Linebacker, Houston, 2015–18
Emeke Egbule
- Number
- No. 8
- Height
- 6′4″
- Weight
- 240 lb
- Class (2018)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Galena Park, TX
- Born
- Oct 13, 1996, in Galena Park, Texas
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Emeke Egbule played linebacker at Houston (2015–18). The Los Angeles Chargers took Egbule in round 6, No. 200 overall in the 2019 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
11tackles, career hightwice; last at Memphis, 2018Team titles: American champions, 2015
Defense
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 7 of 14 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
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 | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Houston | 8 | LB | Fr. | ||
| 2016 | Houston | 8 | LB | So. | ||
| 2017 | Houston | 8 | LB | Jr. | ||
| 2018 | Houston | 8 | LB | Sr. | 6′4″ | 240 |
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
2018 Houston 13 games, 69 tackles, 2 sacks, 2 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | at Rice | W 45–27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Sep 8 | vs. Arizona | W 45–18 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 15 | at Texas Tech | L 49–63 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 22 | vs. Texas Southern | W 70–14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 4 | vs. Tulsa | W 41–26 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 13 | at East Carolina | W 42–20 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 20 | at Navy | W 49–36 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 27 | vs. South Florida | W 57–36 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 3 | at SMU | L 31–45 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 10 | vs. Temple | L 49–59 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 15 | vs. Tulane | W 48–17 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 23 | at Memphis | L 31–52 | 11 | 7 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 22 ✦ | vs. Army | L 14–70 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2017 Houston 12 games, 62 tackles, 2 sacks
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9 | atArizona | W 19–16 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 16 | vs.Rice | W 38–3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 23 | vs.Texas Tech | L 24–27 | 8 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 30 | atTemple | W 20–13 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 7 | vs.SMU | W 35–22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 14 | atTulsa | L 17–45 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 19 | vs.Memphis | L 38–42 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 28 | atSouth Florida | W 28–24 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 4 | vs.East Carolina | W 52–27 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 18 | atTulane | L 17–20 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 24 | vs.Navy | W 24–14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 24 ✦ | vs. Fresno State | L 27–33 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2016 Houston 10 games, 22 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs. Oklahoma | W 33–23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 10 | vs. Lamar | W 42–0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 15 | at Cincinnati | W 40–16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 24 | at Texas State | W 64–3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 29 | vs. UConn | W 42–14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 15 | vs.Tulsa | W 38–31 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 22 | atSMU | L 16–38 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 29 | vs. UCF | W 31–24 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 12 | vs.Tulane | W 30–18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 25 | atMemphis | L 44–48 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2019 | Combine or pro day 2019 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′2″ | |
| Weight | 245 lb | |
| Arm length | 33″ | |
| Hand size | 9¼″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.65 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.55 s | |
| Vertical jump | 33″ | |
| Broad jump | 9′11″ | |
| Bench press | 20 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 7.38 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.38 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).
In the NFL
3 seasons, 9 games with a stat; latest team: Pittsburgh Steelers.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Los Angeles Chargers | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | Los Angeles Chargers | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | Los Angeles Chargers | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 9 | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
Other pro football
| Years | League | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | CFL | Edmonton Elks |
| 2024 | UFL | St. Louis Battlehawks * |
| 2024 | CFL | Edmonton Elks * |
Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams. * Off-season roster or practice squad only.
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