atwater was *awesome* . ... He knew how to take down all the big backs. Really unique defender.

[@BipoCosmo]

Turf was a monster back then.

[@squirrelkilla7371]

Very underrated running back. Hard to compete against guys like Mack, Byner, Smith and Sanders

[@mikeabel7577]

It was rough being a Seahawks fan back then. This guy was most definitely a nightmare for the AFC West.

[@poindextertunes]

damn i forgot the Seahawks was in our division back then lol

[@GyorBox]

OMG YES.. he ran over more Seahawks than Dave Kreg fumbled..

[@igweofart]

The original Nigerian Nightmare 💪🏿💪🏿

[@billklacks9908]

Who’s the wannabe?

[@igweofart]

@@billklacks9908 Kamaru Usman, UFC Welterweight Champion, definitely deserving of the name

[@billklacks9908]

@@igweofart ah ok idk he was from Nigeria. That must make Francis ngannou the Nigerian Night-terror

[@igweofart]

@@billklacks9908 Francis Ngannou is from Cameroon

[@nananyantakyi1549]

There were some before him..Peter samson, a former heavyweight Champion also went by the name

[@dwaynewood1795]

Absolutely loved watching him run and break multiple tackles, sure he had a great o-line, the beast was 250 lbs. Plus!! I miss the sounds of those games on t.v. during that era, it was like the announcers were on the field.

[@Mike-bi7vg]

Could you imagine trying to stop this man at 4th and Goal? Monster hope he gets a Madden Card this year that's worth using

[@rustleup-tf2jt]

Scary... he left a trail of bodies after every run

[@rodrickthompson2799]

You noticed once he gets tackled ain't no defenders standing over him taunting him like " yeah what "" lol!! Nothing but respect, they KNOW the JOB at hand!!!!!

[@johncartwright7052]

I met Christian IRL once. Such a humble, wonderful young man.

[@mauricedavis8261]

What a talent!!!👍😎

[@GergKowvit]

I just loved to watch him plow through people and I'm an Eagles fan😮

[@44pacino90]

They should've named him the juggernaut.

[@samuelsmith25]

This man was a beast. Just ask anyone who played Tecmo Superbowl, lol.

[@13doley]

Yes one of my favorite running backs Named my GSD Okoye!!!

[@lonniethomas4343]

That's just not fair, I mean c'mon man, 255 Ibs and runs a 4 380 . WOW 😲

[@shanefoster6976]

Cortez Kennedy and steve Atwater had what it took to tackle him one on one. Maybe not everytime but they definitely hit him just as hard

[@johntabler349]

My favorite part of football was always a lower scoring game 2 physical teams and a great offensive line dominating with a great power runner like Okoye just taking control of the game, sure if you break a 70 yard against a defense it hurts but if a big back chews up those same 70 yards in 8 or 9 plays it is devestating

[@CONNECTELECTRIC]

Although I was and still current Broncos fan. Back then with Steve DeBerg and Christian in the backfield the Chiefs was actually unstoppable. Steve DeBerg always made the Chiefs hand out problems to the opposing team with that *PLAY ACTION FAKE* . Playing against the Chiefs, you have to think *run* first then Steve will kill you with the pass fooling everyone including the cameraman. *Thanks for the memories*

[@DanielSong39]

Okoye makes lots of subtle cuts and finds the hole He makes them miss before the runs over them

[@nekad2000]

I miss fullbacks. The passing game has become the NFL's version of the slam dunk. It was exciting for a while, but now it's just boring

[@mikeabel7577]

Christian Okoye never played fullback with the Chiefs. He was a halfback who was a primary ball carrier.

[@4dhumaninstrumentality789]

@dr death He was technically a fullback in their offense according to formation. When the run was more prominent fullbacks were often primary ball carriers. Examples are Christian Okoye, Larry Csonka, Franco Harris, etc. All “fullbacks” and feature backs in their systems.

[@PacificDark]

@@mikeabel7577 he was a FB,

[@thelonelydekuscrub4817]

My school runs the triple option still

[@jayc3715]

Pretty amazing for a guy that had never played football until he was 23. Imagine how good he would have been if he grew up playing football.

