#83

Jonah Elliss

DE · Utah · Jr. · #83

Consensus AADenver — drafted 2024, Rd 3, Pick 12, #76 overall
This season's coverage starts August 26 — check back once kickoff hits.

Jonah Elliss

DE · Utah · Jr · #83

Limited signal — not enough coverage for a story yet.

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★
#1073 national
CFB
College
Utah
2021–2023
NFL
NFL Draft
R3 · #76
Denver · 2024

Trophy Case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

4 entries
🏆

ALL-AMERICA · CONSENSUS

Consensus AA (2023)

3 first-team selectors

Coaching Lineage · 2021–2023

1 coach
2021
2022
2023

Played his entire career under Kyle Whittingham.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

DenverEntering 3rd NFL season

#76Rd 3 · Pick 12
DenverEntering 3rd NFL season
View college career stats ↓

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Utah10-4HC: Kyle Whittingham · Run-leaning
2022Utah10-4HC: Kyle Whittingham · Run-leaning
2023Utah8-5HC: Kyle Whittingham · Run-heavy

Awards

Trophy Case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

4 entries
🏆

ALL-AMERICA · CONSENSUS

Consensus AA (2023)

3 first-team selectors

Career stats

SeasonTeam
2023Utah372215.511.53----
2022Utah26156.03.0------
2021Utah1691.01.0------
Career794622.515.53----

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2023

W 34–32

at USC

3 TOT  ·  2 SOLO  ·  1 SACKS

Edged out USC on the road in a shootout.

How he plays

Play style

Turns pressure into sacks — when he gets there, he finishes.

CFB Index positional classification

DNA match

Player DNA

Finisher

Turns pressure into sacks — when he gets there, he finishes.

EDGE

His 2023 production profile sits closest to Lonnie Phelps’s 2021 season.

Lonnie Phelps

68%match

Miami (OH) · 2021

All-MAC
#2

Khalid Duke

Kansas State · 2023

61%
#3

Kamari Stephens

Jacksonville State · 2023

60%
#4

Ali Fayad

Western Michigan · 2021

All-MAC
59%
#5

Josaiah Stewart

Coastal Carolina · 2021

All-Sun BeltNFL Rd 3 · Pk 26
59%

Matches Lonnie on

Class year
TFL rate

Differs from Lonnie on

Hurry rate (lower)
Pressure-to-sack conversion (higher)
Height (lower)
Based on 7 features · 2 seasons in pool · Opponent-adjusted weighted z-score distance

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Trey Moore's junior season at UTSA (2023).

Trey Moore

74%match

UTSA · 2023

All-AACNFL Rd 4
#2

Ryan Henderson

San Diego State · 2025

69%
#3

Keanu Koht

Vanderbilt · 2025

67%
#4

Kendrick DuJour

East Carolina · 2025

61%
#5

Eli Hall

Liberty · 2025

61%

Matches Trey on

Pressure-to-sack conversion
Hurry rate
TFL rate

Differs from Trey on

Class year (lower)
Opponent-adjusted stats · junior cohort across all seasons