Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025Iowa State
Ikenna Ezeogu
DL • 6'5" • 285 lbs • Blue Springs, MO, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Ikenna Ezeogu shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
47
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
30
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
70
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Iowa State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Iowa State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Arkansas State
Player Story
Ikenna Ezeogu built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Blue Springs, MO wearing No. 88, spending time with Iowa State. The clearest part of Ikenna Ezeogu's career was his defensive...
Read the storyIkenna Ezeogu, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Iowa State. Ikenna Ezeogu shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 60
- TFL
- 6
- Sacks
- 3
- QB hurries
- 10
- Passes defended
- 4
Quick Answers
Ikenna Ezeogu quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Iowa State · DL
- Career Tackles
- 60
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 36 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Iowa State
- Top game
- Arkansas State
- High school pipeline
- Lawrence North · 15 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 88 · Junior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 25 tackles · DL 250th (top 24%) · Big 12 192nd (top 27%) · National 1,690th (top 28%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Iowa State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2023 Regular Season | Iowa State | 10 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 33.8 |
| 2024 Postseason | Iowa State | 14 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 18.4 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Iowa State | 14 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 18.4 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Iowa State | 12 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 55.2 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Iowa State to Penn State | P4 to P4 | 82.8 | Jan 14, 2026 |
Ikenna Ezeogu played DL for Iowa State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Ikenna Ezeogu recorded 60 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Iowa State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Iowa State paired 12 primary output with 18.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 18.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Arkansas State
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Iowa State
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
1
Efficiency
18.7
Usage
5.9
Consistency
52.8
Best Game by takeover score
Arkansas State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. South Dakota: 1. Kansas State: 3. Iowa: 1. Arkansas State: 4. Arizona: 0. Cincinnati: 0. Colorado: 0. BYU: 1. Arizona State: 1. TCU: 1. Kansas: 0. Oklahoma State: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. South Dakota: 0 by 10. Kansas State: 1 by 34.2. Iowa: 0 by 10. Arkansas State: 3 by 52.5. Arizona: 3 by 12.5. Cincinnati: 4 by 16.7. Colorado: 5 by 20.8. BYU: 0 by 10. Arizona State: 5 by 30.8. TCU: 2 by 18.3. Kansas: 1 by 4.2. Oklahoma State: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
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Wins1.3 · Games = 8 · +0.8 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 4 · -0.8 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Arkansas State
Best efficiency game
52.5 vs Arkansas State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/29 | @ Oklahoma State | W 20-13 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | vs Kansas | W 38-14 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | @ TCU | W 20-17 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | vs Arizona State | L 19-24 | 5 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | vs BYU | L 27-41 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | @ Colorado | L 17-24 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | @ Cincinnati | L 30-38 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | vs Arizona | W 39-14 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | @ Arkansas StateSplash game | W 24-16 | 3 | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Iowa | W 16-13 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | vs South Dakota | W 55-7 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/23 | @ Kansas StateSplash game | W 24-21 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
Player Story
Ikenna Ezeogu story
Ikenna Ezeogu built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Blue Springs, MO wearing No. 88, spending time with Iowa State. The clearest part of Ikenna Ezeogu's career was his defensive production: 60 tackles, 6 tackles for loss, 3 sacks, and 4 passes defended across 36 career games in the available record. That gives Ikenna Ezeogu's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Iowa State
2022-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20222023202420242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Iowa State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Iowa State | 7 | 13.7 | 2.7 | 7 |
| 2024 Postseason | Iowa State | 4 | 8.5 | 2.7 | -3 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Iowa State | 4 | 8.5 | 2.7 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Iowa State | 12 | 18.7 | 5.9 | 8 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 100 Arkansas State
Week 3 · W 24-16
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4
Havoc Plays
84.2 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 84.2 takeover score.
#2
vs Arkansas State
Week 4 · W 52-7
2
Havoc Plays
71.7 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 71.7 takeover score.
#3
@ No. 42 Kansas State
Week 1 · W 24-21 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
66.7 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 66.7 takeover score.
#4
vs Oklahoma State
Week 4 · W 34-27 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
61.9 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 61.9 takeover score.
#5
vs No. 60 Arizona State
Week 10 · L 19-24 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
42.2 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 42.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Iowa State
12 primary output · 18.7 efficiency · 5.9 usage
55.2
#2
2023 Regular Season · Iowa State
33.8
7 primary · 13.7 efficiency · 2.7 usage
#3
2024 Postseason · Iowa State
18.4
4 primary · 8.5 efficiency · 2.7 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
4
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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