[@drewb6251]

I remember... that dude was AWESOME... and the first tackler NEVER got him down... it was usually the third or a whole gang that finally took The Nightmare down.... defensive lineman? No Problem, knock him down and head for the Next Obstacle in the way.... wish he hadn't retired so soon.....

[@judahbigcat7930]

His knees ( knee injuries) started failing him, which took the fun of playing out of him. He said in an interview that football started becoming more of a “job”, rather than enjoyment, which caused him to retire. A human body can only take a certain amount of punishment, before it starts to retaliate towards failure.

[@Dragon-Believer]

That is because you can't play that way. You don't want to be crashing into players. Frequent violent collisions = short career. He didn't have much football experience.

[@Bryanseas]

You dont remember when atwater made him afraid to run the ball? Okoye never was the same after he got lit up

[@GradBomb]

This man is a beast and the great east chiefs half back ever. To add on to the comment before this, there was another really good rushing qb that might have been even faster than qb eagles in Tecmo super bowl, and it was the backup for the lions , Andre ware so go use him he’s a decent passer tooo

[@VoxVeritatisOne]

My man, my jersey

[@scizorbullet8185]

I don't think we'll ever see a runningback built like okoye ever again in the NFL closest to him in derrick Henry but even than it's not the same

[@randyholbrook9609]

God I miss football...

[@poindextertunes]

“Uh-Koy-Yuh” 🤦‍♂️ y’all killin me

[@Artis-f7i]

❤❤I Love ❤❤ Okay

[@stormlakebobcat9058]

Announcer: not one man can bring him down Steve Atwater: allow me to introduce myself

[@rogerbraswelljr.923]

Like Bo Jackson. Okoye's talent was never fully tapped into. Only if he'd started playing in highschool and drafted at 21-22 years and get 10 or 12 years out of him. I'll take the 6 years we got but boy it would've been nice to get more.

[@MrUgotz472]

Bosworth Seattle Seahawks #55 is ran over by the Kansas City Chiefs Tail/Full back,” The Nigerian Nightmare”, once he was across the line of scrimmage and bouncing linebackers off him the secondary needs a prayer!! IMO My Top 10 Tail Backs;1. Walter Payton ,2.Christian Okoye,3.Tony Dorset, 4.Billy Sims, 5.Eric Dickerson, 6.Larry Csonka, 7.O.J. Simpson, 8.Jim Brown, 9.Emmitt Smith and 10. Roger Craig

[@woden22]

Good list, but where's Earl Campbell? He was Okoye-esque and ran for lots of yards.

[@donarthiazi2443]

@@woden22 Yep. Not to mention another Okoye-esque back was mighty Bo Jackson. Imagine how sore a defense would be the next day playing a team that featured both of those battering rams in their backfield? *Lightning fast battering rams at that!*

[@PacificDark]

Okoye was a FB.

[@justsaying5633]

CO was the best running back KC has ever had, IMO

[@rogerbraswelljr.923]

Okoye and and The Diesel was the 2 all time best at punishing defenses

[@sun_king777]

Rumbling and Stumbling, the person.

[@delroywilson9588]

I loved Okoye when played, but in retrospect he was a better story than a football player.

[@GyorBox]

You could NOT stop this guy.. if a first down or end zone was within 5 yards, you might as well just say it was a first down or touch down...

[@crazyralph6386]

He had a pretty damn good blocker too, Barry Word.

[@theprimaryread8081]

Barry Word wasn’t a blocker he was the RB2 (RB1 at time). Bill Jones was the fullback most of the time once Christian was the starting tailback

[@crazyralph6386]

@@theprimaryread8081 oh, didn’t know that? just going by the Super Tecmo Bowl starting roster 😁

[@iceinmyear]

I wish football was still like this just ruthless

[@jmillar-y3v]

WAIT - kamaru usman is not the original nigerian nightmare?!?!

[@187jesu]

I know it might come across as a relatively small thing, but they really couldn’t be bothered to say his name right at all? I see this all the time and it kinda irks me that this continues to happen. They should’ve given the man the respect he deserves.

[@brucelee5576]

He had a severe lack of football knowledge and you still can’t stop him.

