Elijah Shelton

LB • 6'2" • 235 lbs • Salt Lake City, UT, USA

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Elijah Shelton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.6 disruption score.

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Rotational defensive role

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Developing production for a linebacker

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Sporadic game-to-game production

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Career Arc

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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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Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.7698

Highland · Salt Lake City, UT

Committed To: Utah State
Commit Date: Jan 1, 2018

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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%)

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.

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