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2020 Football Roster

Profile

  • OLB
    Position
  • Sophomore
    Class
  • Salt Lake City, Utah
    Hometown
  • 6'1
    Height
  • 230
    Weight
  • Highland
    High School
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Elijah Shelton
OLB
Position
Sophomore
Class
Salt Lake City, Utah
Hometown

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Biography

2020 (SOPHOMORE SEASON): Started three of the five games he played in… Finished the season with 15 tackles (9-solo, 6-assist), which included 2.0 sacks and 3.5 tackles for loss, to go along with one fumble recovery and one pass breakup… Had a season-high eight tackles, including a career-high-tying 1.0 sacks and a career-best 2.0 tackles for loss, against Fresno State (11/14)… Also recovered a fumble against the Bulldogs… Lone pass breakup during the season was against New Mexico (11/26)… Had five tackles, including 0.5 tackles for loss, against Nevada (11/5)… Other sack during the season was against Boise State (10/24).

2019 (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN SEASON): Appeared in nine games, with one start against BYU (11/2)… Finished the season with 23 tackles (8-solo, 15-assist), to go along with one quarterback hurry… Posted his first-career double-digit tackle outing with a career-high 10 stops against Kent State (12/20) in the Tropical Smoothie Cafe Frisco Bowl… Had seven tackles against BYU… Also had three tackles each against Stony Brook (9/7) and Nevada (10/19)… Also had a quarterback hurry against the Seawolves.

2018 (REDSHIRT): Redshirted the season as he appeared in just one game… Recorded three tackles against Tennessee Tech (9/8).

HIGH SCHOOL: Was a four-year letterman at Highland High School in Salt Lake City, Utah… Helped the Rams to the state playoffs all four years, including the 4A semifinals as a sophomore… As a senior, finished with 68 tackles, including 7.0 sacks, as Highland HS went 7-4 and advanced to the quarterfinals of the 5A state playoffs… Offensively, caught seven passes for 130 yards and three touchdowns, to go along with four kickoff returns for 65 more yards… Had 24 tackles and 1.0 sacks, and led the Rams with 17 receptions for 268 yards and three touchdowns as a junior… Tallied 31 tackles, including 1.5 sacks, and caught four passes for 53 yards as a sophomore… Also played basketball and averaged 12.5 points and 5.6 rebounds as a junior. 

PERSONAL: One of two children of Pamela Shelton and Christopher Shelton... Majoring in interdisciplinary studies.

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