Alex Okafor is a retired nine-year NFL vet who began his professional football career with the Arizona Cardinals. He went on to play with the New Orleans Saints, and the Kansas City Chiefs with whom he won the Super Bowl LIV in 2020. Prior to his NFL career, Okafor was an All-American college football player for the Texas Longhorns at The University of Texas at Austin, where he received a number of awards for his academic and athletic performance. He graduated in 2013 with a bachelor's degree in communications. With a desire to do something in honor of his beloved mother, Sonia, who passed away from acute myeloid leukemia in May 2020, Okafor helped launch LLS's Scholarship for Blood Cancer Survivors in 2021. He continues to sponsor the scholarship through his Family Foundation and volunteers his time to program events and other LLS initiatives. Okafor is active in his local community and currently serves on the Board of Trustees of Pflugerville Independent School District of which he is an alum.
