Elijah Newell
UTSA Roadrunners
78
Solid

Elijah Newell

UTSA RoadrunnersSolid
FSDefenseSolid
Projected Starter

Is Elijah Newell starting?

Elijah Newell is the projected starter at FS for UTSA Roadrunners.

Redshirt sophomore · #22 · 5'11", 190 lbs

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Depth at FS · UTSA Roadrunners

  1. 12278Elijah NewellStarter
  2. 22572Nate Robinson Jr.
  3. 32157Jarvse Dickerson

UTSA Starting Lineup

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Up next for UTSA

UTSA plays Florida Atlantic away on Thu, Nov 5. The listed kickoff time is 07:30 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Maumelle, ranked #2,157 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 13 tackles, 0 INT, 1 PBU. That's 2% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 78 overall (Solid tier).

Recruit3★ · #2,157 Natl2-Yr Total27 tacklesTeam Share2%
Maumelle, AR
Jersey
#22
Class
RS SO
Height
5'11"
Weight
190 lbs

Career Stats

SeasonTklINTPD
20251301
20241401

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
0.8330
National Rank
#2157
High School
Maumelle
Hometown
Maumelle, AR

Why this rating?

On a 75-rated defense; 53th-percentile production (×0.89 for competition level) put them +3 vs unit starters → 78.

Team defense (SP+)
75
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 53% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 50% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.89)
Depth-chart adjustment
+3 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 25WTULNTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 42-19

Oct 18WNAVYTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
5
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 38-34

Oct 8WUSFTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 31-24

Oct 3WRICETKL 7
TKL
7
SOLO
4
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 16-14

Sep 26WCSUTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 59-45

Sep 20LTEXTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 30-6

Sep 12WTXSTTKL 8
TKL
8
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 31-26

Sep 5WRGVTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 45-16

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

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Team Role

13 tkl · 1 PD · 0 INT
Usage / Involvement40%
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