Player
Arnold Ebiketie
EDGE · Falcons
Arnold Ebiketie: facts drawn from the play-by-play.
From 2nd-round project to 6-sack rusher — Ebiketie has built a steady QB-hit profile across 4 Atlanta seasons.
TrendEbiketie by season (regular season)
| Season | G | Sacks | QBH | TFL | PD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 14 | 2.5 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 15 | 6.0 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 2024 | 15 | 6.0 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 15 | 2.0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
Atlanta took Ebiketie 38th overall out of Penn State in 2022 looking for a pure pass-rush profile. The arc has been 2.5 → 6.0 → 6.0 → 2.0 sacks through 2025, with the QB-hit rate staying very steady (11 / 12 / 12 / 6) — pressure is happening at a similar clip even when the finishes haven't.
The 2024 season added the run-defense piece (6 TFL across 15 games) that the rookie scouting report said was missing. Career-to-date: 16.5 sacks, 41 QB hits, 17 TFL in 59 games.
Sacks per season
| Season | Sacks |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.5 |
| 2023 | 6 |
| 2024 | 6 |
| 2025 | 2 |
41 career QB hits in 59 games — a 0.69-per-game pressure rate that's quietly top-tier for a non-star EDGE.
RareEbiketie doesn't get talked about with the league's marquee pass rushers, but the QB-hit rate says he should be. 41 QB hits in 59 career regular-season games (0.69/game) is roughly the per-game pace of a 12-hit-per-17-game season — i.e. the range Pro Bowl edges live in.
The sack rate has trailed that pressure rate (career 16.5 sacks, ~4.8 per 17 games) — usually a sign of unlucky finishing rather than soft pressure.
Identical 6-sack, 12-QB-hit lines in 2023 and 2024 — then a 2-sack drop in 2025 despite similar snap volume.
Split2023 vs. 2024 vs. 2025 (15 games each)
| Season | Sacks | QBH | TFL |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6.0 | 12 | 3 |
| 2024 | 6.0 | 12 | 6 |
| 2025 | 2.0 | 6 | 5 |
The 2023 and 2024 lines are eerily similar — 6 sacks, 12 QB hits each — across 15 games each. Then 2025 fell off to 2 sacks and 6 QB hits in the same 15-game sample.
The TFL number (5) actually held up better than the pressure rate, which suggests the issue isn't him being blocked out of plays — it's the finishing rate at the QB collapsing.
QB hits per season
| Season | QB hits |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 11 |
| 2023 | 12 |
| 2024 | 12 |
| 2025 | 6 |
4 forced fumbles in his first two seasons — the splash-play profile of a true pass-rush specialist.
MilestoneEbiketie's first two pro seasons each produced 2 forced fumbles, and that's the splash-play signature of an EDGE who actually wins clean to the QB — strip-sacks are the byproduct of beating the tackle, not arriving late.
The FF rate has cooled since (0 in 2024 and 2025), which tracks with the slightly diluted pressure profile in 2025 specifically.
16.5 career sacks across 4 seasons — a per-game rate (.28) that puts him in the second tier of his draft class.
ComparisonEbiketie's 16.5 career sacks across 59 games (.28/game) is solid for a 38th-overall pick. The headliners from his 2022 EDGE class (Travon Walker, Aidan Hutchinson, Jermaine Johnson) post per-game rates in the .4–.5 range — Ebiketie sits a tier below in finishing but is in the same neighborhood on QB-hit rate.
The profile is real pass-rush juice; whether 2025's slip is noise or trend is what makes 2026 a real evaluation year.
12 QB hits in back-to-back seasons (2023, 2024) — a level of finishing pressure most second-round picks never reach.
AnomalyTwo straight seasons of exactly 12 QB hits is a rare repeat pattern — pressure rate is supposed to bounce year-to-year because pass-rushing is so context-dependent.
For Atlanta, the questions on Ebiketie's 5th-year option line are which Ebiketie shows up over a full season — the 12-QB-hit player from 2023–24 or the 6-QB-hit player from 2025.
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