Last confirmed: Pittsburgh, 2018. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′2″ · 240 lb · Pittsburgh, PA
Elijah Zeise: LB · Pittsburgh · #25.
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Elijah Zeise
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Fourth year in the Pittsburgh linebacker corps. A game that shows it: 5 tackles and 1 sack against Virginia — Week 10, 2018.
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
43 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Pittsburgh | 43 | 23 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 2 |
| 2017 | Pittsburgh | 49 | 33 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 3 |
| 2016 | Pittsburgh | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2015 | Pittsburgh | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 93 | 57 | 8.0 | 1.0 | 5 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 33-7vs UAlbany | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 6-51vs No. 13 Penn State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 24-19vs Georgia Tech | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 4 | L 35-38@ North Carolina | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 14-45@ No. 13 UCF | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 44-37vs Syracuse | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 14-19@ No. 5 Notre Dame | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 54-45vs Duke | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 23-13@ No. 23 Virginia | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 34-13@ Wake Forest | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 3-24@ Miami | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 10-42vs No. 2 Clemson | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 13-14vs Stanford | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 43 | 23 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
43tackles this seasonTFL rate
7%3 TFLSack rate
2%1 sackPD rate
5%2 pass breakups43 tackles · 3 for loss · 1 sack.
4 seasons under Pat Narduzzi — 28-24 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 3.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pat Narduzzi
Pass share
35.8%
316 pass / 567 run
Plays / game
63.1
14 games
Team sack rate
8.4%
356 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2018
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Pittsburgh, 93 tackles — his college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2018
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Paul Chryst → Pat Narduzzi. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
