Defensive back, Washington, 2017–⁠20

Elijah Molden

Number: No. 3
Height: 5′10″
Weight: 190 lb
Class (2020): Senior
Hometown: West Linn, OR
Born: Jan 30, 1999

Elijah Molden played defensive back at Washington (2017–⁠20). The Tennessee Titans took Molden in round 3, No. 100 overall in the 2021 NFL Draft.

Best season: 79; Tackles, 2019 (Washington, 8–⁠5)
Drafted: No. 100; Round 3, 2021 NFL Draft (Tennessee Titans)

14tackles, career highvs. Washington State, 2019

Team titles: Pac-12 champions, 2018

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record

10–⁠3AP 1610–⁠4AP 138–⁠53–⁠1

Season	Team	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Int	PD	Hur
2017	Washington	19	10	0.5	0	1	1
2018	Washington	28	20	0	0	5	0
2019	Washington	79	49	5.5	4	12	0
2020	Washington	26	21	1	1	1	0
Career		152	100	7	5	19	1

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
2017	Washington	3	DB	Fr.
2018	Washington	3	DB	So.
2019	Washington	3	DB	Jr.
2020	Washington	3	DB	Sr.	5′10″	190

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

2020 Washington 4 games, 26 tackles, 1 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Int	PD
Nov 14	vs.Oregon State	W 27–⁠21	7	6	0	0	1
Nov 21	vs.Arizona	W 44–⁠27	3	3	0	0	0
Nov 28	vs.Utah	W 24–⁠21	8	5	1	1	0
Dec 5	vs.Stanford	L 26–⁠31	8	7	0	0	0

2019 Washington 13 games, 79 tackles, 4 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Int	PD
Aug 31	vs.Eastern Washington	W 47–⁠14	3	2	1	0	1
Sep 7	vs.California	L 19–⁠20	3	1	0	0	0
Sep 14	vs.Hawai’i	W 52–⁠20	6	4	0	0	2
Sep 21	atBYU	W 45–⁠19	4	4	0	0	4
Sep 28	vs.USC	W 28–⁠14	6	3	0.5	1	1
Oct 5	atStanford	L 13–⁠23	9	4	0.5	0	2
Oct 12	atArizona	W 51–⁠27	1	1	0	0	0
Oct 19	vs.Oregon	L 31–⁠35	7	5	1	0	0
Nov 2	vs.Utah	L 28–⁠33	7	4	1	0	0
Nov 8	atOregon State	W 19–⁠7	6	2	0	1	0
Nov 23	atColorado	L 14–⁠20	4	1	0	0	1
Nov 29	vs.Washington State	W 31–⁠13	14	12	1	1	1
Dec 21 ✦	vs.Boise State	W 38–⁠7	9	6	0.5	1	0

2018 Washington 10 games, 28 tackles

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	PD
Sep 8	vs.North Dakota	W 45–⁠3	4	4	0
Sep 15	atUtah	W 21–⁠7	4	3	0
Sep 29	vs.BYU	W 35–⁠7	1	0	0
Oct 13	atOregon	L 27–⁠30	3	2	1
Oct 20	vs.Colorado	W 27–⁠13	1	1	0
Oct 27	atCalifornia	L 10–⁠12	0	0	1
Nov 3	vs.Stanford	W 27–⁠23	7	5	2
Nov 23	atWashington State	W 28–⁠15	4	3	1
Nov 30	vs.Utah	W 10–⁠3	2	1	0
Jan 1 ✦	vs.Ohio State	L 23–⁠28	2	1	0

2017 Washington 8 games, 19 tackles

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	PD
Sep 9	vs.Montana	W 63–⁠7	5	3	0.5	0
Sep 16	vs.Fresno State	W 48–⁠16	3	1	0	1
Sep 30	atOregon State	W 42–⁠7	0	0	0	0
Oct 7	vs.California	W 38–⁠7	4	1	0	0
Oct 28	vs.UCLA	W 44–⁠23	1	1	0	0
Nov 4	vs.Oregon	W 38–⁠3	2	1	0	0
Nov 10	atStanford	L 22–⁠30	1	1	0	0
Nov 25	vs.Washington State	W 41–⁠14	3	2	0	0

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Drill	Pro day 2021
Height	5′9½″
Weight	192 lb
Arm length	29½″
Hand size	9½″
Wingspan	72½″
40-yard dash	4.58 s
Vertical jump	36½″
Broad jump	10′5″
Bench press	13 reps

Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

6 seasons, 60 games with a stat; latest team: Los Angeles Chargers.

Season	Team	G	Tkl	Int
2021	Tennessee Titans	14	58	1
2022	Tennessee Titans	2	5	0
2023	Tennessee Titans	14	66	1
2024	Los Angeles Chargers	15	70	3
2025	Los Angeles Chargers	12	51	1
2026 (so far)	Los Angeles Chargers	3	16	0
NFL career		60	266	6

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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