Ross Elder: DB · Kansas State · #19.
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Ross Elder
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Played for two head coaches at Kansas State: Bill Snyder and Chris Klieman. One game to point at: 10 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Baylor — Week 12, 2021.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
42 tackles. 4 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1.5 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 this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Kansas State | 53 | 38 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 |
| 2020 | Kansas State | 41 | 25 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2019 | Kansas State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| 2018 | Kansas State | 4 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 100 | 64 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 6 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 24-7vs Stanford | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 31-23vs Southern Illinois | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 38-17vs Nevada | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 20-31@ Oklahoma State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 20-33vs Iowa State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 25-24@ Texas Tech | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 31-12vs TCU | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 35-10@ Kansas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 34-17vs West Virginia | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 10-20vs No. 11 Baylor | 10 | 9 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 13 | L 17-22@ Texas | 7 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 42 | 36 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 4 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
8%4 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
53tackles this seasonTFL rate
3%2 TFL53 tackles · 1.5 for loss · 4 pass breakups · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Road4g | 3.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Chris Klieman
Pass share
42.0%
311 pass / 430 run
Plays / game
61.8
12 games
Team sack rate
6.5%
338 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2021
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Four seasons at Kansas State, 100 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2021
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Bill Snyder → Chris Klieman. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
