Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 20-38@ Troy | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Wk 4 | L 3-35@ Texas State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
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Elijah Sabbatini
Former safety at Southern Miss. 2025: 2 games with a box-score line.
6′0″ · 200 lb · Biloxi, MS
CFB Index 29 · #445 of 537 safetiesMedium confidenceSouthern Miss 2024 — college career complete
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
3★
S recruit
No. 1031 nationally · Signed with Ole Miss
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former safety at Southern Miss. 2025: 2 games with a box-score line.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Ole Miss in 2021.
Elijah Sabbatini
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Elijah Sabbatini has played for two head coaches in two seasons at Southern Miss. The receipt: 2 tackles against Texas State — Week 4, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
How it ended
Two seasons at Southern Miss, 34 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
2021
- Signed with Ole Miss3-star out of Biloxi
20233 games
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Southern Miss
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2023–2024
2 coaches2023
Southern Miss
2024era →
Reed Stringer
Southern Miss
Coaching transition mid-career: Will Hall → Reed Stringer. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2023Southern Miss3-9HC: Will Hall · Run-leaning
2024Southern Miss1-11HC: Reed Stringer · Run-leaning, slow tempo
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 2 games: 2.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Blake Anderson
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2024
Rotational
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Production · CFB Index Score
29 · #445 of 537 safeties
Three-star recruit. Now #445 at the position.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Southern Miss | 31 | 19 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | 1 | -- |
| 2023 | Southern Miss | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| Career | 34 | 22 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | -- |
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Hybrid Nickel
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
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His 2024 production profile sits closest to Jayven Anderson’s 2023 season.
Matches Jayven on
Tackle volume
Height
PD rate
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Ashton Williams's sophomore season at Tulsa (2025).
92%match
Matches Ashton on
Class year
Height
Weight
Player DNA
Players who play like Elijah Sabbatini
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology