Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 11 | L 24-31@ Louisville | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 30-27vs Duke | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Total | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
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Elijah Gaines
Senior cornerback on Virginia's 2024 roster.
6′1″ · 197 lb · Queens, NY
Virginia 2023 alumnus
Recruiting
3★
S recruit
No. 502 nationally · Signed with Virginia
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 cornerback on Virginia's roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Virginia in 2020.
Elijah Gaines
Four seasons at Virginia, two different head coaches: Bronco Mendenhall and Tony Elliott. One game to point at: 2 tackles against Duke — Week 12, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- head-coach lineage
- game log
How it ended
Four seasons at Virginia, 14 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
2020
- Signed with Virginia3-star out of Episcopal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Virginia
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2020–2023
2 coaches2020–2021
Virginia
Coaching transition mid-career: Bronco Mendenhall → Tony Elliott. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2023 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2020Virginia5-5HC: Bronco Mendenhall · Balanced
2021Virginia6-6HC: Bronco Mendenhall · Pass-heavy
2022Virginia3-7HC: Tony Elliott · Balanced
2023Virginia3-9HC: Tony Elliott · Run-leaning
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 splits
Through 2 games: 1.5 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tony Elliott
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2023
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2023
W 30–27
vs Duke
1 SOLO · 2 TOT
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.
With A. Colandrea — 278 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 89.1 · 66 rush yds (9 car) · D. Sparks — 43 AVG · 57 LONG · 5 NO
Game log
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology