#92

Elijah Garcia

Senior defensive lineman for Rice. 2021: 4 sacks, 4.5 tackles for loss, 64 tackles.

DL · Rice · Sr. · #92

6′5″ · 302 lb · San Antonio, TX

CFB Index 4 · #273 of 274 interior linemenLow confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamRice 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

2★

DT recruit

No. 2345 nationally · Signed with Rice

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman for Rice. 2021: 4 sacks, 4.5 tackles for loss, 64 tackles.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Rice in 2016.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Rice, 6 sacks, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2016

Signed with Rice2-star out of Stevens

202111 games

All-Conference USAfirst

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2345 national

CFB

College

Rice

2017–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

🥈

ALL-CONFERENCE USA · 1ST TEAM

All-Conference USA 1st team (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2017–2021

2 coaches

2017

David Bailiff

Rice

2018–2021

Mike Bloomgren

Rice

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: David Bailiff → Mike Bloomgren. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017Rice1-11HC: David Bailiff · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2018Rice2-11HC: Mike Bloomgren · Run-leaning

2019Rice3-9HC: Mike Bloomgren · Run-leaning

2020Rice2-3HC: Mike Bloomgren · Run-heavy

2021Rice4-8HC: Mike Bloomgren · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

4Below cohort / limited sample #273 of 274?

Low confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (91st percentile). Strength: qb hurries (90th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#223 / 2743 · 91st pct

4.0

QB hurries#213 / 2743 · 90th pct

Tackles#339 / 2743 · 87th pct

Tackles for loss#688 / 2743 · 73rd pct

4.5

Solo tackles#1004 / 2743 · 62nd pct

Passes defended#1085 / 2743 · 49th 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

2021 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	6.2	0.6	0.5	0.0
Road5g	5.4	0.2	0.2	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	5.3	0.4	0.4	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	6.4	0.4	0.3	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Scott Abell

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

4 · #273 of 274 interior linemen

Two-star recruit. Now #273 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Rice	64	22	4.5	4.0	1	--	--
2020	Rice	28	10	0.0	0.0	1	--	--
2019	Rice	50	18	4.0	0.5	--	--	--
2018	Rice	40	19	3.5	1.0	1	--	--
2017	Rice	5	1	0.5	0.0	--	--	--
Career		187	70	12.5	5.5	3	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2021

W 48–34

vs Texas Southern

2 SOLO · 3 TOT

Edged out Texas Southern at home in a shootout.

With J. Constantine — 271 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 54.9 · 1 rush yds (3 car) · J. Myers — 160 rush yds (26 car) · 4 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 17-38@ Arkansas	4	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 7-44vs Houston	6	3	0.5	0.5	—	0
Wk 3	L 0-58@ Texas	8	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 48-34vs Texas Southern	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 24-19vs Southern Miss	6	2	2.0	2.0	—	0	2 sacks
Wk 7	L 0-45@ UTSA	5	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 24-30vs North Texas	9	2	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 9 tackles
Wk 10	L 24-31@ Charlotte	5	1	0.5	0.5	—	0
Wk 11	L 21-42vs Western Kentucky	6	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 28-38@ UTEP	5	2	0.5	0.5	—	1
Wk 13	W 35-31vs Louisiana Tech	7	0	1.0	0.5	—	0
Total		64	22	4.5	4.0	—	1

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

Elijah Garcia

2016

202111 games

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

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