Elijah Green

Junior cornerback for Tulsa. 2025: 5 interceptions, 7 pass breakups, 59 tackles.

CB · Tulsa · Jr. · #7

6′2″ · 195 lb · Midwest City, OK · Classen SAS HS

CFB Index 91 · #10 of 364 cornersLow confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamReturning to Tulsa for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 8 pm ETvs East Texas A&MChapman Stadium

The numbers

interceptions · 2025

7 PBU · 59 tackles · 2 TFL

Best game: 2 INT, 5 tackles, vs Navy

His career numbers, season by season

The story

3 cornerback for Tulsa. 2025: 5 interceptions, 7 pass breakups, 59 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Tulsa in 2024.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Jams receivers off their route at the line.

Interceptions: 98th percentile.

The full scouting read

Elijah Green

CB · Tulsa · Jr · #7

Jams receivers off their route at the line. Elijah Green has been at Tulsa through two head coaches in two seasons. His first career honor landed in 2025: All-AAC. The receipt: 10 tackles, 1 TFL against Tulane — Week 5, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2024Tulsa3-9HC: Kevin Wilson · Balanced

2025Tulsa4-8HC: Tre Lamb · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

91All-America level #10 of 364?

Low confidenceBreakout8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: interceptions (98th percentile). Strength: passes defended (96th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (22nd percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Interceptions#6 / 817 · 98th pct

Passes defended#85 / 2975 · 96th pct

Solo tackles#165 / 2975 · 94th pct

Tackles#413 / 2975 · 86th pct

Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th pct

Tackles for loss#1424 / 2975 · 47th pct

2.0

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

0.0

QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd 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

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	5.0	0.2	0.0	0.7
Road6g	4.8	0.2	0.0	0.5

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	5.5	0.2	0.0	0.5
Weeks 8+6g	4.3	0.2	0.0	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tre Lamb

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

our read the All-Conference 1st team honor is earned — and the box score backs it up emphatically: #10 of 364 FBS cornerbacks by CFB Index Score.2025 profile

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

91 · #10 of 364 corners

Three-star recruit. Now #10 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix to repeat All-AAC

Based on 2025: #1 of 27 American Athletic CBs

How the All-AAC estimate is computed

49% estimated, 95% confidence interval 43–54%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Tulsa	59	42	2.0	7	5	--
2024	Tulsa	21	15	1.0	2	2	--
Career		80	57	3.0	9	7	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025

W 35–7

vs Abilene Christian

1 TOT · 1 PD · 4 YDS

Dominant 28-point win at home against Abilene Christian.

With A. Davies — 50 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 80 LONG · K. Francis — 218 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 53.6 · 2 rush yds (4 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 35-7vs Abilene Christian	1	0	0.0	1	1
Wk 2	L 14-21@ New Mexico State	7	7	0.0	—	1
Wk 3	L 23-42vs Navy	5	1	0.0	2	0
Wk 4	W 19-12@ Oklahoma State	6	5	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 14-31vs Tulane	10	5	1.0	—	1	Season-high 10 tackles
Wk 6	L 7-45@ Memphis	4	4	0.0	2	0
Wk 8	L 27-41@ East Carolina	3	2	0.0	—	1
Wk 9	L 37-38vs Temple	6	5	0.0	—	2
Wk 11	L 21-40@ Florida Atlantic	4	4	1.0	—	1
Wk 12	W 31-14vs Oregon State	5	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 26-25@ Army	5	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 24-31vs UAB	3	1	0.0	—	0
Total		59	42	2.0	5	7

How he plays

Play style

Long and physical; jams receivers off their route at the line.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

12 games

59Tackles

42Solo

2TFL

0Sacks

7Pass def.

5INT

59 tackles. 7 passes defended. 5 interceptions. 2 TFL.

Week 11 PD · 1 INT
Week 21 PD
Week 32 INT
Week 51 PD
Week 62 INT
Week 81 PD
Week 92 PD
Week 111 PD

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.

2026 Outlook

Tulsa

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Cornerback · Tulsa

Returning around him

Transfer portal: -1 net (21 in / 22 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Tulsa · Last season: 4-8 · Talent rank #84 · 2026 recruiting class #93

DNA match

Player DNA

Press Corner

Long and physical; jams receivers off their route at the line.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jeremy Lucien’s 2022 season.

Jeremy Lucien

74%match

Vanderbilt · 2022

Jermarian Jackson

Virginia · 2024

74%

Derrek Pitts Jr.

NC State · 2022

73%

DeShawn Gaddie

North Texas · 2021

72%

Jarrett Paul

Eastern Michigan · 2021

72%

Matches Jeremy on

Height

PD rate

Weight

Differs from Jeremy on

Class year (lower)

Tackle volume (higher)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Christian Gonzalez's sophomore season at Colorado (2021).

Christian Gonzalez

82%match

Colorado · 2021

All-Pac-12NFL Rd 1 · Pk 17

Cooper DeJean

Iowa · 2022

Consensus All-AmericanNFL Rd 2 · Pk 8

78%

Calen Bullock

USC · 2022

All-Pac-12NFL Rd 3 · Pk 14

77%

Zach Williams

Tulsa · 2025

76%

Jalon Kilgore

South Carolina · 2024

All-SECNFL Rd 5

75%

Matches Christian on

Class year

Height

Weight

Player DNA

Players who play like Elijah Green

Dylan Robinson

Washington · 2025

78%

Devin Sanchez

Ohio State · 2025

77%

Ashton Hampton

Clemson · 2024

71%

Background

CAREER NOTES: Has appeared in 18 games with 16 starts … Has 77 career tackles, nine pass breakups and seven interceptions. 2025 Paycom Jim Thorpe Award Semifinalist 2025 American Conference First Team (CB) selection 2025 Phil Steele’s All-American Honorable Mention (CB) selection 2025 Phil Steele...

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The secondary · Tulsa

#1Zach WilliamsS · Jr.73 tackles · 2025
#7Elijah GreenCB · Jr.59 tackles · 2025
#2Devin RobinsonDB · R-Jr.50 tackles · 2025
#5Ashton WilliamsS · Jr.35 tackles · 2025
#3Jordan DrewCB · Sr.23 tackles · 2025

18 more on the roster · Tulsa team page

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

Elijah Green

20246 games

202512 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Press Corner

Players who play like Elijah Green

Background

The secondary · Tulsa