Arnold Ebiketie reveals his strongest pass rush move, who he studies to perfect it at NFL Combine

Penn State edge rusher Arnold Ebiketie is a possible first round selection in the upcoming 2022 NFL Draft. Ebiketie is at the NFL Scouting Combine, where he explained some of the players he looks up to and how he watches them as a way to continue molding his game.

“So I have a lot of different moves that I like to use and my go-to is definitely a speed,” Ebiketie said at the NFL Combine, via ESPN’s Turron Davenport. “I mean Von Miller is one of the greatest to ever do it when it comes to speed and banding through the corner. Some of the things that I actually try to add to my game these days is the spin, and actually I got it from him as well. Some of the things that he does pretty well. Different guys that I watch are TJ Watt and Nick Bosa. Just trying to take a little bit of everything from those guys and incorporate that into my game.”

Penn St OLB Arnold Ebiketie said he studied a lot of Von Miller and is developing a spin move like his. Also studied T.J. Watt. pic.twitter.com/vBVg3WqHPk

— TURRON DAVENPORT (@TDavenport_NFL) March 4, 2022

This past season was Ebiketie’s first at Penn State, but the fourth of his collegiate career. He began his career at Temple, totaling 58 tackles, 10.5 tackles for loss, six sacks, and three forced fumbles across three seasons. This past season at Penn State, Ebiketie blew beyond his previous career totals. In 12 games with the Nittany Lions, Ebiketie totaled 62 tackles with 18 tackles for loss, 9.5 sacks, and two forced fumbles.

ESPN NFL Draft experts Todd McShay, Mel Kiper are split on Ebiketie

In Mel Kiper’s second NFL mock draft, he had Ebiketie cracking the first round, going 21st overall to the New England Patriots. Kiper is pretty certain that Ebiketie belongs in the first round discussion, while McShay isn’t quite that high on the Penn State star.

“Are you going to at some point agree that Ebiketie is worthy of being a first-rounder or are you going to continue to do this all the way up until April 28?” Kiper asked McShay.

“I’m staying level with it,” McShay shot back. “I’ve got him at No. 33 overall, yes, I made the joke, I put him at 33 in a 32-man mock draft, I think he’s in that range in this class. If you watched him at the Senior Bowl, he’s a really good player but he didn’t jump out. He doesn’t have all the exceptional tools that all these other guys have. He’s a little bit shorter. By the way, you had him in like the ninth round back in September. I had him up the whole way through.

Even though McShay doesn’t buy Ebiketie’s rise on Kiper’s draft board, Kiper is still high on him.

“When we put out the final mock draft, he’s not going to be in your top 15,” McShay insisted.

“I didn’t have him in my top 15 in my 1.0, so no I’m not going to put him there in the 2.0,” Kiper said. “You do say he’s a really good player. He didn’t pop at the Senior Bowl – who cares. He played at Temple and Penn State, went up against some really good offensive tackles and did a good job.”