Ikenna Ezeogu
Penn State Nittany Lions
87
Great

Ikenna Ezeogu

Penn State Nittany LionsSolid
LDEDefenseGreatTRANSFER · Iowa State
Projected Starter

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Ikenna Ezeogu is the projected starter at LDE for Penn State Nittany Lions.

Redshirt senior · #1 · 6'5", 273 lbs

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Depth at LDE · Penn State Nittany Lions

  1. 1187Ikenna EzeoguStarter
  2. 23376Alexander McPherson
  3. 39073Liam Andrews

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The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Blue Springs, ranked #766 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 25 tackles, 3 TFL, 1 sacks. That's 3% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 87 overall (Great tier).

Recruit3★ · #766 NatlTeam Share3%
Blue Springs, MO
Jersey
#1
Class
RS SR/TR
Height
6'5"
Weight
273 lbs
Transfer
Iowa State

Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
—2531

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8704
National Rank
#766
High School
Blue Springs
Hometown
Blue Springs, MO

Why this rating?

On a 87-rated defense; 74th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.89 for competition level) put them +0 vs unit starters → 87.

Team defense (SP+)
87
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 74% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 22% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.89)
Depth-chart adjustment
+0 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 10LUSCTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 31-23

Oct 3LNUTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 34-13

Sep 26LWISTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 24-20

Sep 19WBUFFTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 55-13

Sep 12WTEMTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 27-9

Ikenna Ezeogu's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

25 tkl · 3 TFL · 1 sacks
Usage / Involvement75%
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