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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2015-2018North Texas
E.J. Ejiya
LB • 6'3" • 230 lbs • Blain, MN, USA
Backfield disruptorDown-to-down presence
E.J. Ejiya shows a backfield disruptor profile with 71.6 disruption score.
Impact Production
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Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
83
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · North Texas
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- North Texas
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UTSA
Player Story
E.J. Ejiya built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a linebacker from Blain, MN wearing No. 22, spending time with North Texas. The clearest part of E.J. Ejiya's career was his defensive production: 272...
Read the storyE.J. Ejiya, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · North Texas. E.J. Ejiya shows a backfield disruptor profile with 71.6 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 272
- TFL
- 41
- Sacks
- 16
- QB hurries
- 16
Quick Answers
E.J. Ejiya quick answers
- Latest team and position
- North Texas · LB
- Career Tackles
- 272
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 7 entries · 39 games
- Best season
- 2018 Postseason · North Texas
- Top game
- UTSA
- Latest roster
- No. 22 · Senior
- 2018 Tackles rank
- 121 tackles · LB 16th (top 2%) · Conference USA 2nd (top 1%) · National 19th (top 1%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | North Texas | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Postseason | North Texas | 13 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 20.1 |
| 2016 Regular Season | North Texas | 13 | 40 | 3.5 | 0 | 2 | - | 0 | 20.1 |
| 2017 Postseason | North Texas | 13 | 8 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 65.4 |
| 2017 Regular Season | North Texas | 13 | 100 | 10 | 7 | 4 | - | 0 | 65.4 |
| 2018 Postseason | North Texas | 13 | 8 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 85.5 |
| 2018 Regular Season | North Texas | 13 | 113 | 23.5 | 9 | 10 | - | 0 | 85.5 |
Related Context
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E.J. Ejiya played LB for North Texas. Across 4 tracked seasons, E.J. Ejiya recorded 272 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with North Texas.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2018 Postseason
North Texas paired 44.5 primary output with 71.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 52.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2018 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Iowa
Loss with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Postseason · North Texas
Games
13
Havoc Plays / G
1.8
Efficiency
52.3
Usage
15.2
Consistency
57.7
Best Game by takeover score
Iowa
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Troy: 2. Lamar: 0. SMU: 4. Iowa: 4.5. UAB: 0. Southern Miss: 2.5. UTSA: 2. Florida Atlantic: 0. Old Dominion: 2. Louisiana Tech: 0. Army: 0. Rice: 3. Florida Atlantic: 3
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Troy: 8 by 53.3. Lamar: 4 by 16.7. SMU: 7 by 69.2. Iowa: 7 by 74.2. UAB: 9 by 37.5. Southern Miss: 10 by 66.7. UTSA: 8 by 53.3. Florida Atlantic: 12 by 50. Old Dominion: 10 by 61.7. Louisiana Tech: 6 by 25. Army: 8 by 33.3. Rice: 12 by 80. Florida Atlantic: 7 by 59.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.2 · Games = 8 · -1.5 vs Losses
Losses2.7 · Games = 5 · +1.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
13 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Iowa
Best efficiency game
80 vs Rice
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/16 | vs TroySplash game | L 30-50 | 8 | 4 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 12/2 | @ Florida AtlanticSplash game | L 17-41 | 7 | 6 | — | 1.50 | 1.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/25 | @ Rice10+ tackles · Splash game | W 30-14 | 12 | 10 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/18 | vs Army | W 52-49 | 8 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/4 | @ Louisiana Tech | W 24-23 | 6 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/28 | vs Old Dominion10+ tackles · Splash game | W 45-38 | 10 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/21 | @ Florida Atlantic10+ tackles | L 31-69 | 12 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/14 | vs UTSASplash game | W 29-26 | 8 | 1 | — | 1.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/30 | @ Southern Miss10+ tackles · Splash game | W 43-28 | 10 | 6 | — | 1.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/23 | vs UAB | W 46-43 | 9 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/16 | @ IowaSplash game | L 14-31 | 7 | 3 | — | 1.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/9 | @ SMU2+ sacks · Splash game | L 32-54 | 7 | 4 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/2 | vs Lamar | W 59-14 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
E.J. Ejiya story
E.J. Ejiya built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a linebacker from Blain, MN wearing No. 22, spending time with North Texas. The clearest part of E.J. Ejiya's career was his defensive production: 272 tackles, 41 tackles for loss, and 16 sacks across 39 career games in the available record. That gives E.J. Ejiya's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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North Texas
2015-2018
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2015201620162017201720182018
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | North Texas | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2016 Postseason | North Texas | 5.5 | 18 | 4.4 | 5.5 |
| 2016 Regular Season | North Texas | 5.5 | 18 | 4.4 | 0 |
| 2017 Postseason | North Texas | 23 | 52.3 | 15.2 | 17.5 |
| 2017 Regular Season | North Texas | 23 | 52.3 | 15.2 | 0 |
| 2018 Postseason | North Texas | 44.5 | 71.6 | 20.4 | 21.5 |
| 2018 Regular Season | North Texas | 44.5 | 71.6 | 20.4 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ UTSA
Week 13 · W 24-21 · Conference game
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
6
Havoc Plays
98.6 takeover
6 disruption/tackle impact with 98.6 takeover score.
#2
vs Southern Miss
Week 7 · W 30-7 · Conference game
5
Havoc Plays
94.4 takeover
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
5 disruption/tackle impact with 94.4 takeover score.
#3
@ Arkansas
Week 3 · W 44-17
5
Havoc Plays
94.4 takeover
Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
5 disruption/tackle impact with 94.4 takeover score.
#4
@ Iowa
Week 3 · L 14-31
4.5
Havoc Plays
91.4 takeover
Loss with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 91.4 takeover score.
#5
@ SMU
Week 2 · L 32-54
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Havoc Plays
86 takeover
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 86 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2018 Postseason · North Texas
44.5 primary output · 71.6 efficiency · 20.4 usage
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#2
2018 Regular Season · North Texas
85.5
44.5 primary · 71.6 efficiency · 20.4 usage
#3
2017 Postseason · North Texas
65.4
23 primary · 52.3 efficiency · 15.2 usage
Milestones
22
Impact games
21
Splash games
8
10+ tackle games
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