#22

E.J. Ejiya

Senior linebacker for North Texas. 2018: 121 tackles, 25.5 tackles for loss, 9 sacks.

LB · North Texas · Sr. · #22

6′3″ · 230 lb · Blain, MN

North Texas 2018 alumnus

The story

4 linebacker for North Texas. 2018: 121 tackles, 25.5 tackles for loss, 9 sacks.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at North Texas, 272 tackles — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

North Texas

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2018

1 coach

2016–2018

Seth Littrell

North Texas

Played his entire career under Seth Littrell.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Seth Littrell — 23-17 over that span.

2016North Texas5-8HC: Seth Littrell · Balanced

2017North Texas9-5HC: Seth Littrell · Balanced

2018North Texas9-4HC: Seth Littrell · Balanced, fast tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (100th percentile). Strength: qb hurries (100th percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles for loss#2 / 2662 · 100th pct

25.5

QB hurries#12 / 2662 · 100th pct

Tackles#19 / 2662 · 99th pct

121

Sacks#19 / 2662 · 99th pct

9.0

Solo tackles#43 / 2662 · 98th pct

Forced fumbles#63 / 722 · 46th pct

Passes defended#1661 / 2662 · 19th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	8.3	1.9	0.6	0.0
Road6g	10.5	2.1	0.8	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-78g	8.9	2.0	0.8	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	10.0	1.9	0.5	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Neal Brown

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	North Texas	121	61	25.5	9.0	--	--	--
2017	North Texas	108	51	12.0	7.0	--	--	--
2016	North Texas	43	26	3.5	0.0	--	--	--
Career		272	138	41.0	16.0	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2018

W 58–16

vs Incarnate Word

8 TOT · 2 SOLO · 3 TFL

Dominant 42-point win at home against Incarnate Word.

With M. Fine — 418 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · 13 rush yds (3 car) · R. Bussey Jr. — 8 rec · 128 yds · 3 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week