Player Dossier

2017-2022

Buffalo

Elijah Blades

CB • 6'2" • 185 lbs • Pasadena, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Elijah Blades shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 23.9 disruption score.

Usage Score

5.2

Efficiency

23.9

Consistency

58.3

Season Value

26.8

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season · Texas A&M

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Snapshot

Career Teams
3
Seasons Tracked
6
Program Path
Texas A&M • Florida • Buffalo
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Central Michigan

Scouting Read

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Elijah Blades, CB. Best season Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season · Texas A&M. Elijah Blades shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 23.9 disruption score.

Elijah Blades played CB for Texas A&M, Florida, and Buffalo. Across 6 tracked seasons, Elijah Blades recorded 49 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Buffalo.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season

Texas A&M paired 7 primary output with 21.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 23.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2022 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Texas A&M, Florida, Buffalo.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Central Michigan

Loss with 2 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

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2022 Regular Season · Buffalo

Games

7

Havoc Plays / G

0.8

Efficiency

23.9

Usage

5.2

Consistency

58.3

Best Game by takeover score

Kent State

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Active game

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Maryland: 1. Unknown: 0. Eastern Michigan: 0. Miami (OH): 1. Bowling Green: 1. Central Michigan: 2. Kent State: 0.5

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. Maryland: 6 by 35. Unknown: 3 by 12.5. Eastern Michigan: 1 by 4.2. Miami (OH): 6 by 35. Bowling Green: 2 by 18.3. Central Michigan: 6 by 45. Kent State: 3 by 17.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.7 · Games = 3 · -0.5 vs Losses
Losses1.2 · Games = 3 · +0.5 vs Wins
First Half0.5 · Games = 4 · -0.7 vs Second Half
Second Half1.2 · Games = 3 · +0.7 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

Central Michigan

Best efficiency game

45 vs Central Michigan

Result
Sat 11/26vs Kent StateL 27-30320.5000
Thu 11/10@ Central MichiganL 27-3164101
Sat 10/8@ Bowling GreenW 38-722001
Sat 10/1vs Miami (OH)W 24-2064001
Sat 9/24@ Eastern MichiganW 50-3111000
Sat 9/10vs Unknown33000
Sat 9/3@ MarylandL 10-3166001

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Texas A&M

    2017-2020

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Florida

    2021

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    Buffalo

    2022

    Final stop

Season Progression

201720182019202020212022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 Regular SeasonTexas A&M0
2018 Regular SeasonTexas A&M00
2019 Regular SeasonTexas A&M721.35.37
2020 Regular SeasonTexas A&M0-7
2021 Regular SeasonFlorida111.31.31
2022 Regular SeasonBuffalo5.523.95.24.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Central Michigan

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Primary metric

2 disruption/tackle impact with 53.8 takeover score.

#2

Clemson

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 50.8 takeover score.

#3

Ole Miss

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 46.3 takeover score.

#4

Kentucky

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 40.1 takeover score.

#5

Maryland

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 30.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2019 Regular Season · Texas A&M

7 primary output · 21.3 efficiency · 5.3 usage

29.2

#2

2022 Regular Season · Buffalo

26.8

5.5 primary · 23.9 efficiency · 5.2 usage

#3

2021 Regular Season · Florida

16.5

1 primary · 11.3 efficiency · 1.3 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

4★

Class 2017 · Rating 0.9396

John Muir · Pasadena, CA

Committed To
Nebraska
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

Career Facts

3

Career teams

6

Seasons tracked

49

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 6 tracked seasons, 16 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.