[@dw3808]

Nightmare... Do some toe touches pike push ups... Touch the knees... Do some quick high knee tuck jumps... Do some tractor pull drags side to side... To bungee... To do bike workout or stationary bike with flywheel... 10 min to start... Quick burst every 3 mins for warm ups... to go hard for 1 min straight at 7 mins... light at 8 mins... hard and 9 mins... cool down... To 15 min workouts... Burst warm ups every 3 mins... Hard at 10 mins... Light at 11 mins... Hard at 12 mins... Light at 13 mins... Cool down at 14 mins... Get 3 miles... Or 4.82 km... Use chopsticks... Stand over food straight to pick up... Dip... Do some beer batter custard nuggets add flour and muffin mix... Brown sugar... Peanut butter... Get a deep fryer... Add coffee... A good one... Good for calories... Do more calories a day... Culver's custard with peanut butter and Snickers... Awesome... Gaining do legs... Arms... And shoulders... Not.... Abs... Cardio... Chest... Get them lunge jumps... Do two layers and two spot... Moves... Do a staggered gather to snatch back... Or To a sham... Or to a pound spin... One leg back hop... Two foot hop... Do a staggered misdirection to cross... To hesi step back... Do some Wide cup dribble standing one place... To move... Do some roll out catch to pound step back... Hop.... One leg lop... Wide dribble... Do a staggered hesi step back... Or spin step back... Do a from the hip under the basket warm up...

[@guybanks174]

Damn shoulder pads too big

[@GhabCeoJTSnow]

I’m from Nashville they was talking about him this past week he’s big but he is definitely not better than Derrick Henry. Henry is a rare specimen

[@JonCardwell-m8p]

And 3034 pieces of paper written in other people s handwriting my signature since 1988 over on Africa

[@oldirtydasher]

2nd only to Bo Jackson in Tecmo Bowl

[@SumTingWong1482]

I was expecting highlights, not 12 minutes of 3-5 yard runs.

[@dperl5640]

I appreciate the effort in making the video, but I think the title should be "Okoye plays I was able to get footage of".. I mean come on, this man was a terror. Way too many 3-5 yd runs in this video that every back in the league would make. Literally just played footage of the runs you could find. I get that, but don't title it his career highlights. Hopefully the youngsters watching this understand that these ARE NOT his CAREER highlights!

[@theprimaryread8081]

Yeah sure, that’s a good video title

[@dperl5640]

@@theprimaryread8081 Was going for accurate, thus avoiding click bait.

[@theprimaryread8081]

@@dperl5640 weird, pedantic gripe

[@dperl5640]

@@theprimaryread8081 Really? Sooo, I make a video with a title saying "Theprimaryread's best content moments" and proceed to just put random clips of your channel, most of which are anything but your best work. I am betting the your view changes rapidly. Maybe not, as anyone who thinks it is weird for someone to be disappointed when a title of a video is not close to what it says it is might not get why people don't like that. Oh well to each his own I guess

[@rileyguenther8608]

Prime okoye > prime henry

[@bigmike3964]

These should be career highlights, you could have removed all the 4 ,5 , 7 yard runs that were just average, with no real big tackle breaks , js

[@JudahwardIV562]

He was supposed to be a 49er after we lost Joe Montana

[@ColoKid75]

Got 2 words: STEVE ATWATER!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@deruiz1478]

Tecmo Bowl God.

[@charlesjamieson4801]

He needs rest.

[@jimbosc]

His pads are so big on some of these grainy highlights it looks like he has no head.....lmao!

[@scienceownsimposters2142]

Okoyah?lol

[@JonCardwell-m8p]

Be knows Africans have all the devices I ever owned apparently smuggled to them since the internet started. They probably have my generation 1 transformer toys too. And Jerry d cardwell s jazz records

[@johnedward71]

Steve Atwater: "Sit down son!"

[@michaelrollins806]

He had a great career until that Atwater hit.

[@theprimaryread8081]

Arguably his best season came the year after that

[@hollywoodingram8740]

A poor man's Derrick Henry.

[@guybanks174]

You don't see the difference in the Nightmare and Henry,the Nigerian Nightmare was more powerful buttstain

[@cooleydbt]

Fool, didn't grow up with what real football was all about!

[@cooleydbt]

Him and Derrick Thomas were the two most intimidating players of their generation) look it up

[@youstinklolgotakeashower]

derrick henry is a poor man's christian okoye

[@Inbound66]

Henry better

[@mozpatton]

🗑

[@MadMax0331]

Steve Atwater smoked him