Ezekiel Rose: DL · West Virginia · #5.
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Ezekiel Rose
Wins the gap play after play. Two seasons in the West Virginia defensive front to date. A game that shows it: 5 tackles and 0.5 sacks against Oklahoma State — Week 12, 2018.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
19 tackles. 0 passes defended. 1 interception. 3 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | West Virginia | 19 | 12 | 3.0 | 1.5 | -- | 1 |
| 2017 | West Virginia | 24 | 19 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2 | 1 |
| Career | 43 | 31 | 8.0 | 6.5 | 2 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 40-14vs Tennessee | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 35-6vs Kansas State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 42-34@ No. 25 Texas Tech | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 38-22vs Kansas | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | |
| Wk 7 | L 14-30@ Iowa State | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 58-14vs Baylor | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 42-41@ No. 15 Texas | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 41-45@ Oklahoma State | 5 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 13 | L 56-59vs No. 6 Oklahoma | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 19 | 12 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 |
Week 9 · 2018
W 58-14
vs Baylor
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 3 tackles
Dominant 44-point win at home against Baylor.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
16%3 TFLSack rate
8%2 sacksHurry rate
11%2 hurries19 tackles · 3 for loss · 1.5 sacks · 1 interception.
2 seasons under Dana Holgorsen, all balanced offenses — 15-10 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 3.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 3.0 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dana Holgorsen
Pass share
51.4%
446 pass / 422 run
Plays / game
72.3
12 games
Team sack rate
5.8%
480 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2018
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at West Virginia, 6 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
1 coachPlayed every college season under Dana Holgorsen.
