Elijah Garcia
DL
#95
Experience: 1 year
Height: 6-5
Age: 25
Weight: 302 lbs
College: Rice
2023 SEASON
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Solo1
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SCK1
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FF1
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Defense
| YEAR | TEAM | G | Total | Solo | AST | SCK | SFTY | PDEF | INT | TDS | YDS | AVG | LNG |
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| 2023 | Denver Broncos | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2022 | Denver Broncos | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| TOTAL | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biography
GARCIA AT A GLANCE:
- A second-year defensive lineman who appeared in two games with Denver in 2022, totaling one solo tackle.
- Recorded 190 tackles (76 solo), 6.5 sacks (58 yds.), 14.5 TFLs, four passes defensed, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery during his five collegiate seasons at Rice University (2017-21).
- Earned all-conference honors after notching career-best marks in tackles (67), sacks (5), sack yards (44) and TFLs (47) in 2021.
- Posted the second-most tackles (28) along with two QB hurries in 2020.
- Prepped at Stevens High School in San Antonio, where he was named second-team All-San Antonio as a senior after making 100 tackles along with six sacks and eight QB hurries.
- Signed by the L.A. Rams as a college free agent on May 4, 2022.
- Signed by the Broncos off the L.A. Rams practice squad on Dec. 7, 2022.