Player Dossier

2018-2021

Penn State

Arnold Ebiketie

DE • 6'3" • 253 lbs • Silver Spring, MD, USA

High-volume tacklerDown-to-down presence

Arnold Ebiketie shows a high-volume tackler profile with 50.3 disruption score.

Usage / Role

5%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

7

Developing production for an edge defender

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

23

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Penn State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Temple • Penn State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Iowa

Player Story

Arnold Ebiketie built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a defensive end from Silver Spring, MD wearing No. 17, spending time with Penn State and Temple. The clearest part of Arnold Ebiketie's career was...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2017 · Rating 0.8026

Albert Einstein · Kensington, MD

Committed To
Temple
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2022
Selection
Round 2 · Pick 6
Overall
No. 38
NFL Team
Atlanta Falcons

Arnold Ebiketie, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Penn State. Arnold Ebiketie shows a high-volume tackler profile with 50.3 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
121
TFL
28.5
Sacks
15.5
QB hurries
9
Touchdowns
1

Quick Answers

Arnold Ebiketie quick answers

Latest team and position
Penn State · DE
Career Tackles
121
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 28 games
Best season
2021 Regular Season · Penn State
Top game
Iowa
Recruit profile
3-star · Albert Einstein · Temple
High school pipeline
Albert Einstein · 2 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
NFL Draft
2022 · Round 2 · Pick 6 · Atlanta Falcons
Latest roster
No. 17 · Senior
2021 Tackles rank
62 tackles · DE 6th (top 3%) · Big Ten 46th (top 8%) · National 378th (top 7%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonTemple34-0--037.9
2019 PostseasonTemple71-0--031.8
2019 Regular SeasonTemple712222-031.8
2020 Regular SeasonTemple6428.54--162.7
2021 Regular SeasonPenn State1262189.57-081

Related Context

Arnold Ebiketie played DE for Temple and Penn State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Arnold Ebiketie recorded 121 tackles and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Penn State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

Penn State paired 34.5 primary output with 50.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 16.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2021 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Temple, Penn State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: UCF

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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Season Explorer

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2019 Postseason · Temple

Games

7

Havoc Plays / G

0.9

Efficiency

16.3

Usage

4.8

Consistency

53.3

Best Game by takeover score

UCF

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. North Carolina: 0. Bucknell: 0. Maryland: 0. East Carolina: 1. SMU: 1. UCF: 2. South Florida: 2

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 on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. North Carolina: 1 by 4.2. Bucknell: 2 by 8.3. Maryland: 2 by 8.3. East Carolina: 1 by 14.2. SMU: 3 by 22.5. UCF: 3 by 32.5. South Florida: 1 by 24.2

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins0.8 · Games = 4 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 3 · +0.3 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

UCF

Best efficiency game

32.5 vs UCF

Result
Fri 12/27vs North CarolinaL 13-5511000
Fri 11/8@ South FloridaSplash gameW 17-711110
Sat 10/26vs UCFSplash gameL 21-6332110
Sat 10/19@ SMUL 21-4532000
Fri 10/4@ East CarolinaW 27-1710000
Sat 9/14vs MarylandW 20-1722000
Sat 8/31vs BucknellW 56-1222000

Player Story

Arnold Ebiketie story

Arnold Ebiketie built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a defensive end from Silver Spring, MD wearing No. 17, spending time with Penn State and Temple. The clearest part of Arnold Ebiketie's career was his defensive production: 121 tackles, 28.5 tackles for loss, and 15.5 sacks across 28 career games in the available record. That gives Arnold Ebiketie'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.

  1. 1

    Temple

    2018-2020

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Penn State

    2021

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20182019201920202021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonTemple05.61
2019 PostseasonTemple616.34.86
2019 Regular SeasonTemple616.34.80
2020 Regular SeasonTemple12.55017.36.5
2021 Regular SeasonPenn State34.550.318.822

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Iowa

Week 6 · L 20-23 · Conference game

Loss with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4.5

Havoc Plays

94.2 takeover

4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 94.2 takeover score.

#2

vs South Florida

Week 7 · W 39-37 · Conference game

4.5

Havoc Plays

90 takeover

Win with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 90 takeover score.

#3

vs Rutgers

Week 12 · W 28-0 · Conference game

4.5

Havoc Plays

88.6 takeover

Win with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.6 takeover score.

#4

vs Michigan

Week 11 · L 17-21 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

86 takeover

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 86 takeover score.

#5

@ Wisconsin

Week 1 · W 16-10 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

86 takeover

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 86 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Regular Season · Penn State

34.5 primary output · 50.3 efficiency · 18.8 usage

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#2

2020 Regular Season · Temple

62.7

12.5 primary · 50 efficiency · 17.3 usage

#3

2018 Regular Season · Temple

37.9

0 primary · 5.6 efficiency · 1 usage

Milestones

14

Impact games

16

Splash games

2

10+ tackle games