Ethan Downs

Photo by: Morgan Givens, OU Athletics

Photo by: Morgan Givens, OU Athletics

Position:
DL
Class:
Sophomore
Height:
6-4
Weight:
260
Hometown:
Weatherford, Okla.
High School:
Weatherford HS

Season	GP-GS	UT	AT	Total	TFL	Sacks	INT	FF	FR	PBU
2021	13-0	9	5	14	3.0-9	0.5-3	0-0	1	0	0
2022	13-13	18	20	38	13.5-53	4.5-24	0-0	0	1-12	3
2023	13-12	14	15	29	6.5-28	4.5-23	1-13	0	0	0
2024	12-12	21	8	29	9.0-37	3.0-22	0-0	1	1-1	2
Career	51-37	62	48	110	32.0-127	12.5-72	1-13	2	2-13	5

CAREER NOTES
Two-time second-team All-Big 12 pick who started 37 games over his last three seasons ... registered 110 career tackles, 32.0 tackles for loss, 12.5 sacks, an interception, two forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries, five pass breakups and 19 QB hurries.

2024 (OKLAHOMA)
A recipient of OU’s Bob Kalsu Award (presented for personifying spirit of leadership and serving as a motivator and role model for teammates) … a finalist for the 2025 Coach Wooden Citizenship Cup … started all 12 games in which he played … missed game vs. Maine (11/2) due to injury … totaled 29 tackles, 9.0 tackles for loss, 3.0 sacks, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery, two pass breakups and two QB hurries … registered four solo tackles (one for loss) in the Armed Forces Bowl vs. Navy (12/27) ... tallied one tackle and a QB hurry at LSU (11/30) … notched two tackles (both for lost yardage) in win over No. 7 Alabama (11/23) … registered a season-high six tackles and 1.0 TFL at Missouri (11/9) … tallied one TFL at Ole Miss (10/26) … logged two tackles, a sack and a PBU vs. South Carolina (10/19) … recorded three tackles (1.0 sack) vs. Texas (10/12) … registered two stops and a PBU in win at Auburn (9/28) … tallied two tackles and recovered a fumble vs. Tennessee (9/21) … finished with two tackles (1.0 TFL) and a QB hurry vs. Tulane (9/14) … had two tackles, a sack and a forced fumble in the season opener vs. Temple (8/30).

2023 (OKLAHOMA)
Named to All-Big 12 Second Team ... one of just 11 FBS players selected for Allstate AFCA Good Works Team for exemplary community impact … played in all 13 games and started each of last 12 … totaled 28 tackles, a team-high 4.5 sacks, 6.5 tackles for loss, one interception and six QB hurries … notched two tackles and a QB hurry vs. TCU (11/24) … tallied a tackle and a QB hurry at Oklahoma State (11/4) … registered his first career interception and returned it 13 yards at Kansas (10/28) … notched a season-high six tackles, one sack and a career-high three QB hurries vs. UCF (10/21) … registered three solo tackles (career-high 2.0 sacks) and a QB hurry vs. Texas (10/7) … tallied two tackles (1.5 TFLs) and 0.5 sacks vs. Iowa State (9/30) … recorded four tackles (three solo, 0.5 TFL) at Tulsa (9/16) … notched two tackles (1.0 sack) in season opener vs. Arkansas State (9/2).

2022 (OKLAHOMA)
Named to All-Big 12 Second Team by league’s coaches … earned third-team All-Big 12 recognition by PFF … started all 13 games … led team and ranked fourth in Big 12 with 13.5 tackles for loss (more than one-third of his 38 tackles went for lost yardage) … tied for team lead with 4.5 sacks and paced squad with nine QB hurries ... recovered a fumble and was credited with three pass breakups ... made at least three stops in six of last seven games and registered 6.0 TFLs and 2.0 sacks over last four contests ... notched four tackles and 2.5 TFLs at Texas Tech (11/26) ... tallied three stops, a sack and 1.5 TFLs vs. Oklahoma State (11/19) ... established career highs with six tackles and 3.0 TFLs (one sack) at West Virginia (11/12) ... made three tackles (1.5 for loss) vs. Kansas (10/15) ... registered 2.0 TFLs (one sack) among his three solo stops at Nebraska (9/17) ... made two tackles (one sack) in season opener vs. UTEP (9/3).

2021 (OKLAHOMA)
Played in all 13 games … had 14 tackles (nine solo), 3.0 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks, one forced fumble and two QB hurries … registered a career-high four tackles and a half-sack with a QB hurry in the Alamo Bowl vs. Oregon (12/29) ... finished with two tackles and 1.0 TFL at Oklahoma State (11/27) … had two stops vs. Iowa State (11/20) … registered one tackle and 0.5 TFL vs. Texas Tech (10/30) … had one tackle apiece in games at Kansas (10/23), vs. TCU (10/16) and vs. West Virginia (9/16) … made two tackles (1.0 TFL) and a forced fumble vs. Western Carolina (9/11) … made collegiate debut in season opener vs. Tulane (9/4).

HIGH SCHOOL
A four-star recruit by 247Sports and ESPN and a three-star prospect by Rivals ... rated as the nation’s No. 125 overall recruit by 247Sports and No. 148 by ESPN ... regarded as the nation’s No. 13 athlete by ESPN ... rated as the country’s No. 9 weakside defensive end by 247Sports and No. 26 by Rivals ... ranked as the No. 1 player in Oklahoma by ESPN and No. 3 by 247Sports and Rivals ... the No. 2 player on The Oklahoman’s Super 30 list ... finished career with 238 tackles, 18 sacks and two interceptions ... rushed for more than 1,250 career yards and 16 touchdowns (five as a senior) while registering more than 1,000 receiving yards and 15 receiving TDs (seven as a junior) ... named District 4A-1 MVP as a senior in 2020 after recording 50 tackles, four sacks, an interception and a fumble recovery ... an all-state selection by The Oklahoman as a junior in 2019 when he helped lead Weatherford to a 12-2 record and the Oklahoma 4A state championship game ... a first-team MaxPreps Sophomore All-American as a tight end in 2018 ... also lettered in track and field (won 2019 Oklahoma 4A shot put title with a throw of 51 feet, 3 inches and finished third in the discus) ... was the first defensive commit of the Sooners’ 2021 class (committed in October 2019) ... chose OU over LSU, Penn State, Texas, Texas A&M and others.

PERSONAL
Enrolled at OU in January 2021 ... initiated and organized a campus food/supply drive beginning in 2022-23 academic year that in its first two years has generated more than 4,200 pounds in food, book and sanitary product donations and more than $10,000 in monetary gifts for the OU Food Pantry ... wife (Caroline) is a member of OU's rowing team ... major is multidisciplinary studies.