Elijah Chatman

Photo by: George Walker/DFWsportsonline

Photo by: Vladimir Cherry

Position:
DT
Cl-Exp:
SR-4L
Height:
6-0
Weight:
278
Hometown:
Shreveport, La.
Previous School:
Evangel Christian Academy

Graduate Student (2023): Appeared in all 14 games… Started in 11 games… Reached second most games played in program history with 60… Recorded 23 solo tackles and 10 assisted… Totaled 33 tackles… Had 9 TFL… Recorded team’s second most 5.5 sacks…AWARDS: Preseason: Athlon Sports Preseason All-AAC First-Team… East-West Shrine Bowl 1000 list… College Football Network Preseason All-AAC First Team… Outland Trophy Watch List... Lone Star Player of the Year Watch List... Senior Bowl Watch List…Postseason: All-AAC First Team.

Senior (2022): Played in all 13 games, making 11 starts... Registered 39 tackles (21 solo), including four TFLs for 13 yards and three sacks for 12... Added a blocked kick and a fumble recovery for a TD... AWARDS: All-AAC Second Team... Bronko Nagurski Trophy Watch List... Outland Trophy Watch List... Rotary Lombardi Award Watch List... Senior Bowl Watch List... DCTF All-Texas Second Team... Phil Steele All-AAC Third Team... Preseason: Phil Steele First-Team All-AAC… Athlon Sports First-Team All-AAC... CFN All-AAC, Top 30 Players: No. 25… PFF First-Team All-AAC… Bruce Feldman College Freaks List: No. 65... East-West Shrine Bowl 1000 List.

Junior (2021): Saw action in all 12 games, making 11 starts... Registered 40 tackles (25 solo), including 10 TFLs for 39 yards and 2.5 sacks for 19... Added a team-high two fumble recoveries (2nd AAC), one forced fumble and three QB hurries... AWARDS: Second-Team All-AAC... PFF All-AAC First Team... Phil Steele All-AAC Third Team... AAC Weekly Honor Roll (Nov. 15)... Preseason: Athlon Sports Third-Team All-AAC... Phil Steele All-AAC Fourth Team.

Sophomore (2020): Played and started all 10 games... Registered 25 tackles (22 solo), including 7.5 TFLs for a team-high 29 yards and 3.0 sacks for 21... Added two fumble recoveries (2nd, AAC) and one QBH.

Freshman (2019): Played in 11 games... Registered 11 tackles (7 solo), including 3.5 TFLs... Added a half sack... AWARDS: American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team.

Prep: A three-star recruit by 247sports.com and two-star by Rivals.com... Spent time on both sides of the ball in 2018... Named LSWA Class 5A All-State Defensive Player of the Year, All-State first team and District 1-5A MVP... Registered 58 tackles and nine sacks... had 14 carries for 119 yards... Team finished 8-4 overall, 6-0 in district play, and advanced to the LHSAA Division I Semifinals... Held offers from Tulane and others.