#54

Elontae Bateman

Junior defensive lineman for Wake Forest. 2017: 1 sack, 4.5 tackles for loss, 22 tackles.

DL · Wake Forest · Jr. · #54

6′2″ · 285 lb · Memphis, TN

Wake Forest 2017 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

DT recruit

No. 1957 nationally · Signed with Wake Forest

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

3 defensive lineman for Wake Forest. 2017: 1 sack, 4.5 tackles for loss, 22 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Wake Forest in 2015.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Wake Forest, 1 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

2015

Signed with Wake Forest3-star out of Ridgeway

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1957 national

CFB

College

Wake Forest

2016–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Dave Clawson, all run-leaning offenses — 15-11 over that span.

2016Wake Forest7-6HC: Dave Clawson · Run-leaning

2017Wake Forest8-5HC: Dave Clawson · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles for loss#678 / 2682 · 73rd pct

4.5

Sacks#799 / 2682 · 62nd pct

1.0

Tackles#1755 / 2682 · 33rd pct

Solo tackles#1864 / 2682 · 29th pct

QB hurries#1249 / 2682 · 27th pct

Passes defended#1669 / 2682 · 19th pct

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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home3g	2.3	0.7	0.3	0.0
Road7g	2.1	0.4	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.0	0.5	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	2.4	0.4	0.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jake Dickert

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Wake Forest	22	11	4.5	1.0	--	--	--
2016	Wake Forest	3	1	1.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		25	12	5.5	1.0	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2017

W 42–32

vs Louisville

3 TOT · 2 SOLO · 1 SACKS

Edged out Louisville at home in a shootout.

With J. Wolford — 461 yds · 5 TD · 0 INT · QBR 98.8 · 14 rush yds (4 car) · 1 TD · G. Dortch — -6 rush yds (1 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week