Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2023Nevada
Eli'jah Winston
LB • 6'3" • 240 lbs • Portland, OR, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Eli'jah Winston shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.6 disruption score.
Impact Production
39
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
20
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
65
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Nevada
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- USC • Nevada
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UNLV
Player Story
Eli'jah Winston built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a linebacker from Portland, OR wearing No. 4, spending time with Nevada and USC. The clearest part of Eli'jah Winston's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- USC
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2018
Eli'jah Winston, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Nevada. Eli'jah Winston shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.6 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 38
- TFL
- 5.5
- Sacks
- 3
- QB hurries
- 2
- Passes defended
- 3
Quick Answers
Eli'jah Winston quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Nevada · LB
- Career Tackles
- 38
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 21 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · Nevada
- Top game
- UNLV
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Central Catholic · USC
- High school pipeline
- Central Catholic · 20 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 4 · Senior
- 2023 Tackles rank
- 15 tackles · LB 640th (top 53%) · Mountain West 195th (top 38%) · National 2,343rd (top 40%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | USC | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 13.2 |
| 2020 Regular Season | USC | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2021 Regular Season | USC | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.2 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Nevada | 8 | 14 | 2.5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 53.2 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Nevada | 7 | 15 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 0 | 24.6 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
Eli'jah Winston played LB for USC and Nevada. Across 5 tracked seasons, Eli'jah Winston recorded 38 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Nevada.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
Nevada paired 9.5 primary output with 19.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 14.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2023 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across USC, Nevada.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: UNLV
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2023 Regular Season · Nevada
Games
7
Havoc Plays / G
0.6
Efficiency
14.6
Usage
3.8
Consistency
9.5
Best Game by takeover score
UNLV
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. USC: 0. Idaho: 0. Texas State: 0. UNLV: 3. San Diego State: 1. New Mexico: 0. Utah State: 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 versus efficiency scatter chart. USC: 2 by 8.3. Idaho: 1 by 4.2. Texas State: 1 by 4.2. UNLV: 5 by 50.8. San Diego State: 2 by 18.3. New Mexico: 2 by 8.3. Utah State: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.5 · Games = 2 · -0.1 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · Games = 5 · +0.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
7 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
UNLV
Best efficiency game
50.8 vs UNLV
Player Story
Eli'jah Winston story
Eli'jah Winston built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a linebacker from Portland, OR wearing No. 4, spending time with Nevada and USC. The clearest part of Eli'jah Winston's career was his defensive production: 38 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, 3 sacks, and 1 interception across 21 career games in the available record. That gives Eli'jah Winston's 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
USC
2019-2021
Opening stop
- 2
Nevada
2022-2023
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20192020202120222023
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | USC | 1 | 8.7 | 3.2 | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | USC | 0 | — | — | -1 |
| 2021 Regular Season | USC | 0 | 4.2 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Nevada | 9.5 | 19.2 | 5.4 | 9.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Nevada | 4 | 14.6 | 3.8 | -5.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs UNLV
Week 7 · L 27-45 · Conference game
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
83.6 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 83.6 takeover score.
#2
vs San Diego State
Week 8 · L 7-23 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
81.4 takeover
Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 81.4 takeover score.
#3
@ UNLV
Week 13 · L 22-27 · Conference game
2.5
Havoc Plays
69.4 takeover
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 69.4 takeover score.
#4
@ Arizona State
Week 11 · W 31-26 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
68.3 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 68.3 takeover score.
#5
@ Hawai'i
Week 7 · L 16-31 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
34.7 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 34.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · Nevada
9.5 primary output · 19.2 efficiency · 5.4 usage
53.2
#2
2021 Regular Season · USC
37.2
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.9 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Nevada
24.6
4 primary · 14.6 efficiency · 3.8 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
3
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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