Senior defensive tackle for Cincinnati. 2020: 0.5 sacks, 3.5 tackles for loss, 21 tackles.
6′3″ · 275 lb · Atlanta, GA
The story
4 defensive tackle for Cincinnati. 2020: 0.5 sacks, 3.5 tackles for loss, 21 tackles.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearElijah Ponder
This is his third year in the same defensive front at Cincinnati. The receipt: 8 tackles, 1.5 TFL against Army — Week 4, 2020.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Cincinnati, 63 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2018–2020
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Luke Fickell.
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Luke Fickell — 31-6 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: qb hurries (84th percentile). Concern: solo tackles (21st 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
2020 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Road1g | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 5.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scott Satterfield
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2020
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Cincinnati | 21 | 8 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Cincinnati | 33 | 14 | 7.5 | 2.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2018 | Cincinnati | 9 | 5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 63 | 27 | 12.0 | 4.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | W 55-20vs Austin Peay | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 24-10vs Army | 8 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 8 | W 42-13@ SMU | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 49-10vs Memphis | 4 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 38-10vs Houston | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 55-17vs East Carolina | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 16 | W 27-24vs Tulsa | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 19 | 6 | 2.5 | 0.5 | — | 1 |