Josh Ehambe: DE · Kansas · #17.
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Josh Ehambe
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. Third year in the Kansas defensive front. One game to point at: 3 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against Ohio — Week 3, 2017.
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
22 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 6.5 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-16vs Southeast Missouri State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 27-45vs Central Michigan | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | L 30-42@ Ohio | 3 | 0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 34-56vs West Virginia | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 19-65vs Texas Tech | 7 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 7 | L 0-45@ Iowa State | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 0-43@ No. 4 TCU | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 20-30vs Kansas State | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 3-41vs No. 3 Oklahoma | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 13 | L 17-58@ No. 18 Oklahoma State | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 22 | 11 | 6.5 | 2.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
9%2 sacksTFL rate
30%6 TFL22 tackles · 6.5 for loss · 2 sacks.
3 seasons under David Beaty — 3-33 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.3 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 2.0 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.7 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
David Beaty
Pass share
54.3%
459 pass / 386 run
Plays / game
70.4
12 games
Team sack rate
6.0%
500 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2017
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Kansas, 3 sacks — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Charlie Weis → David Beaty. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
