Elijah Melendez
Auburn Tigers
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Elijah Melendez

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Projected Starter

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Elijah Melendez is the projected starter at MLB for Auburn Tigers.

Sophomore · #9 · 6'0", 240 lbs

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Depth at MLB · Auburn Tigers

  1. 1989Elijah MelendezStarter
  2. 25174Michael Matthews-Canty
  3. 35462Coleman Granberry

Auburn Starting Lineup

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Up next for Auburn

Auburn plays Arkansas at home on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 12:45 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 4-star recruit out of Osceola, ranked #176 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 30 tackles, 3 TFL, 1 sacks. That's 4% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 89 overall (Great tier).

Recruit4★ · #176 NatlTeam Share4%
Kissimmee, FL
Jersey
#9
Class
SO
Height
6'0"
Weight
240 lbs

2025 Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
20253031

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

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★★☆4-star
Composite
0.9296
National Rank
#176
High School
Osceola
Hometown
Kissimmee, FL

Why this rating?

On a 84-rated defense; 72th-percentile production (×0.92 for competition level) put them +5 vs unit starters → 89.

Team defense (SP+)
84
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 72% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 25% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.92)
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 31LMISSTKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
5
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 45-15

Oct 24LLSUTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final L 38-17

Oct 17WUGATKL 9
TKL
9
SOLO
7
SACK
1
INT
1
PD
1

Final W 27-24

Oct 3LTENNTKL 9
TKL
9
SOLO
5
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
1

Final L 24-14

Sep 26WVANTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
4
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 21-15

Sep 19LFLATKL 11
TKL
11
SOLO
10
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 44-39

Sep 13WUSMTKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
2
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 43-8

Sep 5WBAYTKL 12
TKL
12
SOLO
7
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
2

Final W 17-16

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

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Great
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Team Role

30 tkl · 3 TFL · 1 sacks
Usage / Involvement100%
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