Player Dossier

2023-2025

Iowa State

Kooper Ebel

LB • 6'4" • 235 lbs • Hartley, IA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Kooper Ebel shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 36.7 disruption score.

Usage Score

11.1

Efficiency

36.7

Consistency

41.7

Season Value

26.2

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season · Iowa State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
4
Program Path
Iowa State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Oklahoma State

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Kooper Ebel, LB. Best season Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season · Iowa State. Kooper Ebel shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 36.7 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

Iowa State paired 0 primary output with 4.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 36.7 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: Oklahoma State

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

Filter the strongest season sample, inspect game-level shape, and then drop into the full log without losing the story of the year.

Season Explorer

Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.

2025 Regular Season · Iowa State

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

1

Efficiency

36.7

Usage

11.1

Consistency

41.7

Best Game by takeover score

Oklahoma State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Unknown: 0.5. Kansas State: 2. Iowa: 0. Arkansas State: 0. Arizona: 0. Cincinnati: 0. Colorado: 1. BYU: 0.5. Arizona State: 2. TCU: 1. Kansas: 1. Oklahoma State: 4

Volume vs Efficiency

Low volume / high quality

High volume / high quality

Low volume / lower quality

High volume / lower quality

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Unknown: 2 by 13.3. Kansas State: 5 by 40.8. Iowa: 6 by 25. Arkansas State: 5 by 20.8. Arizona: 7 by 29.2. Cincinnati: 5 by 20.8. Colorado: 6 by 35. BYU: 6 by 30. Arizona State: 9 by 57.5. TCU: 11 by 55.8. Kansas: 5 by 30.8. Oklahoma State: 10 by 81.7

Split Comparison

Wins1.1 · n=7 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.9 · n=4 · -0.3 vs Wins
First Half0.4 · n=6 · -1.2 vs Second Half
Second Half1.6 · n=6 · +1.2 vs First Half

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Oklahoma State

Best efficiency game

81.7 vs Oklahoma State

Result
Sat 11/29@ Oklahoma State10+ tackles · Splash gameW 20-13108301
Sat 11/22vs KansasW 38-1451001
Sat 11/8@ TCU10+ tacklesW 20-17114100
Sat 11/1vs Arizona StateL 19-2495101
Sat 10/25vs BYUL 27-41620.5000
Sat 10/11@ ColoradoL 17-2463100
Sat 10/4@ CincinnatiL 30-3853000
Sat 9/27vs ArizonaW 39-1474000
Sat 9/13@ Arkansas StateW 24-1655000
Sat 9/6vs IowaW 16-1360000
Sat 8/30vs Unknown200.5000
Sat 8/23@ Kansas StateW 24-2153110

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Iowa State

    2023-2025

    Opening stop

Season Progression

2023202420242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonIowa State04.20.8
2024 PostseasonIowa State725.58.67
2024 Regular SeasonIowa State725.58.60
2025 Regular SeasonIowa State1236.711.15

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Oklahoma State

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4

Primary metric

4 disruption/tackle impact with 67.9 takeover score.

#2

Arkansas State

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 53.8 takeover score.

#3

Houston

1.5

Primary metric

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 48.9 takeover score.

#4

Arizona State

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 41.5 takeover score.

#5

Kansas State

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 35.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2023 Regular Season · Iowa State

0 primary output · 4.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage

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#2

2025 Regular Season · Iowa State

26.2

12 primary · 36.7 efficiency · 11.1 usage

#3

2024 Postseason · Iowa State

19.1

7 primary · 25.5 efficiency · 8.6 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

1

Splash games

2

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2023 · Rating 0.8664

Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn · Hartley, IA

Committed To
Iowa State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Career Facts

1

Career teams

4

Seasons tracked

149

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 4 tracked seasons, 29 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

Kooper Ebel quick answers

Recruiting profile

3-star recruit

Position
LB
Teams played for
1
Seasons tracked
4
Career tackles
149