Arnold Ebiketie
OLB
#17
Experience: 3 years
Height: 6-2
Age: 25
Weight: 250 lbs
College: Penn State
2024 SEASON
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Solo17
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SCK4
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FF0
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INT--
Defense
| YEAR | TEAM | G | Total | Solo | AST | SCK | SFTY | PDEF | INT | TDS | YDS | AVG | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Atlanta Falcons | 14 | 26 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| 2023 | Atlanta Falcons | 17 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 2022 | Atlanta Falcons | 16 | 28 | 19 | 9 | 2.5 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| TOTAL | 47 | 78 | 51 | 27 | 12.5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biography
career
- Tallied 55 tackles (37 solo), 23 quarterback hits, 8.5 sacks, six tackles for loss, four forced fumbles and three passes defensed in 33 games (seven starts) for the Falcons.
- In 2023, he registered 25 tackles (16 solo), 12 quarterback hits, a career-high six sacks, three tackles for loss, two forced fumbles and one pass defense.
- Appeared in 16 games (one start), totaling 30 total tackles (21 solo), 11 quarterback hits, three tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks, two forced fumbles and two passes defensed in 2022.
- In the 2022 season, he became the first Falcons rookie to record a sack in his NFL debut since Darrell Shropshire in 2005.
- Finished with a career-high six total tackles (five solo), a career-high two tackles for loss, one quarterback hit and 1.0 sack in Week 11 vs. Chicago of the 2022 season.
- Finished with 31 quarterback pressures, which ranks fifth-most among all rookies in the 2022 season.
COLLEGE
- Ebiketie played three seasons at Temple before transferring to Penn State in 2021. He led the team with 18 tackles for loss and 9.5 sacks while totaling 62 tackles, two forced fumbles, and one pass defense.
- The 6-foot-2, 250-pound edge rusher was a second-team All-American and a first-team All-Big Ten selection in 2021 and recorded at least one tackle for loss in 11 of the 12 games in which he played.
- Ebiketie saw action in 24 games – 6 starts – over three seasons at Temple and notched 59 tackles, 10.5 tackles for loss, 6.0 sacks, and three forced fumbles.
- He was a second-team All-AAC selection in 2020 after leading the team in tackles for loss, sacks, and forced fumbles.
PERSONAL
- Was a three-year letter-winner for Albert Einstein High. As a senior, helped Einstein earn a 6-4 record while playing linebacker and wide receiver.
- He earned 2016 co-Defensive Player of the Year and first-team All-Sentinel honors after compiling 21.5 sacks and 36 tackles for loss as a senior. He also logged 298 receiving yards and three TDs at the receiver position.
- Ebiketie racked up 9.5 sacks, 14 tackles for loss, three fumble recoveries, three pass deflections and two blocked field goals during his junior year.
- He also played basketball and averaged 9.7 rebounds and 6.5 points in his career as a power forward and was a sprinter and high jumper for the track team.
- His parents are Jean Marie Ebiketie and Guy Susanne. He has two sisters, Nancy and Nelly, and a brother Yvan.
- Born in Yaounde, Cameroon.