Linebacker, Idaho, to 2018
Kaden Elliss
- Number
- No. 3
- Height
- 6′3″
- Weight
- 222 lb
- Hometown
- Chicago, IL
- Born
- Jun 10, 1995
Kaden Elliss played linebacker at Idaho (to 2018). The New Orleans Saints took Elliss in round 7, No. 244 overall in the 2019 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
10tackles, best game on filethree times; last vs. Coastal Carolina, 20172sacks, best game on fileat Louisiana, 20162interceptions, best game on fileat UNLV, 2016Defense
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.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 9 of 12 | 27 | 30 | 57 |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: ESPN play-by-play participants, via SportsDataverse: tackles only, counted in the games whose play-by-play names tacklers (G: those games, of his team’s), so part of the season, not its total. A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
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
2018 Idaho 1 game, 7 tackles, 1 sack
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | at Fresno State | L 13–79 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
No box score in the source for Sep 8 vs. Western New Mexico; Sep 22 at UC Davis; Sep 29 vs. Portland State; Oct 6 at Idaho State; Oct 13 at Montana State; Oct 20 vs. Southern Utah; Oct 27 at Eastern Washington; Nov 3 vs. North Dakota; Nov 10 vs. Montana, so those games are not listed.
2017 Idaho 12 games, 80 tackles, 6 sacks
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | vs. Sacramento State | W 28–6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 9 | vs. UNLV | L 16–44 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 16 | at Western Michigan | L 28–37 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 23 | at South Alabama | W 29–23 | 8 | 4 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 7 | vs. Louisiana | L 16–21 | 10 | 5 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 14 | vs. App State | L 20–23 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 21 | at Missouri | L 21–68 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 28 | vs. UL Monroe | W 31–23 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 2 | at Troy | L 21–24 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 18 | vs. Coastal Carolina | L 7–13 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 25 | at New Mexico State | L 10–17 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dec 2 | at Georgia State | W 24–10 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2016 Idaho 13 games, 66 tackles, 3 sacks, 5 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | vs. Montana State | W 20–17 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 10 | at Washington | L 14–59 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 17 | at Washington State | L 6–56 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 24 | atUNLV | W 33–30 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Oct 1 | vs.Troy | L 13–34 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 8 | atUL Monroe | W 34–31 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 15 | vs.New Mexico State | W 55–23 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 22 | atApp State | L 19–37 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 5 | atLouisiana | W 23–13 | 8 | 6 | 2.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 12 | at Texas State | W 47–14 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 26 | vs.South Alabama | W 38–31 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dec 3 | vs.Georgia State | W 37–12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dec 22 ✦ | vs. Colorado State | W 61–50 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Pro day 2019 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′2¼″ |
| Weight | 238 lb |
| Arm length | 32¾″ |
| Hand size | 10½″ |
| Wingspan | 79½″W |
| 40-yard dash | 4.71 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.60 sW |
| Vertical jump | 34½″ |
| Broad jump | 10′0″ |
| Bench press | 20 reps |
| 3-cone drill | 6.63 s |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.13 s |
Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
8 seasons, 85 games with a stat; latest team: New Orleans Saints.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | New Orleans Saints | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | New Orleans Saints | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | New Orleans Saints | 9 | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | New Orleans Saints | 16 | 70 | 7 | 0 |
| 2023 | Atlanta Falcons | 17 | 107 | 4 | 0 |
| 2024 | Atlanta Falcons | 17 | 139 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | Atlanta Falcons | 17 | 105 | 3.5 | 1 |
| 2026 (so far) | New Orleans Saints | 3 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 85 | 466 | 20.5 | 2 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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