It would not surprise anyone if Kareem ended up having a long NFL career as a quality starter. Kareem doesn’t enter the NFL with the same kind of upside as his former linemate Julian Okwara, but he brings a much higher floor. Once he gets to the NFL though and can focus the six days of the week on recovery exclusively, those minor, nagging injuries could be a thing of the past. That is likely one of the red flags NFL teams had on file for Kareem. While he didn’t miss a lot of games, he was on the turf regularly with minor injuries that would take him in and out of games. Injuries were a recurring trend in Kareem’s Notre Dame career, though. At the same time, Kareem’s injury and the loss of Pro Days prevented Kareem from being able to perform at the Combine. He also played in the bowl game, despite injury while some players sit out bowl games these days. Kareem playing through injury should have helped his stock some with NFL teams since he put his team ahead of himself to finish the year. Julian Okwara was chosen in the third round of the Draft by the Detroit Lions with the 67th overall pick, where he will be reunited with his brother Romeo Okwara.
He is the second Notre Dame defensive end from the 2019 roster to be selected in this year’s Draft. He did, however, play the final third of the season injured, requiring off-season surgery. In 2019, Kareem racked up 2.0 sacks against Virginia, which accounted for a third of his total in 2019.
In 2018, he flat out destroyed Michigan, but then fell off a bit. Kareem was a dominant player for Notre Dame in spurts but struggled with consistency.
Kareem is the only defensive end that the Bengals have selected so far in the Draft. Khalid Kareem was the second Notre Dame player to hear his name called on the final day of the 2020 NFL Draft when the Cincinnati Bengals selected the Irish DE #147 overall with the first pick of the 5th round.
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