Elijah Chatman
Elijah Chatman
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Elijah Chatman has been at SMU through three head coaches in four seasons. Three straight seasons of it now: All-AAC again in 2023. One game to point at: 5 tackles against East Carolina — Week 7, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- recognition record
- game log
How it ended
Four seasons at SMU, 133 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career Arc
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2023)
All-AAC
Coaching Lineage · 2020–2023
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Sonny Dykes, Jim Leavitt, and Rhett Lashlee. Multi-era developmental context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rhett Lashlee
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 3 · RecognizedR09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team
All-Conference HM / 2nd team. Conference recognition has started.
Recognition
Production
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2023)
All-AAC
Career stats
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2023
W 38–34
at Memphis
1 QB HUR · 2 SOLO · 2 TOT
Edged out Memphis on the road in a shootout.
How he plays
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
3-Tech Penetrator
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Adin Huntington’s 2023 season.
Matches Adin on
Differs from Adin on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Adin Huntington's graduate season at UL Monroe (2023).
Matches Adin on