6′5″ · 288 lb · Las Vegas, NV · Arbor View
Elijah George: DL · Oregon · #74.
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Elijah George
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Elijah George has played for two head coaches in two seasons at Oregon. On tape: 4 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against Arizona State, Week 4, 2017.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 5 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 77-21vs Southern Utah | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 35-37@ Arizona State | 4 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 9 | W 41-20vs Utah | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 48-28vs Arizona | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 69-10vs Oregon State | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 11 | 5 | 2.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
23%2 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksHurry rate
0%0 hurries11 tackles · 2.5 for loss.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road1g | 4.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 3.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Willie Taggart
Pass share
33.5%
311 pass / 618 run
Plays / game
71.5
13 games
Team sack rate
7.3%
344 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2017
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Oregon — his college career is complete.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2013–2017
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Mark Helfrich → Willie Taggart. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
