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Player Dossier
2017-2021Houston
Elijah Gooden
LB • 6'1" • 215 lbs • Boling, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Elijah Gooden shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
41
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
28
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
54
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Houston
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Houston
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Tulsa
Player Story
Elijah Gooden built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a linebacker from Boling, TX wearing No. 26, spending time with Houston. The clearest part of Elijah Gooden's career was his defensive production: 27...
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- Committed To
- Houston
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2017
Elijah Gooden, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Houston. Elijah Gooden shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 27
- TFL
- 3
- Sacks
- 2.5
- QB hurries
- 4
Quick Answers
Elijah Gooden quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Houston · LB
- Career Tackles
- 27
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 19 games
- Best season
- 2018 Regular Season · Houston
- Top game
- Tulsa
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Boling · Houston
- High school pipeline
- Boling · 2 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 26 · Junior
- 2021 Tackles rank
- 8 tackles · LB 808th (top 65%) · American Athletic 241st (top 48%) · National 2,925th (top 49%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Postseason | Houston | 4 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.5 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Houston | 4 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.5 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Houston | 9 | 14 | 1.5 | 1 | 4 | - | 0 | 38.3 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Houston | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Houston | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2021 Regular Season | Houston | 5 | 8 | 1.5 | 1.5 | - | - | 0 | 24.5 |
Related Context
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Elijah Gooden played LB for Houston. Across 5 tracked seasons, Elijah Gooden recorded 27 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Houston.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season
Houston paired 6.5 primary output with 13.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 12.7 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: Tulane
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2021 Regular Season · Houston
Games
5
Havoc Plays / G
0.6
Efficiency
12.7
Usage
3.1
Consistency
13.3
Best Game by takeover score
Tulane
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Grambling: 0. Tulane: 2. East Carolina: 1. Temple: 0. Memphis: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Grambling: 2 by 8.3. Tulane: 2 by 28.3. East Carolina: 1 by 14.2. Temple: 2 by 8.3. Memphis: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
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First Half1 · Games = 3 · +1 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 2 · -1 vs First Half
Game Log
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5 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Tulane
Best efficiency game
28.3 vs Tulane
Player Story
Elijah Gooden story
Elijah Gooden built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a linebacker from Boling, TX wearing No. 26, spending time with Houston. The clearest part of Elijah Gooden's career was his defensive production: 27 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, and 2.5 sacks across 19 career games in the available record. His career also includes 6 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Elijah Gooden's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Houston
2017-2021
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201720172018201920202021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Postseason | Houston | 0 | 4.2 | 0.6 | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | Houston | 0 | 4.2 | 0.6 | 0 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Houston | 6.5 | 13.7 | 3.4 | 6.5 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Houston | 0 | 4.2 | 0.8 | -6.5 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Houston | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Houston | 3 | 12.7 | 3.1 | 3 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Tulsa
Week 6 · W 41-26 · Conference game
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4
Havoc Plays
84.2 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 84.2 takeover score.
#2
@ Tulane
Week 6 · W 40-22 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
60.8 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 60.8 takeover score.
#3
@ SMU
Week 10 · L 31-45 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
34.7 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 34.7 takeover score.
#4
vs East Carolina
Week 8 · W 31-24 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
32.8 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 32.8 takeover score.
#5
vs Texas Southern
Week 4 · W 70-14
1
Havoc Plays
18.9 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 18.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2018 Regular Season · Houston
6.5 primary output · 13.7 efficiency · 3.4 usage
38.3
#2
2019 Regular Season · Houston
37
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage
#3
2017 Postseason · Houston
36.5
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.6 usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
2
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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