Safety, Notre Dame, 2016–⁠19

Jalen Elliott

Number: No. 21
Height: 6′0″
Weight: 210 lb
Class (2019): Senior
Hometown: Richmond, VA
Born: Jul 7, 1998

Jalen Elliott played safety at Notre Dame (2016–⁠19).

8tackles, career highthree times; last vs. Iowa State, 2019 2interceptions, career highvs. Ball State, 2018

Defense

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

Season	Team	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD	Hur
2016	Notre Dame	13	7	0	0	0	0	0
2017	Notre Dame	40	23	0	0	0	2	2
2018	Notre Dame	62	34	1	0.5	4	7	0
2019	Notre Dame	49	29	0	0	2	2	0
Career		164	93	1	0.5	6	11	2

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	Notre Dame	21	S	Fr.
2017	Notre Dame	21	S	So.
2018	Notre Dame	21	S	Jr.
2019	Notre Dame	21	S	Sr.	6′0″	210

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 Notre Dame 13 games, 49 tackles, 2 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	Int	PD
Sep 2	atLouisville	W 35–⁠17	3	3	0	0
Sep 14	vs.New Mexico	W 66–⁠14	3	2	1	2
Sep 21	atGeorgia	L 17–⁠23	8	4	0	0
Sep 28	vs.Virginia	W 35–⁠20	2	1	0	0
Oct 5	vs.Bowling Green	W 52–⁠0	6	4	1	0
Oct 12	vs.USC	W 30–⁠27	4	3	0	0
Oct 26	atMichigan	L 14–⁠45	2	2	0	0
Nov 2	vs.Virginia Tech	W 21–⁠20	1	0	0	0
Nov 9	atDuke	W 38–⁠7	6	3	0	0
Nov 16	vs.Navy	W 52–⁠20	2	2	0	0
Nov 23	vs.Boston College	W 40–⁠7	1	1	0	0
Nov 30	atStanford	W 45–⁠24	3	2	0	0
Dec 28 ✦	vs.Iowa State	W 33–⁠9	8	2	0	0

2018 Notre Dame 13 games, 62 tackles, 0.5 sacks, 4 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD
Sep 1	vs.Michigan	W 24–⁠17	5	3	0	0	0	0
Sep 8	vs.Ball State	W 24–⁠16	7	4	0	0	2	0
Sep 15	vs.Vanderbilt	W 22–⁠17	6	2	0.5	0	0	1
Sep 22	atWake Forest	W 56–⁠27	8	3	0.5	0.5	0	0
Sep 29	vs.Stanford	W 38–⁠17	4	1	0	0	0	1
Oct 6	atVirginia Tech	W 45–⁠23	4	2	0	0	0	2
Oct 13	vs.Pittsburgh	W 19–⁠14	4	1	0	0	0	1
Oct 27	vs.Navy	W 44–⁠22	7	4	0	0	1	0
Nov 3	atNorthwestern	W 31–⁠21	5	5	0	0	0	0
Nov 10	vs.Florida State	W 42–⁠13	4	3	0	0	0	1
Nov 17	vs.Syracuse	W 36–⁠3	–	–	–	–	1	–
Nov 24	atUSC	W 24–⁠17	4	3	0	0	0	0
Dec 29 ✦	vs.Clemson	L 3–⁠30	4	3	0	0	0	1

2017 Notre Dame 12 games, 40 tackles

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	PD
Sep 2	vs.Temple	W 49–⁠16	3	2	0
Sep 9	vs.Georgia	L 19–⁠20	1	0	0
Sep 16	atBoston College	W 49–⁠20	3	2	0
Sep 23	atMichigan State	W 38–⁠18	4	3	0
Sep 30	vs.Miami (OH)	W 52–⁠17	5	3	0
Oct 7	atNorth Carolina	W 33–⁠10	4	2	1
Oct 21	vs.USC	W 49–⁠14	1	1	0
Oct 28	vs.NC State	W 35–⁠14	2	1	0
Nov 4	vs.Wake Forest	W 48–⁠37	4	3	0
Nov 18	vs.Navy	W 24–⁠17	2	1	0
Nov 25	atStanford	L 20–⁠38	6	4	0
Jan 1 ✦	vs.LSU	W 21–⁠17	5	1	1

2016 Notre Dame 5 games, 13 tackles

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo
Sep 4	atTexas	L 47–⁠50	1	1
Oct 1	vs.Syracuse	W 50–⁠33	4	2
Nov 5	vs.Navy	L 27–⁠28	3	2
Nov 12	vs.Army	W 44–⁠6	3	1
Nov 26	atUSC	L 27–⁠45	2	1

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

Before the draft

Played in the 2020 Senior Bowl (North team, won 34–⁠17).

Drill	Combine 2020
Height	6′0⅜″
Weight	205 lb
Arm length	31¾″
Hand size	9⅛″
40-yard dash	4.80 s
10-yard split	1.62 s^W
Vertical jump	34″
Broad jump	10′5″
Bench press	15 reps
3-cone drill	6.87 s
20-yard shuttle	4.30 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

2 seasons, 5 games with a stat; latest team: Pittsburgh Steelers.

Season	Team	G	Tkl
2021	Detroit Lions	4	12
2024	Pittsburgh Steelers	1	–
NFL career		5	12

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

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