Senior cornerback on Buffalo's 2022 roster.
6′2″ · 185 lb · Pasadena, CA
Recruiting
CB recruit
No. 133 nationally · Signed with Nebraska
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 cornerback on Buffalo's roster.
Elijah Blades
Jams receivers off their route at the line. Elijah Blades has played for three head coaches across three seasons and three programs. The receipt: 6 tackles, 1 TFL against Central Michigan — Week 11, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Buffalo, 49 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
The snaps went the other way.
The role got bigger.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2022
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Lance Leipold → Maurice Linguist. 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
Elite: passes defended (85th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th 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
2022 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 4.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road4g | 3.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 3.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 4.5 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pete Lembo
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2022
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-31@ Maryland | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 2 | L 31-37vs Holy Cross | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 50-31@ Eastern Michigan | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 24-20vs Miami (OH) | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | W 38-7@ Bowling Green | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | L 27-31@ Central Michigan | 6 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 27-30vs Kent State | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 27 | 22 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 4 |
Play style
Long and physical; jams receivers off their route at the line.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Long and physical; jams receivers off their route at the line.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Jalen Jackson’s 2021 season.
Matches Jalen on
Differs from Jalen on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Dwight McGlothern's junior season at LSU (2021).
Matches Dwight on
Player DNA