Tulsa’s Chris Paul Gets Invitation to NFL Combine

TULSA, Okla. –– University of Tulsa senior offensive lineman Chris Paul will be one of more than 300 NFL Draft prospects to participate at the 2022 NFL Combine, it was announced on Wednesday.

The NFL Combine takes place from March 1-7 in Indianapolis, Ind. The NFL Network will provide exclusive live coverage of the event.

Before that, Paul will participate at the Reese's Senior Bowl Game scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 5, at Hancock Whitney Stadium on the campus of South Alabama in Mobile, Ala.

Paul played in 42 career games and started 38 contests in his four seasons after red-shirting as a true freshman in 2017. He started games at both guard and tackle positions in his career.

The 6-4, 324-pound tackle from Houston, Texas, played and started 10 games at the position as a senior while missing the final three games with an injury. Paul earned honorable mention American Athletic Conference accolades in 2021 and the year before was a second-team all-AAC selection.

Paul has not only been impressive on the playing field for the Golden Hurricane but has been as equally solid off the field.

He has been a member of the NCAA Division I Football Oversight Committee and the NCAA Committee to Promote Cultural Diversity and Equity (CPCDE). Paul also serves as the chairperson of the American Athletic Conference's SAAC executive board through the 2021-22 academic year and has served as the AAC's representative to the NCAA Division I Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.

Paul has personified the meaning of student-athlete, excelling academically and athletically while serving the community. A top-10 freshman in 2018-19, Paul has volunteered at the Children's Hospital at Saint Francis, Read Across America, Lift Up America and at the Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma.

Paul earned his undergraduate degree in computer information systems and was working on his MBA this past semester. He is a member of the University Ambassadors, the Student Association, the Black Men's Initiative, the Future Alumni Council and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes at Tulsa.

Tulsa’s Chris Paul Gets Invitation to NFL Combine

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