Kaiir Elam

Former cornerback at Florida. 2021: 1 interception, 5 pass breakups, 29 tackles.

CB · Florida · So. · #5

6′2″ · 193 lb · Riviera Beach, FL

CFB Index 65 · #95 of 321 cornersLow confidenceBuffalo — drafted 2022, Rd 1, Pick 23, #23 overall

Recruiting

4★

CB recruit

No. 48 nationally · Signed with Florida

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former cornerback at Florida. 2021: 1 interception, 5 pass breakups, 29 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Florida in 2019.
Drafted round 1 by the Buffalo in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Florida, 78 tackles — drafted at #23 overall by Buffalo.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

20198 games

Signed with Florida4-star out of The Benjamin School

202011 games

All-SECsecond

20219 games

All-SEC

2022

Drafted by Buffaloround 1, pick 23

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#48 national

CFB

College

Florida

2019–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

R1 · #23

Buffalo · 2022

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-SEC · 2ND TEAM

All-SEC 2nd team (2020)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2021

1 coach

2019–2021

Dan Mullen

Florida

Played his entire career under Dan Mullen.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

BuffaloEntering 5th NFL season

#23Rd 1 · Pick 23

BuffaloEntering 5th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Dan Mullen — 25-13 over that span.

2019Florida11-2HC: Dan Mullen · Balanced

2020Florida8-4HC: Dan Mullen · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2021Florida6-7HC: Dan Mullen · Run-leaning, fast tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

65Quality starter #95 of 321?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (91st percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#207 / 2743 · 91st pct

Solo tackles#1338 / 2743 · 50th pct

Tackles#1433 / 2743 · 47th pct

Tackles for loss#1640 / 2743 · 37th pct

1.5

Interceptions#320 / 824 · 31st pct

QB hurries#1413 / 2743 · 24th pct

Sacks#1435 / 2743 · 24th pct

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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

2021 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	3.0	0.3	0.0	1.0
Road4g	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-74g	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.8
Weeks 8+5g	3.0	0.3	0.0	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jon Sumrall

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

65 · #95 of 321 corners

Former four-star. Now #95 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Florida	29	17	1.5	5	1	--
2020	Florida	39	28	1.0	11	2	--
2019	Florida	10	8	0.0	4	3	--
Career		78	53	2.5	20	6	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2021

W 70–52

vs Samford

2 PD · 3 SOLO · 4 TOT

Edged out Samford at home in a shootout.

With E. Jones — 464 yds · 6 TD · 0 INT · QBR 95.9 · 86 rush yds (10 car) · 1 TD · M. Davis — 33 rush yds (6 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 35-14vs Florida Atlantic	3	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 42-20@ South Florida	3	1	0.0	1	0
Wk 3	L 29-31vs Alabama	2	0	0.0	—	3
Wk 7	L 42-49@ LSU	4	1	0.0	—	0	Season-high 4 tackles
Wk 9	L 7-34vs Georgia	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 17-40@ South Carolina	3	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 70-52vs Samford	4	3	0.0	—	2
Wk 12	L 23-24@ Missouri	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 24-21vs Florida State	4	1	1.5	—	0
Total		27	15	1.5	1	5

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology