Elijah Benton
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Experience: 1 year
Height: 6-1
Age: 24
Weight: 205 lbs
College: Liberty
2020 SEASON
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Recent Games
| WK | OPP | RESULT | Total | Solo | AST | SCK | SFTY | PDEF | INT | YDS | AVG | LNG | TDS | FF | OPP FR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | @Steelers | L 7 - 38 |
Career Stats
Defense Career
| SEASON | TEAM | G | GS | Total | Solo | AST | SCK | SFTY | PDEF | INT | YDS | AVG | LNG | TDS | FF | OPP FR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Cleveland Browns | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NaN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biography
Career Transactions
Signed by the Cleveland Browns as an undrafted free agent on May 5, 2020.
Key Notes
- Totaled 205 tackles in 44 career games (26 starts), adding nine passes defensed, one sack, two interceptions and one forced fumble.
- Finished second on the team with career-high 85 tackles as a redshirt senior in 2019, starting 11 of 12 games…Added career highs in pass breakups (seven), sacks (one) and forced fumbles (one) and tied his career high with one interception.
- Received FBS Independent All-Conference first team honors and is a two-time member of the CoSIDA Academic All-District Team (2018 and 2019).
- Started 11 of 12 games as a redshirt junior in 2018, tying for the team lead in tackles (76)…Posted two passes defensed and an interception.
- Played in 11 games (four starts) as a redshirt sophomore in 2017, registering 31 tackles.
- Played 10 games with 13 tackles as a redshirt freshman in 2016.
