Senior cornerback for Air Force. 2020: 1 interception, 3 pass breakups, 38 tackles.
5′8″ · 190 lb · Grand Prairie, TX
The story
4 cornerback for Air Force. 2020: 1 interception, 3 pass breakups, 38 tackles.
Elisha Palm
This is his second year in the same secondary at Air Force. The receipt on tape: 8 tackles against Army, Week 16, 2020.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Two seasons at Air Force, 39 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Troy Calhoun — 14-5 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: solo tackles (83rd percentile). Strength: passes defended (82nd percentile). Concern: sacks (27th 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 · 6 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 5.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road3g | 7.3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-71g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 7.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Troy Calhoun
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.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2020
W 40–7
vs Navy
2 TOT · 1 SOLO
Dominant 33-point win at home against Navy.
With J. Carlson — 39 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 48 LONG · H. Daniels — 41 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · 96 rush yds (10 car) · 1 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 5 | W 40-7vs Navy | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 6-17@ San José State | 9 | 8 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 9 | L 30-49vs Boise State | 8 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 28-0vs New Mexico | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | W 35-7@ Utah State | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 16 | L 7-10@ Army | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 38 | 27 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 |