Usage / Role
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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2010-2012Florida
Matt Elam
DB • 5'10" • Palm Beach Gardens, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Matt Elam shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.
Impact Production
80
High-end production for a defensive back
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
73
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2012 Regular Season · Florida
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Florida
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Kentucky
Player Story
Matt Elam built his college career from 2010 through 2012 as a defensive back from Palm Beach Gardens, FL wearing No. 22, spending time with Florida. The clearest part of Matt Elam's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Florida
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2010
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2013
- Selection
- Round 1 · Pick 32
- Overall
- No. 32
- NFL Team
- Baltimore Ravens
Matt Elam, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2012 Regular Season · Florida. Matt Elam shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.
Quick Answers
Matt Elam quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Florida · DB
- Career Tackles
- 0
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 7 games
- Best season
- 2012 Regular Season · Florida
- Top game
- Kentucky
- Recruit profile
- 5-star · Dwyer · Florida
- High school pipeline
- Dwyer · 49 FBS recruits · 4 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2013 · Round 1 · Pick 32 · Baltimore Ravens
- Latest roster
- No. 22 · Class 2012
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 Regular Season | Florida | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 50 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Florida | 2 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 56.7 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Florida | 4 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 73.3 |
Related Context
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Matt Elam played DB for Florida. Across 3 tracked seasons, Matt Elam recorded 5 rushing yards. His top tracked season came in 2012 with Florida.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2012 Regular Season
Florida paired 4 primary output with 20 efficiency.
Supporting note
2012 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 20 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2012 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Florida State
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2012 Regular Season · Florida
Games
4
Havoc Plays / G
1
Efficiency
20
Usage
—
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Florida State
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Game by game trend chart. Tennessee: 1. Georgia: 1. Missouri: 1. Florida State: 1
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Wins1 · Games = 3 · +0 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Wins
Game Log
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4 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Florida State
Best efficiency game
20 vs Florida State
Player Story
Matt Elam story
Matt Elam built his college career from 2010 through 2012 as a defensive back from Palm Beach Gardens, FL wearing No. 22, spending time with Florida. The clearest part of Matt Elam's career was his defensive production: 6 interceptions across 7 career games in the available record. His career also includes 5 rushing yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Matt Elam's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Florida
2010-2012
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201020112012
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 Regular Season | Florida | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2011 Regular Season | Florida | 2 | 20 | — | 2 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Florida | 4 | 20 | — | 2 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Kentucky
Week 4 · W 48-10 · Conference game
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#2
vs Tennessee
Week 3 · W 33-23 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#3
@ Florida State
Week 13 · W 37-26
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#4
vs Missouri
Week 10 · W 14-7 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#5
@ Georgia
Week 9 · L 9-17 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2012 Regular Season · Florida
4 primary output · 20 efficiency · — usage
73.3
#2
2011 Regular Season · Florida
56.7
2 primary · 20 efficiency · — usage
#3
2010 Regular Season · Florida
50
0 primary · 0 efficiency · — usage
Milestones
6
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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