Chris Akporoghene

Position:
Offensive Guard
Height:
6-3
Weight:
290
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Warri, Nigeria
High School:
IMG Academy
Prev School:
Tulsa / Tennessee

2023
• Did not appear in any games
• Suffered an injury in camp and missed the entire season

PREVIOUS SCHOOL
• Spent the 2022 season at Tulsa and prior to that spent three years at Tennessee
• Played in 10 career games at Tulsa after transferring the week of the first game
• Saw most of his time on special teams at Tulsa
• Appeared in seven games as a reserve offensive lineman and special teams contributor at Tennessee from 2019-21
• Made collegiate debut at right tackle in the fourth quarter vs. No. 3 Georgia in 2019 and saw time against UAB
• Played in four games for Tennessee in 2020 (Alabama, Florida, Vanderbilt and Texas A&M) and one game in 2021

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL
• Moved to the U.S. from Warri, Nigeria in 2016
• Played his senior season IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla., after transferring from The King's Academy in Seymour, Tenn.
• Was a starter all four years of his prep career
• Started nine games as a senior and paved the way for a rushing attack that averaged over 200 yards per game
• Helped lead IMG to the No. 4 national ranking in 2018
• Was a 2017 TSWA Division ll-A All-State selection at the King's Academy
• Earned 2017 Tennessee Football Coaches Association Division ll-A all-state honors
• Was also a 2017 First-Team All-PrepXtra selection
• Held 33 Division 1 offers coming out of high school
• Prep coach was Kelvin Wright
• Graduated from Tennessee with a degree in communications