Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025Akron
Elijah Reed
DB • 6'3" • 190 lbs • Louisville, KY, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Elijah Reed shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 24.9 disruption score.
Impact Production
66
Solid production for a defensive back
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Reliability
46
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
79
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Akron
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Kentucky • Akron
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Bowling Green
Player Story
Elijah Reed built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive back from Louisville, KY wearing No. 11, spending time with Akron and Kentucky. The clearest part of Elijah Reed's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Kentucky
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
Elijah Reed, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Akron. Elijah Reed shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 24.9 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 77
- TFL
- 3.5
- Sacks
- 1
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 8
Quick Answers
Elijah Reed quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Akron · DB
- Career Tackles
- 77
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 21 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Akron
- Top game
- Bowling Green
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Pleasure Ridge Park · Kentucky
- High school pipeline
- Pleasure Ridge Park · 9 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 11 · Junior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 44 tackles · DB 180th (top 19%) · Mid-American 77th (top 14%) · National 770th (top 13%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Kentucky | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2023 Regular Season | Kentucky | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.4 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Akron | 9 | 32 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 40.1 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Akron | 11 | 44 | 2 | 1 | - | 4 | 0 | 54.3 |
Related Context
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Elijah Reed played DB for Kentucky and Akron. Across 4 tracked seasons, Elijah Reed recorded 77 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Akron.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Akron paired 9 primary output with 24.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 24.9 efficiency.
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Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
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Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Kentucky, Akron.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Bowling Green
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Akron
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.8
Efficiency
24.9
Usage
4.9
Consistency
51.5
Best Game by takeover score
Bowling Green
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Wyoming: 0. Nebraska: 1. UAB: 2. Duquesne: 1. Toledo: 0. Central Michigan: 0. Miami (OH): 2. Ball State: 0. Buffalo: 1. Kent State: 0. Bowling Green: 2
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Wyoming: 4 by 16.7. Nebraska: 4 by 26.7. UAB: 5 by 40.8. Duquesne: 2 by 18.3. Toledo: 3 by 12.5. Central Michigan: 3 by 12.5. Miami (OH): 6 by 45. Ball State: 4 by 16.7. Buffalo: 4 by 26.7. Kent State: 4 by 16.7. Bowling Green: 5 by 40.8
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1 · Games = 4 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 7 · -0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Bowling Green
Best efficiency game
45 vs Miami (OH)
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 11/19 | @ Bowling GreenSplash game | W 19-16 | 5 | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Wed 11/12 | vs Kent State | L 35-42 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | @ Buffalo | W 24-16 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | @ Ball State | L 28-42 | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | vs Miami (OH)Splash game | L 7-20 | 6 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | vs Central Michigan | W 28-22 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | @ Toledo | L 3-45 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | vs Duquesne | W 51-7 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/14 | @ UABSplash game | L 28-31 | 5 | 5 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | @ Nebraska | L 0-68 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Thu 8/28 | vs Wyoming | L 0-10 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Elijah Reed story
Elijah Reed built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive back from Louisville, KY wearing No. 11, spending time with Akron and Kentucky. The clearest part of Elijah Reed's career was his defensive production: 77 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 3 interceptions across 21 career games in the available record. That gives Elijah Reed'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
Kentucky
2022-2023
Opening stop
- 2
Akron
2024-2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Kentucky | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Kentucky | 0 | 4.2 | 0.6 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Akron | 7.5 | 23.2 | 5.1 | 7.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Akron | 9 | 24.9 | 4.9 | 1.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 113 Bowling Green
Week 13 · W 19-16 · Conference game
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
80.3 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 80.3 takeover score.
#2
vs No. 82 Miami (OH)
Week 7 · L 7-20 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
75.6 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 75.6 takeover score.
#3
@ Kent State
Week 13 · W 38-17 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
72 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 72 takeover score.
#4
@ Western Michigan
Week 7 · L 24-34 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
66.7 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 66.7 takeover score.
#5
@ No. 125 UAB
Week 3 · L 28-31
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Havoc Plays
66.7 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 66.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Akron
9 primary output · 24.9 efficiency · 4.9 usage
54.3
#2
2024 Regular Season · Akron
40.1
7.5 primary · 23.2 efficiency · 5.1 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Kentucky
36.4
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.6 usage
Milestones
5
Impact games
6
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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