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Elijah Roberts

SMU · Edge Rusher · 2023-24

SACKS
15
TFL
23
TKL
69

Career totals · 2 seasons with stats

Scouting Report

From 2023 to 2024, Roberts recorded 69 tackles, 22.5 tackles for loss and 15 sacks.

Roberts was the No. 157 overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft.

In 17-0 that career earns a 71 overall, the 4th-highest edge rusher rating at SMU since 1990 and No. 106 among all edge rushers of the 2020-2024 era.

Honors & Awards

  1. 2025
    • No. 157 overall pick, NFL Draft

Season by Season

Elijah Roberts season-by-season statistics at SMU
SeasonTklTFLSacksPD
20233712.58.52
202432106.51
Total6922.5153

Seasons with tracked stats at SMU. Coverage starts in 2006; tackles, sacks and passes defended start in 2016 (shown as – before then).

SMU Teammates

  1. 80Rashee Rice2019-22WR
  2. 75Brashard Smith2024RB
  3. 74Isaiah Nwokobia2021-25S
  4. 74Kevin Jennings2022-26QB
  5. 74Preston Stone2021-24QB
  6. 71Tanner Mordecai2021-22QB
  7. 70Danny Gray2020-21WR
  8. 70Kobe Wilson2023-24LB
  9. 69Brandon Stephens2019-20CB
  10. 68Kylen Granson2018-20TE

Full SMU all-time roster

Top Edge Rushers of the 2020-2024 Era

  1. 93Aidan HutchinsonMichigan · 2018-21EDGE
  2. 93Will Anderson Jr.Alabama · 2020-22EDGE
  3. 90T'Vondre SweatTexas · 2019-23EDGE
  4. 90Jordan DavisGeorgia · 2018-21EDGE
  5. 90Abdul CarterPenn State · 2022-24EDGE
  6. 90Calijah KanceyPittsburgh · 2020-22EDGE
  7. 90Jalen CarterGeorgia · 2020-22EDGE
  8. 90Kayvon ThibodeauxOregon · 2019-21EDGE

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Sources: Wikipedia (Elijah Roberts) and its All-America, all-conference, award and program statistical-leader pages; season statistics and NFL Draft data from CollegeFootballData.com. Ratings are 17-0's own estimates, graded within each era. How ratings work.