Last confirmed: Wake Forest, 2017. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′4″ · 275 lb · Houston, TX · Alief Taylor
Duke Ejiofor: DL · Wake Forest · #53.
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Duke Ejiofor
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. He has spent two seasons in the Wake Forest defensive front. One game to point at: 8 tackles and 3.5 tackles for loss against Florida State — Week 5, 2017.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
43 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 16.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Wake Forest | 43 | 26 | 16.5 | 6.5 | 1 | -- |
| 2016 | Wake Forest | 50 | 30 | 17.0 | 10.5 | 4 | 1 |
| Career | 93 | 56 | 33.5 | 17.0 | 5 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 51-7vs Presbyterian | 4 | 3 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | 3.0 TFL |
| Wk 2 | W 34-10@ Boston College | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 46-10vs Utah State | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 20-19@ App State | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 19-26vs Florida State | 8 | 6 | 3.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 6 | L 14-28@ No. 2 Clemson | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 24-38@ Georgia Tech | 6 | 4 | 2.5 | 2.5 | — | 0 | 2.5 sacks |
| Wk 9 | W 42-32vs Louisville | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 37-48@ No. 5 Notre Dame | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 23-31vs Duke | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 55-52@ Texas A&M | 5 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 43 | 26 | 16.5 | 6.5 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
38%16 TFLSack rate
15%6 sacksHurry rate
21%9 hurries43 tackles · 16.5 for loss · 6.5 sacks.
2 seasons under Dave Clawson, all run-leaning offenses — 15-11 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 4.2 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 3.4 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 4.0 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 3.8 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dave Clawson
Pass share
44.8%
426 pass / 524 run
Plays / game
73.1
13 games
Team sack rate
4.3%
446 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2017
43 tackles in 11 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Wake Forest, 17 sacks — drafted at #177 overall by the Houston Texans.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2013–2017
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Jim Grobe → Dave Clawson. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Where he ended up · NFL
Houston TexansEntering 9th NFL season
Houston TexansEntering 9th NFL season
