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Player Dossier
2018-2023UNLV
Elijah Shelton
LB • 6'2" • 235 lbs • Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Elijah Shelton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.6 disruption score.
Impact Production
21
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
23
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Utah State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 3
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Utah State • Utah • UNLV
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Fresno State
Player Story
Elijah Shelton built his college career from 2018 through 2023 as a linebacker from Salt Lake City, UT wearing No. 42, spending time with UNLV, Utah, and Utah State. The clearest part of Elijah Shelton's career was...
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- Committed To
- Utah State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2018
Elijah Shelton, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Utah State. Elijah Shelton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.6 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 105
- TFL
- 10
- Sacks
- 5
- QB hurries
- 3
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Elijah Shelton quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UNLV · LB
- Career Tackles
- 105
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 8 entries · 29 games
- Best season
- 2020 Regular Season · Utah State
- Top game
- Fresno State
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Highland · Utah State
- High school pipeline
- Highland · 19 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 42 · Senior
- 2023 Tackles rank
- 25 tackles · LB 500th (top 41%) · Mountain West 138th (top 27%) · National 1,630th (top 28%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Utah State | 1 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 42.8 |
| 2019 Postseason | Utah State | 4 | 10 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 22.3 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Utah State | 4 | 13 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 22.3 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Utah State | 5 | 15 | 3.5 | 2 | - | 1 | 0 | 55.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Utah | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2022 Regular Season | UNLV | 10 | 39 | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | 47.7 |
| 2023 Postseason | UNLV | 9 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 35 |
| 2023 Regular Season | UNLV | 9 | 22 | 3.5 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 35 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Utah State to Unlisted | G5/FCS to Unlisted | 14.1 | Jan 13, 2021 |
Elijah Shelton played LB for Utah State, Utah, and UNLV. Across 6 tracked seasons, Elijah Shelton recorded 105 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with UNLV.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season
Utah State paired 6.5 primary output with 25.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 16.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2023 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Utah State, Utah, UNLV.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Wyoming
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2023 Postseason · UNLV
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
16.6
Usage
5.3
Consistency
14.8
Best Game by takeover score
Wyoming
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Kansas: 0. Vanderbilt: 1.5. Nevada: 0. Fresno State: 0. New Mexico: 0. Wyoming: 2. Air Force: 0.5. San José State: 0.5. Boise State: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Kansas: 3 by 12.5. Vanderbilt: 3 by 27.5. Nevada: 2 by 8.3. Fresno State: 1 by 4.2. New Mexico: 1 by 4.2. Wyoming: 2 by 28.3. Air Force: 8 by 38.3. San José State: 1 by 9.2. Boise State: 4 by 16.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.8 · Games = 5 · +0.7 vs Losses
Losses0.1 · Games = 4 · -0.7 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Wyoming
Best efficiency game
38.3 vs Air Force
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 12/27 | vs Kansas | L 36-49 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 12/2 | vs Boise State | L 20-44 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/25 | vs San José State | L 31-37 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/18 | @ Air Force | W 31-27 | 8 | 4 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/11 | vs WyomingSplash game | W 34-14 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/4 | @ New Mexico | W 56-14 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/29 | @ Fresno State | L 24-31 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/14 | @ Nevada | W 45-27 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/16 | vs Vanderbilt | W 40-37 | 3 | 1 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Elijah Shelton story
Elijah Shelton built his college career from 2018 through 2023 as a linebacker from Salt Lake City, UT wearing No. 42, spending time with UNLV, Utah, and Utah State. The clearest part of Elijah Shelton's career was his defensive production: 105 tackles, 10 tackles for loss, 5 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 29 career games in the available record. That gives Elijah Shelton's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Utah State
2018-2020
Opening stop
- 2
Utah
2021
Transition stop
- 3
UNLV
2022-2023
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Utah State | 0 | 12.5 | 1.9 | — |
| 2019 Postseason | Utah State | 1 | 26.5 | 4.8 | 1 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Utah State | 1 | 26.5 | 4.8 | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Utah State | 6.5 | 25.5 | 7.1 | 5.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Utah | 0 | — | — | -6.5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | UNLV | 7 | 23.3 | 6.5 | 7 |
| 2023 Postseason | UNLV | 4.5 | 16.6 | 5.3 | -2.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | UNLV | 4.5 | 16.6 | 5.3 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Fresno State
Week 11 · L 16-35 · Conference game
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
87.8 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 87.8 takeover score.
#2
vs New Mexico
Week 5 · W 31-20 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
85 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 85 takeover score.
#3
vs Wyoming
Week 11 · W 34-14 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
76.1 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.
#4
@ San José State
Week 6 · L 7-40 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
72 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 72 takeover score.
#5
@ Boise State
Week 8 · L 13-42 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
63.4 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 63.4 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Regular Season · Utah State
6.5 primary output · 25.5 efficiency · 7.1 usage
55.5
#2
2022 Regular Season · UNLV
47.7
7 primary · 23.3 efficiency · 6.5 usage
#3
2018 Regular Season · Utah State
42.8
0 primary · 12.5 efficiency · 1.9 usage
Milestones
6
Impact games
5
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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