#16

Eliel Ehimare

Senior defensive lineman for UNLV. 2022: 2 sacks, 2 tackles for loss, 16 tackles.

DL · UNLV · Sr. · #16

6′2″ · 290 lb · Katy, TX

CFB Index 19 · #347 of 387 edge rushersLow confidenceAll-ConferenceUNLV 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

2★

DT recruit

No. 382 nationally · Joined UNLV

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman for UNLV. 2022: 2 sacks, 2 tackles for loss, 16 tackles.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to UNLV in 2019.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at UNLV, 4 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2019

Signed with UNLV2-star out of Cabrillo College

20229 games

All-Mountain Westhonorable_mention

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#382 national

CFB

College

UNLV

2020–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST

All-Mountain West mention (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2022

1 coach

2020–2022

Marcus Arroyo

UNLV

Played his entire career under Marcus Arroyo.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Marcus Arroyo — 7-23 over that span.

2020UNLV0-6HC: Marcus Arroyo · Run-leaning

2021UNLV2-10HC: Marcus Arroyo · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2022UNLV5-7HC: Marcus Arroyo · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

19Below cohort / limited sample #347 of 387?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: solo tackles (11th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#517 / 2755 · 78th pct

2.0

QB hurries#823 / 2755 · 59th pct

Tackles for loss#1332 / 2755 · 47th pct

2.0

Tackles#2135 / 2755 · 21st pct

Passes defended#1741 / 2755 · 18th pct

Solo tackles#2394 / 2755 · 11th pct

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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	1.8	0.0	0.0	0.0
Road4g	1.8	0.5	0.5	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.0	0.2	0.2	0.0
Weeks 8+3g	1.3	0.3	0.3	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dan Mullen

Pass share

41.6%

87 pass / 122 run

Plays / game

69.7

3 games

Team sack rate

9.3%

108 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

19 · #347 of 387 edge rushers

Two-star recruit. Now #347 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	UNLV	16	6	2.0	2.0	--	--	--
2021	UNLV	27	11	4.0	0.5	--	--	--
2020	UNLV	14	10	2.5	2.0	--	--	--
Career		57	27	8.5	4.5	--	--	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 2	L 14-20@ California	3	3	1.0	1.0	—	Season-high 3 tackles
Wk 3	W 58-27vs North Texas	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 4	W 34-24@ Utah State	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 5	W 31-20vs New Mexico	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 6	L 7-40@ San José State	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 7	L 7-42vs Air Force	3	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 10	L 10-14@ San Diego State	1	1	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 11	L 30-37vs Fresno State	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 13	W 27-22vs Nevada	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
Total		16	6	2.0	2.0	—

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Eliel Ehimare

2019

20229 games

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Game log

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