Ethan Downs: DL · Oklahoma · #40.
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Ethan Downs
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Played for two head coaches in four seasons at Oklahoma. The first career honor came in 2023: All-Big 12. On tape: 6 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Missouri, Week 11, 2024.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
29 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 9 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.
FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth Nov 3
On3 Oct 29
ABC News Oct 28Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 51-3vs Temple | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 16-12vs Houston | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 34-19vs Tulane | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 15-25vs No. 6 Tennessee | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 27-21@ Auburn | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 3-34vs No. 1 Texas | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 9-35vs South Carolina | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 14-26@ No. 18 Ole Miss | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 23-30@ Missouri | 6 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 13 | W 24-3vs No. 7 Alabama | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 17-37@ LSU | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 20-21vs Navy | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 29 | 21 | 9.0 | 3.0 | — | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
31%9 TFLSack rate
10%3 sacksHurry rate
7%2 hurries29 tackles · 9 for loss · 3 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.4 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.4 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brent Venables
Pass share
42.0%
373 pass / 515 run
Plays / game
68.3
13 games
Team sack rate
9.9%
394 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2024
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #158 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Oklahoma, 12 sacks — the college career is complete.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
Coaching lineage · 2021–2024
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Lincoln Riley → Brent Venables. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
