Senior defensive back on Fresno State's 2022 roster.
5′11″ · 190 lb · Pasadena, CA
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
CB recruit
No. 263 nationally · Signed with UCLA
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive back on Fresno State's roster.
Elijah Gates
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Elijah Gates has played for three head coaches across five seasons and two programs. The receipt: 9 tackles, 5 rec yds against Boise State — Week 6, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Fresno State, 155 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Jeff Tedford, Kalen DeBoer, and Lee Marks. 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: qb hurries (24th 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
2022 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 3.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
| Road4g | 5.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Matt Entz
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2022
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Fresno State | 33 | 25 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 3 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Fresno State | 36 | 27 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 1 | -- |
| 2020 | UCLA | 11 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | 2 | -- |
| 2019 | UCLA | 37 | 29 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | -- | -- |
| 2018 | UCLA | 38 | 28 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 155 | 117 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 15 | 4 | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 35-7vs Cal Poly | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 32-35vs Oregon State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 17-45@ USC | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 14-19@ UConn | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | L 20-40@ Boise State | 9 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 7 | W 17-10vs San José State | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 41-9@ New Mexico | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 33 | 25 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 3 |
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Rolliann Sturkey’s 2021 season.
Matches Rolliann on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Nick Andersen's graduate season at Wake Forest (2023).
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Player DNA