Elijah Fears
Georgia Southern Eagles
68
Depth

Elijah Fears

Georgia Southern EaglesRebuilding
DTDefenseDepth
Projected Starter

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Elijah Fears is the projected starter at DT for Georgia Southern Eagles.

Sophomore · #94 · 6'2", 305 lbs

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Depth at DT · Georgia Southern Eagles

  1. 19468Elijah FearsStarter
  2. 29964Jeremiah Ticket
  3. 35053Caleb Ellis

Georgia Southern Starting Lineup

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The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Irwin County, ranked #1,971 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 10 tackles, 0 TFL, 0 sacks. That's 1% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 68 overall (Depth tier).

Recruit3★ · #1,971 NatlTeam Share1%
Atlantic City, NJ
Jersey
#94
Class
SO
Height
6'2"
Weight
305 lbs

2025 Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
20251000

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8450
National Rank
#1971
High School
Irwin County
Hometown
Ocilla, GA

Why this rating?

On a 73-rated defense; 43th-percentile production (×0.84 for competition level) put them -5 vs unit starters → 68.

Team defense (SP+)
73
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 43% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 50% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.84)
Depth-chart adjustment
-5 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 11LJMUTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 27-24

Oct 3WCCUTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 31-24

Sep 26LHOUTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 42-28

Sep 19LJXSTTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 31-27

Sep 13LCLEMTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
3
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 22-7

Elijah Fears's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

10 tkl · 0 TFL · 0 sacks
Usage / Involvement17%
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