Arnold Ebiketie: DE · Penn State · #17.
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Arnold Ebiketie
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. Played for three head coaches at two programs in four seasons: Ed Foley, Rod Carey and James Franklin. All-Big Ten in 2021 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. On tape: 5 tackles against Auburn, Week 3, 2021.
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
62 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 18 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Penn State | 62 | 34 | 18.0 | 9.5 |
| 2020 | Temple | 42 | 28 | 8.5 | 4.0 |
| 2019 | Temple | 13 | 10 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| 2018 | Temple | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Career | 121 | 76 | 28.5 | 15.5 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 16-10@ No. 12 Wisconsin | 7 | 7 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 44-13vs Ball State | 4 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 28-20vs No. 22 Auburn | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 38-17vs Villanova | 3 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 24-0vs Indiana | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 20-23@ No. 3 Iowa | 9 | 5 | 3.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | 3.5 TFL |
| Wk 8 | L 18-20vs Illinois | 10 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 9 | L 24-33@ No. 5 Ohio State | 3 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 31-14@ Maryland | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 17-21vs No. 9 Michigan | 7 | 2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 12 | W 28-0vs Rutgers | 5 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 27-30@ No. 12 Michigan State | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 62 | 34 | 18.0 | 9.5 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
15%10 sacksTFL rate
29%18 TFLHurry rate
11%7 hurriesPressure-to-sack conversion
58%10 of 16 pressures62 tackles · 18 for loss · 9.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 5.3 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 5.0 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 5.2 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.2 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
James Franklin
Pass share
52.2%
458 pass / 419 run
Plays / game
73.1
12 games
Team sack rate
6.8%
547 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2021
First team in his league at the position.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #240 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons, at Temple and Penn State, 16 sacks, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — drafted at #38 overall by the Atlanta Falcons.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG TEN · 1ST TEAM
All-Big Ten 1st team (2021)
Weekly recognition
1 weekly honor (2020)
AAC Defensive Player of the Week
Coaching lineage · 2018–2021
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Geoff Collins, Rod Carey and James Franklin.
Next stop · NFL
Atlanta FalconsEntering 5th NFL season
Atlanta FalconsEntering 5th NFL season
