Elijah Reed
Utah Utes
91
Elite

Elijah Reed

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RCBDefenseEliteTRANSFER · Akron
Projected Starter

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Elijah Reed is the projected starter at RCB for Utah Utes.

Redshirt senior · #11 · 6'3", 200 lbs

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Depth at RCB · Utah Utes

  1. 11191Elijah ReedStarter
  2. 2585James Chenault Jr.
  3. 31966Dylan Waters

Utah Starting Lineup

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The Story

Elite-Tier Talent

A 3-star recruit out of Pleasure Ridge Park, ranked #1,197 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 44 tackles, 2 INT, 4 PBU. That's 7% of the team's production at his spot and 84th-percentile production nationally — good for a 91 overall (Elite tier).

Recruit3★ · #1,197 NatlTeam Share7%Percentile84th
Louisville, KY
Jersey
#11
Class
RS SR/TR
Height
6'3"
Weight
200 lbs
Transfer
Akron

Stats

SeasonTklINTPD
—4424

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
0.8526
National Rank
#1197
High School
Pleasure Ridge Park
Hometown
Louisville, KY

Why this rating?

On a 92-rated defense; 84th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.76 for competition level) put them +5 vs unit starters → 91.

Team defense (SP+)
92
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 84% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 36% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.76)
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 11WKUTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 41-24

Sep 26WISUTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 31-17

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

Final W 33-0

Sep 13WARKTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
3

Final W 43-10

Sep 4WIDHOTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 66-14

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

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Team Role

44 tkl · 4 PD · 2 INT
Usage / Involvement78%
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