Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2024Miami
Elijah Alston
DL • 6'2" • 256 lbs • Chesapeake, VA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Elijah Alston shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 24.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
7
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
17
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Marshall
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Marshall • Miami
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Old Dominion
Player Story
Elijah Alston built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a defensive lineman from Chesapeake, VA wearing No. 11, spending time with Marshall and Miami. The clearest part of Elijah Alston's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Marshall
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2019
Elijah Alston, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Marshall. Elijah Alston shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 24.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 125
- TFL
- 21.5
- Sacks
- 11.5
- QB hurries
- 37
- Passes defended
- 5
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
Elijah Alston quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Miami · DL
- Career Tackles
- 125
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 9 entries · 46 games
- Best season
- 2023 Postseason · Marshall
- Top game
- Old Dominion
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Oscar Smith · Marshall
- High school pipeline
- Oscar Smith · 38 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 11 · Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 19 tackles · DL 381st (top 38%) · ACC 266th (top 35%) · National 2,097th (top 35%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Marshall | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2020 Regular Season | Marshall | 3 | 6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | - | 0 | 30.6 |
| 2021 Postseason | Marshall | 13 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 49.1 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Marshall | 13 | 31 | 5.5 | 3 | 14 | - | 0 | 49.1 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Marshall | 10 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 38.1 |
| 2023 Postseason | Marshall | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 74.4 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Marshall | 13 | 41 | 9.5 | 4.5 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 74.4 |
| 2024 Postseason | Miami | 7 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 35.6 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Miami | 7 | 18 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 35.6 |
Related Context
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Elijah Alston played DL for Marshall and Miami. Across 6 tracked seasons, Elijah Alston recorded 125 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Marshall.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason
Marshall paired 33 primary output with 39.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 24.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2024 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Marshall, Miami.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Florida
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Explorer
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2024 Postseason · Miami
Games
7
Havoc Plays / G
1.3
Efficiency
24.2
Usage
6.1
Consistency
40.4
Best Game by takeover score
Florida
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Iowa State: 0. Florida: 3. Florida A&M: 2. Ball State: 3. South Florida: 1. Virginia Tech: 0. Syracuse: 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. Iowa State: 1 by 4.2. Florida: 3 by 42.5. Florida A&M: 1 by 24.2. Ball State: 3 by 42.5. South Florida: 3 by 22.5. Virginia Tech: 5 by 20.8. Syracuse: 3 by 12.5
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.8 · Games = 5 · +1.8 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · -1.8 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
Florida
Best efficiency game
42.5 vs Ball State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/28 | vs Iowa State | L 41-42 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/30 | @ Syracuse | L 38-42 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 9/27 | vs Virginia Tech | W 38-34 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/21 | @ South Florida | W 50-15 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/14 | vs Ball StateSplash game | W 62-0 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | vs Florida A&MSplash game | W 56-9 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/31 | @ FloridaSplash game | W 41-17 | 3 | 1 | — | 1.50 | 0.50 | — | 1 | — | — |
Player Story
Elijah Alston story
Elijah Alston built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a defensive lineman from Chesapeake, VA wearing No. 11, spending time with Marshall and Miami. The clearest part of Elijah Alston's career was his defensive production: 125 tackles, 21.5 tackles for loss, 11.5 sacks, and 2 interceptions across 46 career games in the available record. That gives Elijah Alston'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
Marshall
2019-2023
Opening stop
- 2
Miami
2024
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Marshall | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | Marshall | 2 | 15 | 4.3 | 2 |
| 2021 Postseason | Marshall | 23 | 28.6 | 6 | 21 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Marshall | 23 | 28.6 | 6 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Marshall | 10 | 18.7 | 4.3 | -13 |
| 2023 Postseason | Marshall | 33 | 39.4 | 13.1 | 23 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Marshall | 33 | 39.4 | 13.1 | 0 |
| 2024 Postseason | Miami | 9 | 24.2 | 6.1 | -24 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Miami | 9 | 24.2 | 6.1 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Old Dominion
Week 5 · W 41-35 · Conference game
Win with 5.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
5.5
Havoc Plays
91.7 takeover
5.5 disruption/tackle impact with 91.7 takeover score.
#2
vs East Carolina
Week 3 · L 38-42
5
Havoc Plays
88 takeover
Loss with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
5 disruption/tackle impact with 88 takeover score.
#3
vs Old Dominion
Week 6 · W 20-13 · Conference game
4.5
Havoc Plays
85.3 takeover
Win with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 85.3 takeover score.
#4
@ Florida
Week 1 · W 41-17
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Havoc Plays
78.9 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.
#5
vs Ball State
Week 3 · W 62-0
3
Havoc Plays
77.5 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Postseason · Marshall
33 primary output · 39.4 efficiency · 13.1 usage
74.4
#2
2023 Regular Season · Marshall
74.4
33 primary · 39.4 efficiency · 13.1 usage
#3
2021 Postseason · Marshall
49.1
23 primary · 28.6 efficiency · 6 usage
Milestones
13
Impact games
21
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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