Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2014-2017Kentucky
Matt Elam
DT • 6'7" • 360 lbs • Elizabethtown, KY, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Matt Elam shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
32
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
39
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
42
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Kentucky
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Kentucky
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Southern Miss
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- Committed To
- Kentucky
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2014
Matt Elam, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Kentucky. Matt Elam shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 17
- TFL
- 1
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Matt Elam quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Kentucky · DT
- Career Tackles
- 17
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 7 games
- Best season
- 2017 Regular Season · Kentucky
- Top game
- Southern Miss
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · John Hardin · Kentucky
- High school pipeline
- John Hardin · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 69 · Class 2017
- 2017 Tackles rank
- 8 tackles · DT 171st (top 67%) · SEC 318th (top 53%) · National 2,953rd (top 52%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Kentucky | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Kentucky | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Kentucky | 3 | 9 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 42 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Kentucky | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 46.2 |
Related Context
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Matt Elam played DT for Kentucky. Across 4 tracked seasons, Matt Elam recorded 17 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Kentucky.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season
Kentucky paired 2 primary output with 13.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 13.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2017 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Southern Miss
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Regular Season · Kentucky
Games
4
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
13.4
Usage
2.6
Consistency
50
Best Game by takeover score
Southern Miss
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Southern Miss: 1. South Carolina: 1. Florida: 0. Eastern Michigan: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Southern Miss: 4 by 26.7. South Carolina: 1 by 14.2. Florida: 2 by 8.3. Eastern Michigan: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
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Wins0.7 · Games = 3 · +0.7 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · -0.7 vs Wins
Game Log
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4 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Southern Miss
Best efficiency game
26.7 vs Southern Miss
Career Arc
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Kentucky
2014-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2014201520162017
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Kentucky | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2015 Regular Season | Kentucky | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Kentucky | 0 | 12.5 | 1.6 | 0 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Kentucky | 2 | 13.4 | 2.6 | 2 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Southern Miss
Week 1 · W 24-17
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
62 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 62 takeover score.
#2
@ South Carolina
Week 3 · W 23-13 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
40 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 40 takeover score.
#3
vs Southern Miss
Week 1 · L 35-44
0
Havoc Plays
10.3 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 10.3 takeover score.
#4
vs Austin Peay
Week 12 · W 49-13
0
Havoc Plays
8.9 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 8.9 takeover score.
#5
vs Florida
Week 4 · L 27-28 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
7.2 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 7.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Regular Season · Kentucky
2 primary output · 13.4 efficiency · 2.6 usage
46.2
#2
2016 Regular Season · Kentucky
42
0 primary · 12.5 efficiency · 1.6 usage
#3
2014 Regular Season · Kentucky
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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