Safety, Liberty, 2016–19
Elijah Benton
- Number
- No. 31
- Height
- 6′1″
- Weight
- 205 lb
- Class (2019)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Forest, VA
- Born
- Sep 5, 1996
Elijah Benton played safety at Liberty (2016–19).
Career highs
13tackles, career highvs. Syracuse, 2019Team titles: Big South champions, 2016
Defense
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Liberty | 31 | S | Fr. | ||
| 2017 | Liberty | 31 | S | So. | ||
| 2018 | Liberty | 31 | S | Jr. | ||
| 2019 | Liberty | 31 | S | Sr. | 6′1″ | 205 |
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
2019 Liberty 12 games, 85 tackles, 1 sack, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | vs. Syracuse | L 0–24 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 14 | vs. Buffalo | W 35–17 | 10 | 7 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 21 | vs. Hampton | W 62–27 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 28 | vs. New Mexico | W 17–10 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 5 | at New Mexico State | W 20–13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 19 | vs. Maine | W 59–44 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 26 | at Rutgers | L 34–44 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 2 | at Massachusetts | W 63–21 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 9 | at BYU | L 24–31 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 23 | at Virginia | L 27–55 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 30 | vs.New Mexico State | W 49–28 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Dec 21 ✦ | vs. Georgia Southern | W 23–16 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2018 Liberty 11 games, 72 tackles, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | vs. Old Dominion | W 52–10 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 8 | at Army | L 14–38 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 22 | vs. North Texas | L 7–47 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 29 | atNew Mexico | W 52–43 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 6 | atNew Mexico State | L 41–49 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 13 | vs. Troy | W 22–16 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 20 | vs. Idaho State | W 48–41 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 10 | atVirginia | L 24–45 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 17 | at Auburn | L 0–53 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 24 | vs.New Mexico State | W 28–21 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 1 | vs. Norfolk State | W 52–17 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
2017 Liberty 1 game, 2 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | at Baylor | W 48–45 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
No box score in the source for Sep 9 vs. Morehead State; Sep 16 vs. Indiana State; Sep 23 at Jacksonville State; Sep 30 vs. Saint Francis; Oct 14 vs. Kennesaw State; Oct 21 at Monmouth; Oct 28 at Gardner-Webb; Nov 4 vs. Duquesne; Nov 11 vs. Presbyterian; Nov 18 at Charleston Southern, so those games are not listed.
2016 Liberty 2 games, 4 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | at Virginia Tech | L 13–36 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 17 | at SMU | L 14–29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
No box score in the source for Sep 10 vs. Jacksonville; Sep 24 vs. Jacksonville State; Oct 1 vs. Robert Morris; Oct 15 at Kennesaw State; Oct 22 vs. Monmouth; Oct 29 vs. Gardner-Webb; Nov 5 at Presbyterian; Nov 12 vs. Charleston Southern; Nov 18 at Coastal Carolina, so those games are not listed.
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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