Ikenna Ezeogu

Photo by: Jeff Spaur

Position:
Defensive Line
Height:
6-5
Weight:
285
Class:
Redshirt Junior
Hometown:
Blue Springs, Mo.
High School:
Blue Springs

Awards & Honors
Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2023)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (F22, S23, F23)

2025
Played and started 11 games, missing the South Dakota game due to injury ... tallied a career-best 25 tackles, including 3.0 for a loss ... had a sack against Arkansas State and finished season with a team-high seven quarterback hurries ... tallied season-high five tackles against Colorado and Arizona State ... also had a fumble recovery against the Sun Devils, his first career takeaway ... made four tackles at Cincinnati ... announced he would transfer at conclusion of season, finishing his ISU career with 39 games played and 12 starts ... made 60 tackles as a Cyclone, including 6.0 for a loss and three sacks ... had four pass breakups, two quarterback hurries and one fumble recovery in his four seasons.

2024
Played in all 14 games, making his first career start against UCF ... finished season with 19 tackles, including two for a loss ... notched sack against Arkansas State ... had a season-high three tackles against Houston.

2023
Played in all 13 games as part of the Cyclone defensive line second unit ... finished the season with 16 tackles, including one sack ... also had three pass breakups and two quarterback hurries ... had a season-high four tackles at Oklahoma ... had half a sack against Cincinnati and BYU ... recorded three tackles againt Cincinnati and Kansas State.

2022
Redshirted.

High School
Chose Iowa State over Kansas State, Kansas and Illinois … a four-star recruit by On3 … three-star recruit by 247Sports and Rivals … the 288^th-best player and the 29^th-best edge rusher nationally by On3 … listed as the 53^rd-best player at his position nationally and the 18^th-best player in Missouri by 247Sports … picked as the 29^th-best defensive end nationally and 9^th-best player in Missouri by Rivals … second-team all-state pick as a senior and was a three-time all-conference selection … recorded 24 tackles, six sacks, a pick-six and a fumble recovery as a senior … also had two receiving touchdowns … also played tight end and punted … standout basketball player, earning all-district and all-conference three times… coached by David White.

Personal
Majoring in advertising … high school teammate of Carson Willich.