Player Dossier

2017-2021

Louisiana Tech

Elijah Hamilton

DB • 6'2" • 205 lbs • Roswell, GA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Elijah Hamilton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.1 disruption score.

Usage / Role

16%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

21

Developing production for a defensive back

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Reliability

16

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

34

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Vanderbilt

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Vanderbilt • Louisiana Tech
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Florida

Player Story

Elijah Hamilton built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a defensive back from Roswell, GA, spending time with Louisiana Tech and Vanderbilt. The clearest part of Elijah Hamilton's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2016 · Rating 0.8317

Blessed Trinity Catholic · Roswell, GA

Committed To
Vanderbilt
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2016

Elijah Hamilton, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Vanderbilt. Elijah Hamilton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.1 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
61
TFL
0.5
Passes defended
4

Quick Answers

Elijah Hamilton quick answers

Latest team and position
Louisiana Tech · DB
Career Tackles
61
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 27 games
Best season
2020 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
Top game
Florida
Recruit profile
3-star · Blessed Trinity Catholic · Vanderbilt
High school pipeline
Blessed Trinity Catholic · 21 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
Senior
2021 Tackles rank
23 tackles · DB 390th (top 43%) · Conference USA 204th (top 31%) · National 1,784th (top 30%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2017 Regular SeasonVanderbilt00-0--0-
2018 Regular SeasonVanderbilt22-0--036.4
2019 Regular SeasonVanderbilt912-0--038.1
2020 Regular SeasonVanderbilt624-0-3039.9
2021 Regular SeasonLouisiana Tech10230.50-1020.6

Related Context

Elijah Hamilton played DB for Vanderbilt and Louisiana Tech. Across 5 tracked seasons, Elijah Hamilton recorded 61 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2020 with Vanderbilt.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season

Vanderbilt paired 3 primary output with 21.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 11.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2021 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Vanderbilt, Louisiana Tech.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: UAB

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

Analysis workspace

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2021 Regular Season · Louisiana Tech

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

0.1

Efficiency

11.1

Usage

1.8

Consistency

6.7

Best Game by takeover score

UAB

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Mississippi State: 0. SE Louisiana: 0. SMU: 0. North Texas: 0. UTEP: 0. Old Dominion: 0. UAB: 1. Charlotte: 0. Southern Miss: 0.5. Rice: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Mississippi State: 1 by 4.2. SE Louisiana: 2 by 8.3. SMU: 2 by 8.3. North Texas: 3 by 12.5. UTEP: 4 by 16.7. Old Dominion: 1 by 4.2. UAB: 2 by 18.3. Charlotte: 3 by 12.5. Southern Miss: 4 by 21.7. Rice: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins0 · Games = 3 · -0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.2 · Games = 7 · +0.2 vs Wins

Game Log

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

10 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

UAB

Best efficiency game

21.7 vs Southern Miss

Result
Sat 11/27@ RiceL 31-3510000
Sat 11/20vs Southern MissL 19-35410.5000
Sat 11/13vs CharlotteW 42-3231000
Sat 11/6@ UABL 38-5222001
Sat 10/30@ Old DominionL 20-2310000
Sun 10/17@ UTEPL 3-1943000
Sat 9/25vs North TexasW 24-1731000
Sat 9/18vs SMUL 37-3922000
Sat 9/11vs SE LouisianaW 45-4222000
Sat 9/4@ Mississippi StateL 34-3511000

Player Story

Elijah Hamilton story

Elijah Hamilton built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a defensive back from Roswell, GA, spending time with Louisiana Tech and Vanderbilt. The clearest part of Elijah Hamilton's career was his defensive production: 61 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss, and 4 passes defended across 27 career games in the available record. His career also includes 17 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Elijah Hamilton's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Vanderbilt

    2017-2020

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Louisiana Tech

    2021

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20172018201920202021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 Regular SeasonVanderbilt0
2018 Regular SeasonVanderbilt04.20.60
2019 Regular SeasonVanderbilt05.610
2020 Regular SeasonVanderbilt321.73.23
2021 Regular SeasonLouisiana Tech1.511.11.8-1.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Florida

Week 12 · L 17-38 · Conference game

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#2

@ UAB

Week 10 · L 38-52 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

45 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 45 takeover score.

#3

@ Kentucky

Week 11 · L 35-38 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

38.1 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 38.1 takeover score.

#4

vs Southern Miss

Week 12 · L 19-35 · Conference game

0.5

Havoc Plays

37.2 takeover

Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 37.2 takeover score.

#5

@ Missouri

Week 13 · L 0-41 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

28.6 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 28.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2020 Regular Season · Vanderbilt

3 primary output · 21.7 efficiency · 3.2 usage

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#2

2019 Regular Season · Vanderbilt

38.1

0 primary · 5.6 efficiency · 1 usage

#3

2018 Regular Season · Vanderbilt

36.4

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.6 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games