#17

Arnold Ebiketie

Former defensive end at Penn State. 2021: 9.5 sacks, 18 tackles for loss, 62 tackles.

DE · Penn State · Sr. · #17

6′3″ · 253 lb · Silver Spring, MD

CFB Index 41 · #240 of 370 edge rushersMedium confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamAtlanta — drafted 2022, Rd 2, Pick 6, #38 overall

The story

Former defensive end at Penn State. 2021: 9.5 sacks, 18 tackles for loss, 62 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Temple in 2017.
Transferred from Temple to Penn State in 2021.
Drafted round 2 by the Atlanta in 2022.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

3★

OLB recruit

No. 2046 nationally · Signed with Temple

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Four seasons at Penn State, 16 sacks, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — drafted at #38 overall by Atlanta.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2017

Signed with Temple3-star out of Albert Einstein

20206 games

All-AACsecond

202112 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal
All-Big Tenfirst

2022

Drafted by Atlantaround 2, pick 38

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#2046 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2018–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

R2 · #38

Atlanta · 2022

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

4 honors · 1 category

🥈

ALL-BIG TEN · 1ST TEAM

All-Big Ten 1st team (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2021

1 coach

2018–2021

James Franklin

Penn State

Played his entire career under James Franklin.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

AtlantaEntering 5th NFL season

#38Rd 2 · Pick 6

AtlantaEntering 5th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Temple8-5HC: Ed Foley · Balanced

2019Temple8-5HC: Rod Carey · Balanced

2020Temple1-6HC: Rod Carey · Run-leaning

2021Penn State7-6HC: James Franklin · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

41Rotational starter #240 of 370?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (100th percentile). Strength: sacks (99th percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles for loss#9 / 2743 · 100th pct

18.0

Sacks#22 / 2743 · 99th pct

9.5

QB hurries#67 / 2743 · 97th pct

Tackles#376 / 2743 · 86th pct

Solo tackles#437 / 2743 · 83rd pct

Passes defended#1695 / 2743 · 19th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	5.3	1.3	0.9	0.0
Road5g	5.0	1.8	0.6	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	5.2	1.5	0.7	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	5.2	1.5	0.9	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Matt Campbell

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

41 · #240 of 370 edge rushers

Three-star recruit. Now #240 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Penn State	62	34	18.0	9.5	--	--	--
2020	Temple	42	28	8.5	4.0	--	--	--
2019	Temple	13	10	2.0	2.0	--	--	--
2018	Temple	4	4	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		121	76	28.5	15.5	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2021

W 16–10

at Wisconsin

7 TOT · 7 SOLO · 1 SACKS

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 6 on the road.

With J. Stout — 24 LONG · 50 PCT · 4 PTS · S. Clifford — 247 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 73.5 · 5 rush yds (6 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 16-10@ Wisconsin	7	7	2.0	1.0	—
Wk 2	W 44-13vs Ball State	4	1	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 3	W 28-20vs Auburn	5	5	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 4	W 38-17vs Villanova	3	2	1.5	1.0	—
Wk 5	W 24-0vs Indiana	3	2	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 6	L 20-23@ Iowa	9	5	3.5	1.0	—	3.5 TFL
Wk 8	L 18-20vs Illinois	10	4	2.0	1.5	—	Season-high 10 tackles
Wk 9	L 24-33@ Ohio State	3	1	1.5	0.0	—
Wk 10	W 31-14@ Maryland	2	2	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 11	L 17-21vs Michigan	7	2	2.0	2.0	—	2 sacks
Wk 12	W 28-0vs Rutgers	5	1	1.5	1.0	—
Wk 13	L 27-30@ Michigan State	4	2	1.0	0.0	—
Total		62	34	18.0	9.5	—

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology