Player Dossier

2016-2020

Kansas State

Elijah Sullivan

LB • 6'0" • 215 lbs • Tucker, GA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Elijah Sullivan shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26.8 disruption score.

Usage Score

6.5

Efficiency

26.8

Consistency

14.3

Season Value

13

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season · Kansas State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
7
Program Path
Kansas State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Texas Tech

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Elijah Sullivan, LB. Best season Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season · Kansas State. Elijah Sullivan shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26.8 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season

Kansas State paired 0 primary output with 14.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 26.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2020 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Texas Tech

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.

2020 Regular Season · Kansas State

Games

7

Havoc Plays / G

0.4

Efficiency

26.8

Usage

6.5

Consistency

14.3

Best Game by takeover score

Oklahoma State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Arkansas State: 0. Oklahoma: 1. Texas Tech: 1. TCU: 0.5. Kansas: 0. West Virginia: 0. Oklahoma State: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Low volume / high quality

High volume / high quality

Low volume / lower quality

High volume / lower quality

Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Arkansas State: 5 by 20.8. Oklahoma: 4 by 26.7. Texas Tech: 12 by 60. TCU: 6 by 30. Kansas: 3 by 12.5. West Virginia: 2 by 8.3. Oklahoma State: 7 by 29.2

Split Comparison

Wins0.6 · n=4 · +0.6 vs Losses
Losses0 · n=3 · -0.6 vs Wins
First Half0.6 · n=4 · +0.6 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · n=3 · -0.6 vs First Half

Game Log

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

7 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Texas Tech

Best efficiency game

60 vs Texas Tech

Result
Sat 11/7vs Oklahoma StateL 18-2074000
Sat 10/31@ West VirginiaL 10-3721000
Sat 10/24vs KansasW 55-1433000
Sat 10/10@ TCUW 21-14640.5000
Sat 10/3vs Texas Tech10+ tacklesW 31-21129100
Sat 9/26@ OklahomaW 38-35410010
Sat 9/12vs Arkansas StateL 31-3555000

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Kansas State

    2016-2020

    Opening stop

Season Progression

2016201720172018201920192020
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 Regular SeasonKansas State05.61.3
2017 PostseasonKansas State210.52.52
2017 Regular SeasonKansas State210.52.50
2018 Regular SeasonKansas State014.63.5-2
2019 PostseasonKansas State1129.39.811
2019 Regular SeasonKansas State1129.39.80
2020 Regular SeasonKansas State2.526.86.5-8.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Texas Tech

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Primary metric

1 disruption/tackle impact with 58.2 takeover score.

#2

Oklahoma

2.5

Primary metric

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 57.8 takeover score.

#3

Kansas

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 46 takeover score.

#4

Oklahoma

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 44.9 takeover score.

#5

Mississippi State

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 42.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2018 Regular Season · Kansas State

0 primary output · 14.6 efficiency · 3.5 usage

39.4

#2

2016 Regular Season · Kansas State

35.6

0 primary · 5.6 efficiency · 1.3 usage

#3

2019 Postseason · Kansas State

27.7

11 primary · 29.3 efficiency · 9.8 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

2

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2015 · Rating 0.8861

Tucker · Tucker, GA

Committed To
Kansas State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2015

Career Facts

1

Career teams

7

Seasons tracked

143

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 7 tracked seasons, 38 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

Elijah Sullivan quick answers

Recruiting profile

3-star recruit

Position
LB
Teams played for
1
Seasons tracked
7
Career tackles
143