Elijah Fields
UTEP Miners
54
Depth

Elijah Fields

UTEP MinersRebuilding
DTDefenseDepthTRANSFER · Stephen F. Austin
Projected Starter

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Elijah Fields is the projected starter at DT for UTEP Miners.

Senior · #1 · 6'1", 285 lbs

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Depth at DT · UTEP Miners

  1. 1154Elijah FieldsStarter
  2. 25553Leander Parrish

UTEP Starting Lineup

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The Story

Making His Case

This season: 7 tackles, 1 TFL, 0 sacks. That's 1% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 54 overall (Depth tier).

Team Share1%
Houston, TX
Jersey
#1
Class
SR/TR
Height
6'1"
Weight
285 lbs
Transfer
Stephen F. Austin

Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
—710

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

Recruiting Profile

High School
North Shore
Hometown
Houston, TX

Why this rating?

On a 62-rated defense; 39th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.60 for competition level) put them -8 vs unit starters → 54.

Team defense (SP+)
62
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 39% of peers
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.60)
Depth-chart adjustment
-8 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 10LNEVTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 30-13

Oct 3LUNMTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
1
SACK
0.5
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 61-7

Sep 27LORSTTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 33-7

Sep 19LMICHTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
2
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 52-17

Sep 13WTXSOTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 51-10

Sep 5LOUTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 51-0

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

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Team Role

7 tkl · 1 TFL · 0 sacks
Usage / Involvement25%
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