Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 67-7vs Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
| Wk 12 | W 48-9vs UCF | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#48
Gage Elder
Senior linebacker for Texas Tech. 2025: 2 games with a box-score line.
5′11″ · 220 lb · Rockwall, TX
Returning to Texas Tech for 2026
The numbers
2
tackles · 2025
2 games into 2025 so far -- Best game: 1 tackles, vs Arkansas-Pine Bluff
His career numbers, season by seasonGage Elder
This is his third year in the same linebacker corps at Texas Tech. The receipt on tape: 1 tackles against UCF, Week 12, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- seasons on the roster
- game log
Career arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
Texas Tech
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
1 coach2022
Texas Tech
2024–2025
Texas Tech
Played his entire career under Joey McGuire.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Joey McGuire — 28-12 over that span.
2022Texas Tech8-5HC: Joey McGuire · Balanced, fast tempo
2024Texas Tech8-5HC: Joey McGuire · Balanced, fast tempo
2025Texas Tech12-2HC: Joey McGuire · Balanced
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 splits
Through 2 games: 1.0 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
Joey McGuire
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Texas Tech | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Texas Tech | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Texas Tech | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log
How he plays
2026 Outlook
Texas Tech
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Linebacker · Texas Tech
Returning around him
- 9 Texas Tech players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: +2 net (23 in / 21 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Texas Tech · Last season: 12-2 (AP #4) · Talent rank #29 · 2026 recruiting class #18
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology