Elijah Baldwin
Played for two head coaches across three seasons and two programs. A game that shows it: 4 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Rice — Week 5, 2026.
19 tackles · 0 sacks
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and finishes the tackle.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
19 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Last game (Wk 8): 1 tackle.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-16vs UT Rio Grande Valley | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 31-26@ Texas State | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 3 | L 6-30@ No. 1 Texas | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 59-45vs Colorado State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 16-14@ Rice | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 31-24vs South Florida | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 38-34vs Navy | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 42-19@ Tulane | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 19 | 11 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Ratings of the games shown run from -14 to +20 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
19tackles this seasonTFL rate
3%0 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksPD rate
0%0 pass breakups19 tackles · 0.5 for loss.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 3.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.6 | 0.1 | 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
Jeff Traylor
Pass share
46.7%
247 pass / 282 run
Plays / game
66.1
8 games
Team sack rate
4.1%
271 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2026
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #522 at the position.
The No. 2,081 recruit in the country is starting at linebacker in the American Athletic as a redshirt sophomore.
2026 is in progress.
Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Scotty Walden and Jeff Traylor.
Next stop · Transfer
Transferred to UTSA
