Cornerback, Ohio State, 2013–15
Eli Apple
- Number
- No. 13
- Height
- 6′1″
- Hometown
- Voorhees, NJ
- Born
- Aug 9, 1995, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Eli Apple played cornerback at Ohio State (2013–15). The New York Giants took Apple in the first round, No. 10 overall in the 2016 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Honors
Team titles: National champions, 2014; Big Ten champions, 2014
Defense
| Season | Team | Int |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Ohio State | 3 |
| 2015 | Ohio State | 1 |
| Career | 4 | |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Ht |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Ohio State | 13 | CB | |
| 2014 | Ohio State | 13 | CB | |
| 2015 | Ohio State | 13 | CB | 6′1″ |
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2015 Ohio State 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19 | vs. Northern Illinois | W 20–13 | 1 |
2014 Ohio State 3 games with an interception on file, 3 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6 | vs. Virginia Tech | L 21–35 | 1 |
| Oct 4 | at Maryland | W 52–24 | 1 |
| Jan 12 ✦ | vs. Oregon | W 42–20 | 1 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2016 | Combine or pro day 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′0⅝″ | |
| Weight | 199 lb | |
| Arm length | 31⅜″ | |
| Hand size | 9⅜″ | |
| Wingspan | 76⅜″W | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.40 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.47 s | |
| Bench press | 13 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 7.00 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.08 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
10 seasons, 98 games with a stat; latest team: San Francisco 49ers.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | New York Giants | 14 | 43 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | New York Giants | 11 | 42 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | New Orleans Saints | 15 | 74 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | New Orleans Saints | 15 | 56 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | Carolina Panthers | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | Cincinnati Bengals | 16 | 46 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022 | Cincinnati Bengals | 14 | 46 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | Miami Dolphins | 9 | 42 | 0.5 | 1 |
| 2024 | Los Angeles Chargers | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | San Francisco 49ers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 98 | 356 | 0.5 | 6 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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