Senior defensive lineman for Syracuse. 2025: 0.5 sacks, 0.5 tackles for loss, 5 tackles.
6′4″ · 295 lb · Bronx, NY
The numbers
sacks · 2025
0.5 TFL · 5 tackles
Best game: 0.5 sacks, 0.5 TFL, 1 tackles, vs Pittsburgh
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive lineman for Syracuse. 2025: 0.5 sacks, 0.5 tackles for loss, 5 tackles.
Elijah Fuentes-Cundiff
Wins his gap play after play. Elijah Fuentes-Cundiff has played for three head coaches in five seasons at Syracuse. The receipt on tape: 1 tackles against Boston College, Week 14, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Dino Babers, Nunzio Campanile, and Fran Brown. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Fran Brown
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2025
W 66–24
vs Colgate
1 TOT · 1 SOLO
Dominant 42-point win at home against Colgate.
With S. Angeli — 382 yds · 5 TD · 0 INT · QBR 87.5 · 21 rush yds (6 car) · 1 TD · D. Gill Jr. — 6 rec · 152 yds · 2 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | W 66-24vs Colgate | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 34-21@ Clemson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 13-30vs Pittsburgh | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 7-70@ Notre Dame | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 12-34vs Boston College | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 5 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 |
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Syracuse
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive line · Syracuse
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Syracuse · Last season: 3-9 · Talent rank #35 · 2026 recruiting class #35
Player DNA
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Dal'mont Gourdine’s 2021 season.
Matches Dal'mont on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Aaron Beckwith's senior season at Massachusetts (2023).
Matches Aaron on
Player DNA