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2024-2025

USC

Elijah Newby

LB • 6'3" • 235 lbs • Cheshire, CT, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Elijah Newby shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.6 disruption score.

Usage / Role

14%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

14

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

23

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · USC

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
USC
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Missouri State
4★

Recruit Profile

Class 2024 · Rating 0.9247

Cheshire Academy · Cheshire, CT

Committed To
USC
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2024

Elijah Newby, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · USC. Elijah Newby shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.6 disruption score.

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Latest team and position
USC · LB
Career Tackles
9
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 4 entries · 4 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · USC
Top game
Missouri State
Recruit profile
4-star · Cheshire Academy · USC
High school pipeline
Cheshire Academy · 26 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 26 · Freshman
2025 Tackles rank
7 tackles · LB 831st (top 66%) · Big Ten 406th (top 52%) · National 3,285th (top 53%)

Elijah Newby played LB for USC. Across 2 tracked seasons, Elijah Newby recorded 9 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with USC.

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