Elijah Jones

Former defensive back at Boston College. 2023: 5 interceptions, 9 pass breakups, 25 tackles.

DB · Boston College · Sr. · #1

6′2″ · 184 lb · Harlem, NY

CFB Index 90 · #11 of 339 cornersLow confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamArizona — drafted 2024, Rd 3, Pick 27, #90 overall

Recruiting

3★

ATH recruit

No. 793 nationally · Signed with Boston College

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive back at Boston College. 2023: 5 interceptions, 9 pass breakups, 25 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Boston College in 2018.
Drafted round 3 by the Arizona in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Six seasons at Boston College, 155 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2023) — drafted at #90 overall by Arizona.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20184 games

Signed with Boston College3-star out of Cardinal Hayes

20239 games

The role got bigger.

All-ACCfirst

2024

Drafted by Arizonaround 3, pick 90

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#793 national

CFB

College

Boston College

2018–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

R3 · #90

Arizona · 2024

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

3 honors · 1 category

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ALL-ACC · 1ST TEAM

All-ACC 1st team (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2023

2 coaches

2018–2019

Steve Addazio

Boston College

2020–2023

Jeff Hafley

Boston College

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Steve Addazio → Jeff Hafley. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

ArizonaEntering 3rd NFL season

#90Rd 3 · Pick 27

ArizonaEntering 3rd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Boston College7-5HC: Steve Addazio · Run-heavy

2019Boston College6-7HC: Steve Addazio · Run-heavy

2020Boston College6-5HC: Jeff Hafley · Balanced

2021Boston College6-6HC: Jeff Hafley · Run-heavy

2022Boston College3-9HC: Jeff Hafley · Pass-leaning

2023Boston College7-6HC: Jeff Hafley · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

90All-America level #11 of 339?

Low confidence8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: interceptions (99th percentile). Strength: passes defended (98th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Interceptions#6 / 827 · 99th pct

Passes defended#44 / 2842 · 98th pct

Forced fumbles#4 / 710 · 96th pct

Solo tackles#1167 / 2842 · 58th pct

Tackles#1598 / 2842 · 43rd pct

Tackles for loss#1868 / 2842 · 28th pct

1.0

QB hurries#1486 / 2842 · 24th pct

Sacks#1503 / 2842 · 24th pct

0.0

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

2023 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	3.8	0.2	0.0	0.8
Road4g	1.5	0.0	0.0	1.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.3	0.2	0.0	0.8
Weeks 8+3g	1.7	0.0	0.0	1.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Bill O'Brien

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

90 · #11 of 339 corners

Three-star recruit. Now #11 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Boston College	25	18	1.0	0.0	9	5	1
2022	Boston College	33	31	3.0	1.0	13	2	--
2021	Boston College	28	25	0.0	0.0	5	--	--
2020	Boston College	36	29	0.0	0.0	5	--	--
2019	Boston College	27	23	1.0	0.0	1	--	--
2018	Boston College	6	6	0.0	0.0	4	--	--
Career		155	132	5.0	1.0	37	7	1

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2023

W 31–28

vs Holy Cross

5 SOLO · 5 TOT

Edged out Holy Cross at home in a shootout.

With T. Castellanos — 201 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 23.4 · 69 rush yds (16 car) · J. Williams — 2 rec · 70 yds

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 24-27vs Northern Illinois	4	3	0.0	—	2
Wk 2	W 31-28vs Holy Cross	5	5	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 29-31vs Florida State	6	3	1.0	—	1	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 4	L 28-56@ Louisville	2	2	0.0	—	1
Wk 5	W 27-24vs Virginia	2	2	0.0	1	1
Wk 6	W 27-24@ Army	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 38-23@ Georgia Tech	1	0	0.0	2	3
Wk 9	W 21-14vs UConn	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 17-10@ Syracuse	2	1	0.0	2	1
Total		25	18	1.0	5	9

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

Elijah Jones

20184 games

20239 games

2024

2023 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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