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Redshirt Senior
Each section identifies whether the numbers cover one season or a career, plus the school and source used.
Season totals / Penn State
Source: Penn State Athletics / Source checked October 7, 2026
Season totals / Iowa State
Source: Penn State Athletics / Source checked October 7, 2026
Iowa State transfer who started Penn State's first four games, recording nine tackles and a fumble recovery through Wisconsin. His 60 tackles and three sacks at Iowa State are career background, not Penn State statistics.
Ikenna Ezeogu is a redshirt-senior defensive end who transferred from Iowa State to Penn State with Matt Campbell's staff. Penn State lists him at 6-foot-5 and 273 pounds. His college record gives a clearer view of the role than his frame alone.
At Iowa State, Ezeogu made 60 tackles and three sacks from 2023 through 2025. His 2025 season included 11 starts, 25 tackles, three tackles for loss, one sack and a fumble recovery. Those are previous-school totals. Penn State's current player biography lists four starts, nine tackles and a fumble recovery through Wisconsin in 2026. The recovery came against Buffalo.
Four early Penn State starts establish him as part of the first defensive unit, replacing the older projection that he was merely competing to enter the rotation. The nine-tackle sample does not determine his final pass-rush production or every situational assignment. It does show verified use on a defensive front that has also had to account for Max Granville's season-ending injury.
Sources checked October 7, 2026