Player Dossier

2019-2022

Virginia Tech

Eli Adams

DL • 5'11" • 230 lbs • Rock Hill, SC, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Eli Adams shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Usage / Role

9%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

20

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

14

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

35

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Virginia Tech

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Virginia Tech
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: West Virginia

Player Story

Eli Adams built his college career from 2019 through 2022 as a defensive lineman from Rock Hill, SC wearing No. 46, spending time with Virginia Tech. The clearest part of Eli Adams' career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.8534

South Pointe · Rock Hill, SC

Committed To
Virginia Tech
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

Eli Adams, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Virginia Tech. Eli Adams shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
35
TFL
4
Sacks
0.5
QB hurries
3

Quick Answers

Eli Adams quick answers

Latest team and position
Virginia Tech · DL
Career Tackles
35
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 16 games
Best season
2019 Postseason · Virginia Tech
Top game
West Virginia
Recruit profile
3-star · South Pointe · Virginia Tech
High school pipeline
South Pointe · 20 FBS recruits · 4 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 46 · Senior

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 PostseasonVirginia Tech8310--044.8
2019 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech8151.502-044.8
2020 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech260.50.51-038.7
2021 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech61110--014.6
2022 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech00-0--0-

Related Context

Eli Adams played DL for Virginia Tech. Across 4 tracked seasons, Eli Adams recorded 35 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Virginia Tech.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason

Virginia Tech paired 4.5 primary output with 15 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 9.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2022 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: West Virginia

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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Season Explorer

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2021 Regular Season · Virginia Tech

Games

6

Havoc Plays / G

0.2

Efficiency

9.3

Usage

2.5

Consistency

5.6

Best Game by takeover score

West Virginia

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. North Carolina: 0. Middle Tennessee: 0. West Virginia: 1. Richmond: 0. Pittsburgh: 0. Boston College: 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. North Carolina: 2 by 8.3. Middle Tennessee: 1 by 4.2. West Virginia: 4 by 26.7. Richmond: 1 by 4.2. Pittsburgh: 2 by 8.3. Boston College: 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 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 3 · +0.3 vs Wins

Game Log

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

6 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

West Virginia

Best efficiency game

26.7 vs West Virginia

Result
Fri 11/5@ Boston CollegeL 3-1710000
Sat 10/16vs PittsburghL 7-2821000
Sat 9/25vs RichmondW 21-1010000
Sat 9/18@ West VirginiaL 21-2743100
Sat 9/11vs Middle TennesseeW 35-1411000
Fri 9/3vs North CarolinaW 17-1020000

Player Story

Eli Adams story

Eli Adams built his college career from 2019 through 2022 as a defensive lineman from Rock Hill, SC wearing No. 46, spending time with Virginia Tech. The clearest part of Eli Adams' career was his defensive production: 35 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, and 0.5 sacks across 16 career games in the available record. His career also includes 14 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Eli Adams' 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

    Virginia Tech

    2019-2022

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20192019202020212022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 PostseasonVirginia Tech4.5153.9
2019 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech4.5153.90
2020 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech222.54.6-2.5
2021 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech19.32.5-1
2022 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech0-1

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ West Virginia

Week 3 · L 21-27

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

69.7 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 69.7 takeover score.

#2

vs NC State

Week 4 · W 45-24 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

61.4 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 61.4 takeover score.

#3

vs Old Dominion

Week 2 · W 31-17

2

Havoc Plays

56.7 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 56.7 takeover score.

#4

vs Furman

Week 3 · W 24-17

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Havoc Plays

54.7 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 54.7 takeover score.

#5

@ Kentucky

Week 1 · L 30-37 · Postseason

1

Havoc Plays

48.9 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 48.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Postseason · Virginia Tech

4.5 primary output · 15 efficiency · 3.9 usage

44.8

#2

2019 Regular Season · Virginia Tech

44.8

4.5 primary · 15 efficiency · 3.9 usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · Virginia Tech

38.7

2 primary · 22.5 efficiency · 4.6 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

2

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games