Senior defensive lineman on Virginia Tech's 2022 roster.
5′11″ · 230 lb · Rock Hill, SC
Recruiting
WDE recruit
No. 981 nationally · Signed with Virginia Tech
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive lineman on Virginia Tech's roster.
Eli Adams
Wins his gap play after play. Three seasons at Virginia Tech, two different head coaches: Justin Fuente and J.C. Price. The receipt: 4 tackles, 1 TFL against West Virginia — Week 3, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Virginia Tech, 0 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2021
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Justin Fuente → J.C. Price. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (4th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
James Franklin
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2021
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Virginia Tech | 11 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Virginia Tech | 6 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Virginia Tech | 18 | 5 | 2.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 35 | 11 | 4.0 | 0.5 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 17-10vs North Carolina | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 35-14vs Middle Tennessee | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 21-27@ West Virginia | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 21-10vs Richmond | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 7-28vs Pittsburgh | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 3-17@ Boston College | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 11 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Caleb Spurlin’s 2021 season.
Matches Caleb on
Differs from Caleb on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Noah Plack's junior season at UConn (2023).
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Player DNA