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Defensive end, Penn State (from Temple), 2017–⁠21

Arnold Ebiketie

Number: No. 17
Height: 6′3″
Weight: 253 lb
Class (2021): Senior
Hometown: Silver Spring, MD
Born: Jan 23, 1999

Arnold Ebiketie played defensive end at Temple (2017–⁠20) and Penn State (2021). The Atlanta Falcons took Ebiketie in round 2, No. 38 overall in the 2022 NFL Draft.

Best season: 62; Tackles, 2021 (Penn State, 7–⁠6)
Drafted: No. 38; Round 2, 2022 NFL Draft (Atlanta Falcons)

10tackles, career hightwice; last vs. Illinois, 2021 2sacks, career highvs. Michigan, 2021

Honors

2021First-team All-Big Ten

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record

8–⁠58–⁠51–⁠67–⁠6

Season	Team	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Hur
2018	Temple	4	4	0	0	0
2019	Temple	13	10	2	2	2
2020	Temple	42	28	8.5	4	0
2021	Penn State	62	34	18	9.5	7
Career		121	76	28.5	15.5	9

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt
2018	Temple	17	DE	Fr.
2019	Temple	17	DE	So.
2020	Temple	17	DE	Jr.
2021	Penn State	17	DE	Sr.	6′3″	253

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2021 Penn State 12 games, 62 tackles, 9.5 sacks

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks
Sep 4	atWisconsin	W 16–⁠10	7	7	2	1
Sep 11	vs.Ball State	W 44–⁠13	4	1	1	0
Sep 18	vs.Auburn	W 28–⁠20	5	5	0	0
Sep 25	vs.Villanova	W 38–⁠17	3	2	1.5	1
Oct 2	vs.Indiana	W 24–⁠0	3	2	1	1
Oct 9	atIowa	L 20–⁠23	9	5	3.5	1
Oct 23	vs.Illinois	L 18–⁠20	10	4	2	1.5
Oct 30	atOhio State	L 24–⁠33	3	1	1.5	0
Nov 6	atMaryland	W 31–⁠14	2	2	1	1
Nov 13	vs.Michigan	L 17–⁠21	7	2	2	2
Nov 20	vs.Rutgers	W 28–⁠0	5	1	1.5	1
Nov 27	atMichigan State	L 27–⁠30	4	2	1	0

2020 Temple 6 games, 42 tackles, 4 sacks

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks
Oct 10	atNavy	L 29–⁠31	10	3	1	0
Oct 17	vs.South Florida	W 39–⁠37	6	5	3.5	1
Oct 24	atMemphis	L 29–⁠41	4	4	0	0
Oct 31	atTulane	L 3–⁠38	7	6	2	1
Nov 7	vs.SMU	L 23–⁠47	6	2	1	1
Nov 14	atUCF	L 13–⁠38	9	8	1	1

2019 Temple 7 games, 13 tackles, 2 sacks

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks
Aug 31	vs.Bucknell	W 56–⁠12	2	2	0	0
Sep 14	vs.Maryland	W 20–⁠17	2	2	0	0
Oct 3	atEast Carolina	W 27–⁠17	1	0	0	0
Oct 19	atSMU	L 21–⁠45	3	2	0	0
Oct 26	vs.UCF	L 21–⁠63	3	2	1	1
Nov 7	atSouth Florida	W 17–⁠7	1	1	1	1
Dec 27 ✦	vs.North Carolina	L 13–⁠55	1	1	0	0

2018 Temple 3 games, 4 tackles

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo
Sep 8	vs.Buffalo	L 29–⁠36	1	1
Oct 6	vs.East Carolina	W 49–⁠6	2	2
Nov 24	atUConn	W 57–⁠7	1	1

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Played in the 2022 Senior Bowl (National team, won 20–⁠10).

Drill	Combine 2022	Combine or pro day 2022
Height	6′2⅜″
Weight	250 lb
Arm length	34⅛″
Hand size	10¼″
Wingspan		81¾″^W
40-yard dash		4.66 s^W
10-yard split		1.69 s^W
Vertical jump	38″
Broad jump	10′8″
Bench press	21 reps
3-cone drill		6.95 s^W
20-yard shuttle		4.24 s^W

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

5 seasons, 65 games with a stat; latest team: Philadelphia Eagles.

Season	Team	G	Tkl	Sacks
2022	Atlanta Falcons	14	28	2.5
2023	Atlanta Falcons	15	24	6
2024	Atlanta Falcons	16	35	6
2025	Atlanta Falcons	15	35	2
2026 (so far)	Philadelphia Eagles	5	9	0
NFL career		65	131	16.5

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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