Usage / Role
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Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2017-2021Rice
Elijah Garcia
DL • 6'5" • 302 lbs • San Antonio, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Elijah Garcia shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 36.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
91
Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
72
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
83
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Rice
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Rice
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Southern Miss
Player Story
Elijah Garcia built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a defensive lineman from San Antonio, TX wearing No. 92, spending time with Rice. The clearest part of Elijah Garcia's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Rice
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2016
Elijah Garcia, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Rice. Elijah Garcia shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 36.5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 187
- TFL
- 12.5
- Sacks
- 5.5
- QB hurries
- 12
- Passes defended
- 3
Quick Answers
Elijah Garcia quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Rice · DL
- Career Tackles
- 187
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 43 games
- Best season
- 2021 Regular Season · Rice
- Top game
- Southern Miss
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Stevens · Rice
- High school pipeline
- Stevens · 6 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 92 · Senior
- 2021 Tackles rank
- 64 tackles · DL 3rd (top 1%) · Conference USA 35th (top 6%) · National 345th (top 6%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Rice | 3 | 5 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 9.3 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Rice | 12 | 40 | 3.5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 34.3 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Rice | 12 | 50 | 4 | 0.5 | 3 | - | 0 | 35.8 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Rice | 5 | 28 | - | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 35.4 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Rice | 11 | 64 | 4.5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 66 |
Related Context
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Elijah Garcia played DL for Rice. Across 5 tracked seasons, Elijah Garcia recorded 187 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Rice.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season
Rice paired 13.5 primary output with 36.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 36.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2021 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Southern Miss
Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2021 Regular Season · Rice
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
1.2
Efficiency
36.5
Usage
9.5
Consistency
48.4
Best Game by takeover score
Southern Miss
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Arkansas: 0. Houston: 1. Texas: 0. Texas Southern: 0. Southern Miss: 4. UTSA: 1. North Texas: 0. Charlotte: 1. Western Kentucky: 1. UTEP: 3. Louisiana Tech: 2.5
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Arkansas: 4 by 16.7. Houston: 6 by 35. Texas: 8 by 33.3. Texas Southern: 3 by 12.5. Southern Miss: 6 by 65. UTSA: 5 by 30.8. North Texas: 9 by 37.5. Charlotte: 5 by 30.8. Western Kentucky: 6 by 35. UTEP: 5 by 50.8. Louisiana Tech: 7 by 54.2
Split Comparison
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Wins2.2 · Games = 3 · +1.3 vs Losses
Losses0.9 · Games = 8 · -1.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Southern Miss
Best efficiency game
65 vs Southern Miss
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/27 | vs Louisiana TechSplash game | W 35-31 | 7 | 0 | — | 1 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/20 | @ UTEPSplash game | L 28-38 | 5 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/13 | vs Western Kentucky | L 21-42 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/6 | @ Charlotte | L 24-31 | 5 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/30 | vs North Texas | L 24-30 | 9 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/16 | @ UTSA | L 0-45 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/2 | vs Southern Miss2+ sacks · Splash game | W 24-19 | 6 | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/25 | vs Texas Southern | W 48-34 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/19 | @ Texas | L 0-58 | 8 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/11 | vs Houston | L 7-44 | 6 | 3 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/4 | @ Arkansas | L 17-38 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Elijah Garcia story
Elijah Garcia built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a defensive lineman from San Antonio, TX wearing No. 92, spending time with Rice. The clearest part of Elijah Garcia's career was his defensive production: 187 tackles, 12.5 tackles for loss, 5.5 sacks, and 3 passes defended across 43 career games in the available record. That gives Elijah Garcia's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Rice
2017-2021
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Rice | 0.5 | 8.6 | 1.7 | — |
| 2018 Regular Season | Rice | 7.5 | 20.1 | 5.7 | 7 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Rice | 7.5 | 23.6 | 6 | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Rice | 4 | 31.3 | 8.1 | -3.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Rice | 13.5 | 36.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Southern Miss
Week 5 · W 24-19 · Conference game
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
4
Havoc Plays
88.3 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 88.3 takeover score.
#2
vs Prairie View A&M
Week 1 · W 31-28
3
Havoc Plays
82.2 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.
#3
vs Louisiana Tech
Week 5 · L 20-23 · Conference game
2.5
Havoc Plays
80.6 takeover
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 80.6 takeover score.
#4
@ Marshall
Week 14 · W 20-0 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
77.8 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 77.8 takeover score.
#5
@ UTEP
Week 12 · L 28-38 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
75.3 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 75.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2021 Regular Season · Rice
13.5 primary output · 36.5 efficiency · 9.5 usage
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#2
2019 Regular Season · Rice
35.8
7.5 primary · 23.6 efficiency · 6 usage
#3
2020 Regular Season · Rice
35.4
4 primary · 31.3 efficiency · 8.1 usage
Milestones
8
Impact games
8
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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