Elijah Sabbatini
Elijah Sabbatini
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Elijah Sabbatini has played for two head coaches in two seasons at Southern Miss. The receipt: 2 tackles against Texas State — Week 4, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
How it ended
Two seasons at Southern Miss, 34 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career Arc
Coaching Lineage · 2023–2024
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Will Hall → Reed Stringer. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Blake Anderson
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 1 · 2-deepR04 · Rotational
Rotational. Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Southern Miss | 31 | 19 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | 1 | -- |
| 2023 | Southern Miss | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| Career | 34 | 22 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | -- |
How he plays
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Hybrid Nickel
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Jayven Anderson’s 2023 season.
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As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Ashton Williams's sophomore season at Tulsa (2025).
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