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Arnold Ebiketie

OLB

#17

Experience: 4 years

Height: 6-2

Age: 26

Weight: 250 lbs

College: Penn State

2024 SEASON

  • Solo
    23
  • SCK
    6
  • FF
    0
  • INT
    --
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Defense

Field Position

G Total Solo AST SCK SFTY PDEF INT TDS YDS AVG LNG
Opp 19-1 - by Yard Line 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Opp 49-20 - by Yard Line 12 18 12 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Own 1-20 - by Yard Line 4 4 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Own 21-50 - by Yard Line 11 12 9 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Game Halves

G Total Solo AST SCK SFTY PDEF INT TDS YDS AVG LNG
1st Half 14 21 14 7 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Last Two Minutes of Half 5 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2nd Half 11 14 9 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Home vs Road

G Total Solo AST SCK SFTY PDEF INT TDS YDS AVG LNG
Home Games 9 24 16 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Road Games 8 11 7 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

Margin of Victory

G Total Solo AST SCK SFTY PDEF INT TDS YDS AVG LNG
Margin 0-7 6 11 5 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Margin 15+ 2 7 3 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Point Differential

G Total Solo AST SCK SFTY PDEF INT TDS YDS AVG LNG
Ahead 12 21 13 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ahead by 1-8 Points 10 13 9 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ahead by 9-16 Points 5 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Behind 4 8 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Behind by 1-8 Points 4 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Behind by 9-16 Points 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tied 17 6 3 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

Quarters

G Total Solo AST SCK SFTY PDEF INT TDS YDS AVG LNG
1st Quarter 9 9 5 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
4th Quarter 8 6 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4th Quarter within 7 4 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2nd Quarter 10 12 9 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
3rd Quarter 7 8 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Stadium Surfaces

G Total Solo AST SCK SFTY PDEF INT TDS YDS AVG LNG
Turf 17 35 23 12 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

Biography

CAREER

  • Tallied 93 tackles (63 solo), 35 quarterback hits, 14.5 sacks, 12 tackles for loss, four forced fumbles, one fumble recovery and five passes defensed in 50 games (nine starts) for the Falcons.
  • Played in 17 games (two starts) in 2024 and recorded a career-high 38 tackles (26 solo), six tackles for loss, six sacks, 12 quarterback hits, two passes defensed and one fumble recovery.
  • Led the team in sacks and recorded a career-best two sacks in the Week 13 game vs. Los Angeles.
  • Registered 25 tackles (16 solo), 12 quarterback hits, a career-high six sacks, three tackles for loss, two forced fumbles and one pass defense in 2023.
  • 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 one sack in Week 11 vs. Chicago of the 2022 season.
  • Finished with 31 quarterback pressures, which ranked fifth-most among all rookies in the 2022 season.

COLLEGE

  • Played three seasons at Temple before transferring to Penn State in 2021. 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 (six 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, playing linebacker and wide receiver.
  • 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.
  • Totaled 9.5 sacks, 14 tackles for loss, three fumble recoveries, three pass deflections and two blocked field goals during his junior year.
  • 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.
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