2021 • REDSHIRT SENIOR
Awards: Postseason: Earned second-team All-America honors from the FWAA, Phil Steele and The Athletic...Accepted an invitation to play in the Reese's Senior Bowl and was named a Reese's Senior Bowl All-American...Named first-team All-Big Ten by the coaches and media...Earned AP and Pro Football Focus second-team All-Big Ten laurels. Midseason: Was a finalist for the Ted Hendricks Award...Tabbed Midseason First Team All-America by The Athletic. Preseason: Named to the Reese's Senior Bowl Watch List and Ted Hendricks Award Watch List...Selected for NFLPA Collegiate Bowl Preseason Big Board.
Season: Made 13 starts...Was one of 34 Nittany Lions to make their PSU debut and one of 29 Nittany Lions to make their collegiate debut...Tallied 62 tackles (34 solo) with 9.5 sacks, 17 tackles for loss, two forced fumbles, seven quarterback hurries and two blocked kicks...Was named the coaching staff's Defensive Player of the Week twice (Wisconsin - 9/4, Indiana - 10/2).
Rankings: Finished second in the Big Ten in tackles for loss (17.0; T-15th nationally) and third in sacks (9.5; T-22nd)...Was second among Power Five defensive linemen in tackles for loss.
at Wisconsin (9/4): Recorded seven tackles, all solo...Notched two tackles for loss, including a key sack in the fourth quarter on Wisconsin's final drive...Blocked a field goal in the first quarter, Penn State's first blocked field goal since Shaka Toney against Michigan State in 2019. Ball State (9/11): Tallied four tackles including one for loss. Auburn (9/18): Recorded five tackles with three quarterback hurries. Villanova (9/25): Had three tackles. Indiana (10/2): Blocked a field goal in the third quarter...Recorded a sack in the fourth quarter...Added three tackles. at Iowa (10/9): Recorded nine tackles with a career-high tying 3.5 tackles for loss and a sack. Illinois (10/23): Posted a career-high tying 10 tackles with 1.5 sacks and two tackles for loss. at Ohio State (10/30): Tallied three tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss. at Maryland (11/6): Recorded two tackles and a sack. Michigan (11/13): Tallied seven tackles with two sacks and a forced fumble. Rutgers (11/20): Recorded five tackles with a sack and a forced fumble. at Michigan State (11/27): Had four tackles with a tackle for loss.
2017-20 • TEMPLE
All-AAC second team honoree in 2020...Was named AAC Defensive Player of the Week following the USF game and was Temple's Defensive Player of the game twice (Tulane, UCF)...Led Temple in tackles for loss (8.5), sacks (4), and forced fumbles (3) during the 2020 season...Made first career start in season opener at Navy, recording a tackle for loss, a forced fumble, and setting a new career-high in tackles (10)...Set a single-game high in tackles for loss (3.5) and put Temple up 32-31 with less than ten minutes left with an 11-yard scoop and score vs. USF...Ended the season tied for first in the conference in forced fumbles per game (0.5)... Appeared in 12 games in 2019...Tallied two sacks and two QB hurries... American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team selection...Appeared in one game in 2018...Redshirted in 2017...American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team honoree.
HIGH SCHOOL
Was a three-year letterwinner for Albert Einstein High under head coach Mike Bonavia...As a senior, helped Einstein earn a 6-4 record while playing linebacker and wide receiver...Earned 2016 co-Defensive Player of the Year and first-team All-Sentinel honors...Awarded Washington Post All-Metro honorable mention in his senior year...Compiled 21.5 sacks, 36 tackles for loss, while logging 298 receiving yards and three TDs at the receiver position as a senior...Racked up 9.5 sacks, 14 tackles for loss, three fumble recoveries, three pass deflections, and two blocked field goals during junior year...Also played basketball and averaged 9.7 rebounds and 6.5 points in career as a power forward...Participated in high jump and sprints in track and field...Transferred from Richard Montgomery before his sophomore season.
PERSONAL
Full name is Arnold Kevin Ebiketie...Parents are Jean Marie Ebiketie and Guy Susanne...Has two sisters, Nancy and Nelly, and a brother Yvan...Majoring in recreation, park and tourism management...Born in Yaounde, Cameroon.