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Major defensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2020Kansas 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 28.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
77
High-end production for a linebacker
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
60
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Kansas State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Kansas State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Texas Tech
Player Story
Elijah Sullivan built his college career from 2016 through 2020 as a linebacker from Tucker, GA, spending time with Kansas State. The clearest part of Elijah Sullivan's career was his defensive production: 143...
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- Committed To
- Kansas State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2015
Elijah Sullivan, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Kansas State. Elijah Sullivan shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 143
- TFL
- 7.5
- Sacks
- 2
- QB hurries
- 5
- Passes defended
- 4
Quick Answers
Elijah Sullivan quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Kansas State · LB
- Career Tackles
- 143
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 38 games
- Best season
- 2019 Postseason · Kansas State
- Top game
- Texas Tech
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Tucker · Kansas State
- High school pipeline
- Tucker · 54 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
- Latest roster
- Senior
- 2020 Tackles rank
- 39 tackles · LB 245th (top 22%) · Big 12 56th (top 13%) · National 495th (top 10%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Kansas State | 3 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.9 |
| 2017 Postseason | Kansas State | 13 | 6 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 16 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Kansas State | 13 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 16 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Kansas State | 2 | 7 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 35.3 |
| 2019 Postseason | Kansas State | 13 | 11 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 65.1 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Kansas State | 13 | 54 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 65.1 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Kansas State | 7 | 39 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 41 |
Related Context
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Elijah Sullivan played LB for Kansas State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Elijah Sullivan recorded 143 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Kansas State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason
Kansas State paired 13 primary output with 30.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 30.8 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: Oklahoma
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 92.3th percentile of the selected season.
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2019 Postseason · Kansas State
Games
13
Havoc Plays / G
1
Efficiency
30.8
Usage
8.8
Consistency
55.8
Best Game by takeover score
Oklahoma
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Navy: 0. Nicholls: 1. Bowling Green: 1. Mississippi State: 2. Oklahoma State: 1. Baylor: 0.5. TCU: 0. Oklahoma: 2.5. Kansas: 0. Texas: 1. West Virginia: 0. Texas Tech: 1. Iowa State: 3
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Navy: 11 by 45.8. Nicholls: 3 by 22.5. Bowling Green: 2 by 18.3. Mississippi State: 6 by 45. Oklahoma State: 3 by 22.5. Baylor: 3 by 17.5. TCU: 5 by 20.8. Oklahoma: 6 by 50. Kansas: 3 by 12.5. Texas: 9 by 47.5. West Virginia: 3 by 12.5. Texas Tech: 9 by 47.5. Iowa State: 2 by 38.3
Split Comparison
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Wins1.3 · Games = 8 · +0.8 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 5 · -0.8 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
13 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Oklahoma
Best efficiency game
50 vs Oklahoma
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 12/31 | vs Navy10+ tackles | L 17-20 | 11 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 12/1 | vs Iowa StateSplash game | W 27-17 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sun 11/24 | @ Texas Tech | W 30-27 | 9 | 7 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/16 | vs West Virginia | L 20-24 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/9 | @ Texas | L 24-27 | 9 | 5 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/2 | @ Kansas | W 38-10 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/26 | vs OklahomaSplash game | W 48-41 | 6 | 5 | — | 1.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/19 | vs TCU | W 24-17 | 5 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/5 | vs Baylor | L 12-31 | 3 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/28 | @ Oklahoma State | L 13-26 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/14 | @ Mississippi StateSplash game | W 31-24 | 6 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | vs Bowling Green | W 52-0 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/31 | vs Nicholls | W 49-14 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Elijah Sullivan story
Elijah Sullivan built his college career from 2016 through 2020 as a linebacker from Tucker, GA, spending time with Kansas State. The clearest part of Elijah Sullivan's career was his defensive production: 143 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 2 interceptions across 38 career games in the available record. That gives Elijah Sullivan's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Kansas State
2016-2020
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2016201720172018201920192020
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Kansas State | 0 | 5.6 | 1.3 | — |
| 2017 Postseason | Kansas State | 3 | 11.3 | 2.9 | 3 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Kansas State | 3 | 11.3 | 2.9 | 0 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Kansas State | 1 | 19.6 | 7.7 | -2 |
| 2019 Postseason | Kansas State | 13 | 30.8 | 8.8 | 12 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Kansas State | 13 | 30.8 | 8.8 | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Kansas State | 3.5 | 28.2 | 6.5 | -9.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Texas Tech
Week 5 · W 31-21 · Conference game
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
86.7 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 86.7 takeover score.
#2
vs Oklahoma
Week 9 · W 48-41 · Conference game
2.5
Havoc Plays
77.8 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 77.8 takeover score.
#3
@ Kansas
Week 9 · W 30-20 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
69.4 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 69.4 takeover score.
#4
vs Mississippi State
Week 2 · L 10-31
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Havoc Plays
68 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 68 takeover score.
#5
vs Iowa State
Week 14 · W 27-17 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
63.9 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 63.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2019 Postseason · Kansas State
13 primary output · 30.8 efficiency · 8.8 usage
65.1
#2
2019 Regular Season · Kansas State
65.1
13 primary · 30.8 efficiency · 8.8 usage
#3
2020 Regular Season · Kansas State
41
3.5 primary · 28.2 efficiency · 6.5 usage
Milestones
8
Impact games
4
Splash games
2
10+ tackle games
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