Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2021Florida
Kaiir Elam
CB • 6'2" • 193 lbs • Riviera Beach, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Kaiir Elam shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.6 disruption score.
Impact Production
14
Developing production for a corner
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
31
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · Florida
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Florida
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: South Carolina
Player Story
Kaiir Elam built his college career from 2019 through 2021 as a cornerback from Riviera Beach, FL wearing No. 5, spending time with Florida. The clearest part of Kaiir Elam's career was his defensive production: 78...
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- Committed To
- Florida
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2019
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2022
- Selection
- Round 1 · Pick 23
- Overall
- No. 23
- NFL Team
- Buffalo Bills
Kaiir Elam, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · Florida. Kaiir Elam shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.6 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 78
- TFL
- 2.5
- Passes defended
- 20
Quick Answers
Kaiir Elam quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Florida · CB
- Career Tackles
- 78
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 6 entries · 30 games
- Best season
- 2020 Postseason · Florida
- Top game
- South Carolina
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · The Benjamin School · Florida
- High school pipeline
- The Benjamin School · 14 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2022 · Round 1 · Pick 23 · Buffalo Bills
- Latest roster
- No. 5 · Sophomore
- 2021 Tackles rank
- 29 tackles · CB 107th (top 27%) · SEC 154th (top 24%) · National 1,469th (top 25%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Postseason | Florida | 8 | 2 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 36.6 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Florida | 8 | 8 | - | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | 36.6 |
| 2020 Postseason | Florida | 12 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 51.8 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Florida | 12 | 39 | 1 | 0 | - | 11 | 0 | 51.8 |
| 2021 Postseason | Florida | 10 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 28 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Florida | 10 | 27 | 1.5 | 0 | - | 5 | 0 | 28 |
Related Context
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Kaiir Elam played CB for Florida. Across 3 tracked seasons, Kaiir Elam recorded 78 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2020 with Florida.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Postseason
Florida paired 14 primary output with 26 efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 19.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2021 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Alabama
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2021 Postseason · Florida
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.8
Efficiency
19.6
Usage
3.1
Consistency
13.3
Best Game by takeover score
Alabama
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. UCF: 0. Florida Atlantic: 0. South Florida: 1. Alabama: 3. LSU: 0. Georgia: 0. South Carolina: 0. Samford: 2. Missouri: 0. Florida State: 1.5
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. UCF: 2 by 8.3. Florida Atlantic: 3 by 12.5. South Florida: 3 by 22.5. Alabama: 2 by 38.3. LSU: 4 by 16.7. Georgia: 2 by 8.3. South Carolina: 3 by 12.5. Samford: 4 by 36.7. Missouri: 2 by 8.3. Florida State: 4 by 31.7
Split Comparison
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Wins1.1 · Games = 4 · +0.6 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 6 · -0.6 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Alabama
Best efficiency game
38.3 vs Alabama
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 12/24 | vs UCF | L 17-29 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/27 | vs Florida State | W 24-21 | 4 | 1 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/20 | @ Missouri | L 23-24 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/13 | vs SamfordSplash game | W 70-52 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 11/6 | @ South Carolina | L 17-40 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/30 | vs Georgia | L 7-34 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/16 | @ LSU | L 42-49 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/18 | vs AlabamaSplash game | L 29-31 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | — | — |
| Sat 9/11 | @ South Florida | W 42-20 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/4 | vs Florida Atlantic | W 35-14 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Kaiir Elam story
Kaiir Elam built his college career from 2019 through 2021 as a cornerback from Riviera Beach, FL wearing No. 5, spending time with Florida. The clearest part of Kaiir Elam's career was his defensive production: 78 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, 6 interceptions, and 20 passes defended across 30 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2020 with Florida. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Kaiir Elam's production has multiple signals. With 30 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Florida.
The arc is straightforward: Kaiir Elam moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Florida
2019-2021
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Postseason | Florida | 7 | 14 | 3 | — |
| 2019 Regular Season | Florida | 7 | 14 | 3 | 0 |
| 2020 Postseason | Florida | 14 | 26 | 3.3 | 7 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Florida | 14 | 26 | 3.3 | 0 |
| 2021 Postseason | Florida | 7.5 | 19.6 | 3.1 | -6.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Florida | 7.5 | 19.6 | 3.1 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs South Carolina
Week 5 · W 38-24 · Conference game
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
75.5 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 75.5 takeover score.
#2
@ Virginia
Week 1 · W 36-28 · Postseason
2
Havoc Plays
61.9 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 61.9 takeover score.
#3
@ Texas A&M
Week 6 · L 38-41 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
56.1 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 56.1 takeover score.
#4
vs Towson
Week 5 · W 38-0
2
Havoc Plays
50 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 50 takeover score.
#5
vs Alabama
Week 3 · L 29-31 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
50 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 50 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Postseason · Florida
14 primary output · 26 efficiency · 3.3 usage
51.8
#2
2020 Regular Season · Florida
51.8
14 primary · 26 efficiency · 3.3 usage
#3
2019 Postseason · Florida
36.6
7 primary · 14 efficiency · 3 usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
8
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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