Elijah Riley: DB · Army · #23.
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Elijah Riley
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Fourth year in the same secondary at Army. A game that shows it: 13 tackles and 2 sacks against Michigan — Week 2, 2019.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
79 tackles. 6 passes defended. 3 interceptions. 8 TFL.
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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 14-7vs Rice | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 21-24@ No. 7 Michigan | 13 | 9 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 13 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 31-13@ UTSA | 4 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 52-21vs Morgan State | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 33-42vs Tulane | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 8-17@ Western Kentucky | 11 | 8 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 8 | L 21-28@ Georgia State | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 29-34vs San José State | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 | |
| Wk 10 | L 13-17@ Air Force | 11 | 6 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 63-7vs Massachusetts | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 47-6vs VMI | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 31-52@ Hawai'i | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 15 | L 7-31vs No. 23 Navy | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 79 | 55 | 8.0 | 4.0 | 3 | 6 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
8%6 pass breakupsInterceptions
3interceptionsTackle volume
79tackles this seasonTFL rate
10%8 TFL79 tackles · 8 for loss · 4 sacks · 6 pass breakups · 3 interceptions.
4 seasons under Jeff Monken, all run-heavy offenses — 34-18 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Road6g | 8.7 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 6.8 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+7g | 5.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Monken
Pass share
14.5%
125 pass / 739 run
Plays / game
66.5
13 games
Team sack rate
9.5%
147 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2019
79 tackles in 13 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Army, 198 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 42 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
1 coachPlayed every college season under Jeff Monken.
