Ken Ekanem

Defensive end for Virginia Tech. 2016: 7.5 sacks, 10 tackles for loss, 36 tackles.

DE · Virginia Tech · #4

6′3″ · Centreville, VA

Virginia Tech 2016 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

WDE recruit

No. 193 nationally · Signed with Virginia Tech

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2016 defensive end for Virginia Tech. 2016: 7.5 sacks, 10 tackles for loss, 36 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Virginia Tech in 2012.

His career, year by year

How it ended

One season at Virginia Tech, 8 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

2012

Signed with Virginia Tech4-star out of Centreville

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#193 national

CFB

College

Virginia Tech

2016

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Virginia Tech10-4HC: Justin Fuente · Run-leaning, fast tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (99th percentile). Strength: sacks (98th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#14 / 2668 · 99th pct

Sacks#51 / 2668 · 98th pct

7.5

Tackles for loss#161 / 2668 · 93rd pct

10.0

Passes defended#754 / 2668 · 65th pct

Tackles#1119 / 2668 · 57th pct

Solo tackles#1155 / 2668 · 55th 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

2016 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	3.0	0.9	0.7	0.0
Road6g	2.5	0.6	0.4	0.3

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.9	0.9	0.8	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	2.7	0.6	0.3	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

James Franklin

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

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	Virginia Tech	36	20	10.0	7.5	2	--	--
Career		36	20	10.0	7.5	2	--	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week