Player Dossier

2020-2024

SMU

Elijah Roberts

DE • 6'4" • 278 lbs • Miami, FL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Elijah Roberts shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33.2 disruption score.

Usage Score

12.1

Efficiency

33.2

Consistency

59.4

Season Value

49.1

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · SMU

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Seasons Tracked
8
Program Path
Miami • SMU
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Florida State

Scouting Read

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Elijah Roberts, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · SMU. Elijah Roberts shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33.2 disruption score.

Elijah Roberts played DE for Miami and SMU. Across 5 tracked seasons, Elijah Roberts recorded 90 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with SMU.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason

SMU paired 30 primary output with 37 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 33.2 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 Miami, SMU.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Florida State

Win with 6 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2024 Postseason · SMU

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

2.3

Efficiency

33.2

Usage

12.1

Consistency

59.4

Best Game by takeover score

Florida State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Penn State: 5. Nevada: 0. BYU: 1. TCU: 3. Florida State: 6. Louisville: 2. Stanford: 3. Duke: 2. Pittsburgh: 0. Virginia: 1. California: 2.5. Clemson: 2

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Penn State: 4 by 66.7. Nevada: 1 by 4.2. BYU: 3 by 22.5. TCU: 3 by 42.5. Florida State: 6 by 75. Louisville: 5 by 40.8. Stanford: 3 by 42.5. Duke: 0 by 20. Pittsburgh: 1 by 4.2. Virginia: 1 by 14.2. California: 4 by 41.7. Clemson: 1 by 24.2

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins2.2 · Games = 9 · -0.5 vs Losses
Losses2.7 · Games = 3 · +0.5 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Florida State

Best efficiency game

75 vs Florida State

Result
Sat 12/21@ Penn State2+ sacks · Splash gameL 10-3841220
Sun 12/8vs ClemsonSplash gameL 31-3411110
Sat 11/30vs CaliforniaSplash gameW 38-6421.5010
Sat 11/23@ VirginiaW 33-711001
Sun 11/3vs PittsburghW 48-2510000
Sun 10/27@ DukeSplash gameW 28-2700000
Sun 10/20@ StanfordSplash gameW 40-10321.500.500
Sat 10/5@ LouisvilleSplash gameW 34-2752110
Sun 9/29vs Florida StateSplash gameW 42-1662000
Sat 9/21vs TCUSplash gameW 66-4232210
Fri 9/6vs BYUL 15-1832100
Sun 8/25@ NevadaW 29-2410000

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Miami

    2020-2022

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    SMU

    2023-2024

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20202020202120222023202320242024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 PostseasonMiami08.41.3
2020 Regular SeasonMiami08.41.30
2021 Regular SeasonMiami28.92.62
2022 Regular SeasonMiami17.92-1
2023 PostseasonSMU303711.229
2023 Regular SeasonSMU303711.20
2024 PostseasonSMU27.533.212.1-2.5
2024 Regular SeasonSMU27.533.212.10

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Florida State

Win with 6 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

6

Primary metric

6 disruption/tackle impact with 66.5 takeover score.

#2

Rice

6

Primary metric

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

6 disruption/tackle impact with 64.3 takeover score.

#3

Penn State

5

Primary metric

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.

5 disruption/tackle impact with 58.6 takeover score.

#4

Boston College

3

Primary metric

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 47.2 takeover score.

#5

North Texas

4

Primary metric

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 41.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Postseason · SMU

30 primary output · 37 efficiency · 11.2 usage

54.9

#2

2023 Regular Season · SMU

54.9

30 primary · 37 efficiency · 11.2 usage

#3

2024 Postseason · SMU

49.1

27.5 primary · 33.2 efficiency · 12.1 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

18

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit context is not available for this player in the current dataset.

Career Facts

2

Career teams

8

Seasons tracked

90

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 8 tracked seasons, 38 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.