Defensive line, Wake Forest, 2013–17
Duke Ejiofor
- Number
- No. 53
- Height
- 6′4″
- Weight
- 275 lb
- Hometown
- Houston, TX
- Born
- Apr 24, 1995, in Houston, Texas
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Duke Ejiofor played defensive line at Wake Forest (2013–17). The Houston Texans took Ejiofor in round 6, No. 177 overall in the 2018 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
8tackles, career highvs. Florida State, 20173sacks, career highat Duke, 2016Defense
| Season | Team | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Wake Forest | 50 | 30 | 17 | 10.5 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 2017 | Wake Forest | 43 | 26 | 16.5 | 6.5 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Career | 93 | 56 | 33.5 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 13 | |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 8 of 12 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2015 | 8 of 12 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: ESPN play-by-play participants, via SportsDataverse: tackles only, counted in the games whose play-by-play names tacklers (G: those games, of his team’s), so part of the season, not its total. A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Wake Forest | 53 | DL | ||
| 2014 | Wake Forest | 53 | DL | ||
| 2015 | Wake Forest | 53 | DL | ||
| 2016 | Wake Forest | 53 | DL | ||
| 2017 | Wake Forest | 53 | DL | 6′4″ | 275 |
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
2017 Wake Forest 11 games, 43 tackles, 6.5 sacks
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | vs. Presbyterian | W 51–7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 9 | at Boston College | W 34–10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 16 | vs. Utah State | W 46–10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 23 | at App State | W 20–19 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 30 | vs. Florida State | L 19–26 | 8 | 6 | 3.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 7 | at Clemson | L 14–28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 21 | at Georgia Tech | L 24–38 | 6 | 4 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 28 | vs. Louisville | W 42–32 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 4 | at Notre Dame | L 37–48 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 25 | vs. Duke | L 23–31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 29 ✦ | vs. Texas A&M | W 55–52 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2016 Wake Forest 13 games, 50 tackles, 10.5 sacks, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | vs. Tulane | W 7–3 | 4 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 10 | atDuke | W 24–14 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 17 | vs. Delaware | W 38–21 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 24 | at Indiana | W 33–28 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Oct 1 | at NC State | L 16–33 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 8 | vs. Syracuse | W 28–9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 15 | atFlorida State | L 6–17 | 5 | 3 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 29 | vs. Army | L 13–21 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 5 | vs. Virginia | W 27–20 | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 12 | atLouisville | L 12–44 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 19 | vs.Clemson | L 13–35 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 26 | vs.Boston College | L 14–17 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Dec 27 ✦ | vs. Temple | W 34–26 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2018 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′3⅜″ |
| Weight | 264 lb |
| Arm length | 34⅞″ |
| Hand size | 9¾″ |
Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).
In the NFL
1 season, 7 games with a stat; latest team: Houston Texans.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Houston Texans | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
Other pro football
| Years | League | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | XFL | Houston Roughnecks |
Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams.
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