Senior linebacker for Kansas State. 2020: 39 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss.
6′0″ · 215 lb · Tucker, GA
Recruiting
OLB recruit
No. 377 nationally · Signed with Kansas State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 linebacker for Kansas State. 2020: 39 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss.
Elijah Sullivan
Elijah Sullivan has played for two head coaches in five seasons at Kansas State. One game to point at: 12 tackles, 1 TFL against Texas Tech — Week 5, 2020.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Kansas State, 143 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2016–2020
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Bill Snyder → Chris Klieman. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: solo tackles (83rd percentile). Concern: passes defended (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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 6.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 4.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 6.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Collin Klein
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 | Kansas State | 39 | 27 | 1.5 | 0.0 | -- | 1 | -- |
| 2019 | Kansas State | 65 | 46 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 4 | 1 | -- |
| 2018 | Kansas State | 7 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2017 | Kansas State | 28 | 23 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2016 | Kansas State | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 143 | 107 | 7.5 | 2.0 | 4 | 2 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2020
W 38–35
at Oklahoma
4 TOT · 1 SOLO · 1 INT
Edged out Oklahoma on the road in a shootout.
With S. John Thompson — 334 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · 10 rush yds (9 car) · 3 TD · D. Vaughn — 45 rush yds (8 car) · 1 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 31-35vs Arkansas State | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 38-35@ Oklahoma | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 31-21vs Texas Tech | 12 | 9 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 12 tackles |
| Wk 6 | W 21-14@ TCU | 6 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 55-14vs Kansas | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 10-37@ West Virginia | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 18-20vs Oklahoma State | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 39 | 27 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 |