Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2024Virginia
Elijah Gaines
CB • 6'1" • 197 lbs • Queens, NY, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Elijah Gaines shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.
Impact Production
10
Developing production for a corner
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Reliability
10
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
19
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Virginia
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Virginia
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Abilene Christian
Player Story
Elijah Gaines built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a cornerback from Queens, NY wearing No. 22, spending time with Virginia. The clearest part of Elijah Gaines' career was his defensive production: 14...
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- Committed To
- Virginia
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
Elijah Gaines, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Virginia. Elijah Gaines shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 14
- TFL
- 1
- Sacks
- 1
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Elijah Gaines quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Virginia · CB
- Career Tackles
- 14
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 8 games
- Best season
- 2020 Regular Season · Virginia
- Top game
- Abilene Christian
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Episcopal · Virginia
- High school pipeline
- Episcopal · 16 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 22 · Senior
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Virginia | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 55.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Virginia | 2 | 4 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 31.3 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Virginia | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Virginia | 2 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Virginia | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
Related Context
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Elijah Gaines played CB for Virginia. Across 5 tracked seasons, Elijah Gaines recorded 14 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2020 with Virginia.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season
Virginia paired 2 primary output with 20.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 6.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2024 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Duke
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2023 Regular Season · Virginia
Games
2
Havoc Plays / G
0
Efficiency
6.3
Usage
1.1
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Duke
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Game by game trend chart. Louisville: 0. Duke: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Wins0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Wins
Game Log
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2 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Duke
Best efficiency game
8.3 vs Duke
Player Story
Elijah Gaines story
Elijah Gaines built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a cornerback from Queens, NY wearing No. 22, spending time with Virginia. The clearest part of Elijah Gaines' career was his defensive production: 14 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 1 sack, and 1 pass defended across 8 career games in the available record. That gives Elijah Gaines' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
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Virginia
2020-2024
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20202021202220232024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Virginia | 2 | 20.5 | 6.2 | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | Virginia | 1 | 13.3 | 1.4 | -1 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Virginia | 0 | 4.2 | 0.6 | -1 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Virginia | 0 | 6.3 | 1.1 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Virginia | 0 | — | — | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Abilene Christian
Week 12 · W 55-15
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
68.6 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 68.6 takeover score.
#2
vs Illinois
Week 2 · W 42-14
1
Havoc Plays
43.9 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 43.9 takeover score.
#3
@ Virginia Tech
Week 15 · L 15-33 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
12.8 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 12.8 takeover score.
#4
vs Duke
Week 12 · W 30-27 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
6.7 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.7 takeover score.
#5
vs Duke
Week 7 · W 48-0 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
6.1 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.1 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Regular Season · Virginia
2 primary output · 20.5 efficiency · 6.2 usage
55.5
#2
2023 Regular Season · Virginia
38.5
0 primary · 6.3 efficiency · 1.1 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · Virginia
36.5
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.6 usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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