Linebacker, BYU, to 2012
Ezekiel Ansah
- Number
- No. 47
- Height
- 6′6″
- Hometown
- Accra, Ghana
- Born
- May 29, 1989, in Accra
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Ezekiel Ansah played linebacker at BYU (to 2012). The Detroit Lions took Ansah in the first round, No. 5 overall in the 2013 NFL Draft.
Season by season, from Wikipedia
| Season | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solo | Ast | Tot | TFL | Sacks | Int | Yds | PD | FF | FR | |
| 2010 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 35 | 27 | 62 | 13 | 4.5 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Career | 39 | 33 | 72 | 13 | 4.5 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
From the college statistics table in Ansah’s Wikipedia article (Ezekiel Ansah, CC BY-SA), season by season as the article gives them, bowls included where it counts them. Our own records come from box scores, which start in 2004 (tackles in 2016, kickoff returns in 2009).
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | Int | PBU | FF | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 13 | 35 | 27 | 62 | 13 | 4.5 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 6 |
| On file | 39 | 33 | 72 | 13 | 4.5 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 7 | |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in). A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
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
2012 BYU 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 20 ✦ | vs. San Diego State | W 23–6 | 1 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.
Before the draft
Played in the 2013 Senior Bowl (South team, won 21–16).
| Drill | Combine 2013 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′5¼″ |
| Weight | 271 lb |
| Arm length | 35⅛″ |
| Hand size | 10¼″ |
| Wingspan | 82⅜″W |
| 40-yard dash | 4.63 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.63 sW |
| Vertical jump | 34½″ |
| Broad jump | 9′10″ |
| Bench press | 21 reps |
| 3-cone drill | 7.11 s |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.26 s |
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
7 seasons, 86 games with a stat; latest team: San Francisco 49ers.
Pro Bowl: 2015 · Second-team All-Pro (AP): 2015
All-Pro teams: AP second team 2015.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Detroit Lions | 13 | 32 | 8 | 0 |
| 2014 | Detroit Lions | 16 | 49 | 7.5 | 0 |
| 2015 | Detroit Lions | 16 | 45 | 14.5 | 0 |
| 2016 | Detroit Lions | 12 | 34 | 2 | 0 |
| 2017 | Detroit Lions | 13 | 40 | 12 | 0 |
| 2018 | Detroit Lions | 6 | 11 | 4 | 0 |
| 2019 | Seattle Seahawks | 10 | 16 | 2.5 | 0 |
| NFL career | 86 | 227 | 50.5 | 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. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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