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Commanders re-sign Chris Paul

Mar 19, 2026 at 09:51 AM

LOUDOUN COUNTY, Va. – The Washington Commanders announced today that they have re-signed guard Chris Paul. Full terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Paul (6-4, 324) is entering his fifth season after being selected by Washington in the seventh-round (230^th overall) of the 2022 NFL Draft. Paul has seen action in 34 career games and allowed just four sacks.

In 2025, Paul appeared in all 17 regular season games and started a career-high 15. Paul surrendered just one sack and had two penalties on the year.

Paul played in 17 games from 2022-2024 and totaled two penalties and three sacks allowed over the three-year span. In 2022, Paul played 10 games and started seven, which was his previous career high.

Paul, a Houston, Texas native, attended Jersey Village High School and played collegiately at Tulsa for four seasons (2017-2020).

At Tulsa, Paul started every game in each of his last three seasons and made starts at right tackle, right guard and left tackle. As a senior, he started in eight games and was named to the Second-Team All-Conference team.

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