Player Dossier

2018-2019

Liberty

Elijah Benton

S • 6'1" • 205 lbs • Forest, VA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Elijah Benton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 39.6 disruption score.

Usage Score

7.8

Efficiency

39.6

Consistency

51.4

Season Value

49.7

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Liberty

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
3
Program Path
Liberty
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: New Mexico State

Scouting Read

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Elijah Benton, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Liberty. Elijah Benton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 39.6 disruption score.

Elijah Benton played S for Liberty. Across 2 tracked seasons, Elijah Benton recorded 7 receiving yards and 157 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Liberty.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason

Liberty paired 12.5 primary output with 39.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 39.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2019 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: New Mexico State

Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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2019 Postseason · Liberty

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

1.0

Efficiency

39.6

Usage

7.8

Consistency

51.4

Best Game by takeover score

New Mexico State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Georgia Southern: 0. Syracuse: 0. Buffalo: 1.5. Hampton: 0. New Mexico: 1. New Mexico State: 0. Maine: 1. Rutgers: 1. Massachusetts: 0. BYU: 1. Virginia: 2. New Mexico State: 5

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Georgia Southern: 6 by 25. Syracuse: 13 by 50. Buffalo: 10 by 56.7. Hampton: 3 by 12.5. New Mexico: 8 by 43.3. New Mexico State: 1 by 4.2. Maine: 5 by 30.8. Rutgers: 10 by 51.7. Massachusetts: 5 by 20.8. BYU: 6 by 35. Virginia: 11 by 65.8. New Mexico State: 7 by 79.2

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins1.1 · Games = 8 · +0.1 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 4 · -0.1 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

New Mexico State

Best efficiency game

79.2 vs New Mexico State

Result
Sat 12/21@ Georgia SouthernW 23-1662000
Sat 11/30vs New Mexico StateSplash gameW 49-2875113
Sat 11/23@ Virginia10+ tackles · Splash gameL 27-55117101
Sun 11/10@ BYUL 24-3164001
Sat 11/2@ MassachusettsW 63-2153000
Sat 10/26@ Rutgers10+ tacklesL 34-44104000
Sat 10/19vs MaineW 59-4453001
Sun 10/6@ New Mexico StateW 20-1311000
Sat 9/28vs New MexicoW 17-10870010
Sat 9/21vs HamptonW 62-2732000
Sat 9/14vs Buffalo10+ tacklesW 35-171070.5001
Sat 8/31vs Syracuse10+ tacklesL 0-24135000

Career Arc

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    Liberty

    2018-2019

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201820192019
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonLiberty430.96.2
2019 PostseasonLiberty12.539.67.88.5
2019 Regular SeasonLiberty12.539.67.80

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

New Mexico State

Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5

Primary metric

5 disruption/tackle impact with 64.9 takeover score.

#2

Auburn

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 58.4 takeover score.

#3

Old Dominion

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 49.4 takeover score.

#4

Troy

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 48 takeover score.

#5

New Mexico

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 45.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Postseason · Liberty

12.5 primary output · 39.6 efficiency · 7.8 usage

49.7

#2

2019 Regular Season · Liberty

49.7

12.5 primary · 39.6 efficiency · 7.8 usage

#3

2018 Regular Season · Liberty

20.3

4 primary · 30.9 efficiency · 6.2 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

2

Splash games

5

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit context is not available for this player in the current dataset.

Career Facts

1

Career teams

3

Seasons tracked

157

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 3 tracked seasons, 26 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

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