Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2021Ball State
Anthony Ekpe
LB • 6'1" • 235 lbs • Pflugerville, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Anthony Ekpe shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 23.8 disruption score.
Impact Production
79
High-end production for a linebacker
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Reliability
61
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
80
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Rice
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Rice • Ball State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: North Texas
Player Story
Anthony Ekpe built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a linebacker from Pflugerville, TX wearing No. 31, spending time with Ball State and Rice. The clearest part of Anthony Ekpe's career was his defensive...
Read the storyAnthony Ekpe, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Rice. Anthony Ekpe shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 23.8 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 97
- TFL
- 26
- Sacks
- 18
- QB hurries
- 15
Quick Answers
Anthony Ekpe quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Ball State · LB
- Career Tackles
- 97
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 39 games
- Best season
- 2019 Regular Season · Rice
- Top game
- North Texas
- Latest roster
- No. 31 · Senior
- 2021 Tackles rank
- 16 tackles · LB 639th (top 51%) · Mid-American 213th (top 39%) · National 2,239th (top 38%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Rice | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 40.8 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Rice | 12 | 35 | 6.5 | 6 | 4 | - | 0 | 59.3 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Rice | 7 | 23 | 5 | 2.5 | 6 | - | 0 | 67.1 |
| 2020 Postseason | Ball State | 8 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 54.8 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Ball State | 8 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | - | 0 | 54.8 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Ball State | 7 | 16 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 2 | - | 0 | 48.1 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Rice | 7 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 48.1 |
Related Context
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Anthony Ekpe played LB for Rice and Ball State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Anthony Ekpe recorded 97 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Rice.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season
Rice paired 13.5 primary output with 33 efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 23.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2021 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Rice, Ball State.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Eastern Michigan
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
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Season Explorer
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2021 Regular Season · Ball State
Games
7
Havoc Plays / G
1.4
Efficiency
23.8
Usage
7.8
Consistency
43.5
Best Game by takeover score
Eastern Michigan
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Army: 1. Western Michigan: 2. Eastern Michigan: 3. Miami (OH): 0. Akron: 3. Northern Illinois: 0. Buffalo: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Army: 2 by 18.3. Western Michigan: 2 by 28.3. Eastern Michigan: 5 by 50.8. Miami (OH): 2 by 8.3. Akron: 1 by 34.2. Northern Illinois: 1 by 4.2. Buffalo: 3 by 22.5
Split Comparison
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Wins2 · Games = 5 · +2 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · -2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
7 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Eastern Michigan
Best efficiency game
50.8 vs Eastern Michigan
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 11/24 | vs Buffalo | W 20-3 | 3 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 11/11 | @ Northern Illinois | L 29-30 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Tue 11/2 | @ AkronSplash game | W 31-25 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/23 | vs Miami (OH) | L 17-24 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/16 | @ Eastern MichiganSplash game | W 38-31 | 5 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/9 | @ Western MichiganSplash game | W 45-20 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/2 | vs Army | W 28-16 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Anthony Ekpe story
Anthony Ekpe built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a linebacker from Pflugerville, TX wearing No. 31, spending time with Ball State and Rice. The clearest part of Anthony Ekpe's career was his defensive production: 97 tackles, 26 tackles for loss, and 18 sacks across 39 career games in the available record. That gives Anthony Ekpe's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
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Rice
2017-2021
Opening stop
- 2
Ball State
2020-2021
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Rice | 5 | 17.5 | 7 | — |
| 2018 Regular Season | Rice | 16.5 | 24.2 | 9.4 | 11.5 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Rice | 13.5 | 33 | 11.6 | -3 |
| 2020 Postseason | Ball State | 14 | 24.8 | 7.6 | 0.5 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Ball State | 14 | 24.8 | 7.6 | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Ball State | 10 | 23.8 | 7.8 | -4 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Rice | 10 | 23.8 | 7.8 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ North Texas
Week 9 · L 17-41 · Conference game
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.
7
Havoc Plays
90.3 takeover
7 disruption/tackle impact with 90.3 takeover score.
#2
@ Miami (OH)
Week 10 · L 31-38 · Conference game
5
Havoc Plays
88.9 takeover
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.
5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.9 takeover score.
#3
@ Eastern Michigan
Week 7 · W 38-31 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
83.6 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 83.6 takeover score.
#4
vs Baylor
Week 4 · L 13-21
3
Havoc Plays
79.4 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 79.4 takeover score.
#5
@ UTEP
Week 14 · W 30-16 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
78.1 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 78.1 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2019 Regular Season · Rice
13.5 primary output · 33 efficiency · 11.6 usage
67.1
#2
2018 Regular Season · Rice
59.3
16.5 primary · 24.2 efficiency · 9.4 usage
#3
2020 Postseason · Ball State
54.8
14 primary · 24.8 efficiency · 7.6 usage
Milestones
12
Impact games
17
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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