6′0″ · 193 lb · Linden, NJ · Dodge City C.C.
Elijah Battle: CB · West Virginia · #19.
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Elijah Battle
Gets targeted often and tackles in space. This is his second year in the same secondary at West Virginia. One game to point at: 8 tackles against Texas Tech — Week 7, 2017.
Play style
Targeted often and asked to tackle in space on the perimeter.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
50 tackles. 8 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | West Virginia | 50 | 48 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8 |
| 2016 | West Virginia | 23 | 21 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 |
| Career | 73 | 69 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 9 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 24-31@ No. 21 Virginia Tech | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 56-20vs East Carolina | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 56-34@ Kansas | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 24-31@ No. 8 TCU | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 46-35vs No. 24 Texas Tech | 8 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 8 | W 38-36@ Baylor | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 39-50vs No. 11 Oklahoma State | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 10 | W 20-16vs No. 14 Iowa State | 7 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 28-23@ Kansas State | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 14-28vs Texas | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 31-59@ No. 3 Oklahoma | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
 Bowl | L 14-30vs Utah | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 50 | 48 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 8 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
16%8 pass breakupsTackle volume
50tackles this season50 tackles · 8 pass breakups.
2 seasons under Dana Holgorsen — 17-9 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| Road5g | 4.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dana Holgorsen
Pass share
51.4%
480 pass / 454 run
Plays / game
71.8
13 games
Team sack rate
4.0%
505 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2017
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at West Virginia, 73 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
