Elijah Garcia
DL
#91
Experience: 2 years
Height: 6-5
Age: 27
Weight: 302 lbs
College: Rice
Recent Games
| WK | OPP | RESULT | TKL | AST | COMBINED | SOLO | SCK | SFTY | PDEF | INT | YDS | AVG | LNG | TDS | FF | OPP FR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | @Commanders | L 6 - 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2 | @Cowboys | L 37 - 40 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 3 | Chiefs | L 9 - 22 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 4 | Chargers | W 21 - 18 | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | @Saints | L 14 - 26 | ||||||||||||||
| 6 | Eagles | W 34 - 17 | ||||||||||||||
| 11 | Panthers | L 27 - 30 |
Career Stats
Defense Career
| SEASON | TEAM | G | GS | TKL | AST | COMBINED | SOLO | SCK | SFTY | PDEF | INT | YDS | AVG | LNG | TDS | FF | OPP FR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Denver Broncos | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2023 | Denver Broncos | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| 2024 | New York Giants | 5 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| TOTAL | 10 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Biography
CAREER
- In four seasons with Denver (2022-23) and the Giants (2024-25), he has played in 14 games with three starts. He's totaled 23 tackles (nine solo), three tackles for loss, three sacks, three quarterback hits, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery.
- Elevated from the practice squad for Weeks 1-3 of the 2025 season and recorded the second sack of his career in Week 2 against Dallas.Â
- In his first season with the Giants in 2024, played in five games with three starts. He totaled 14 tackles (five solo), two tackles for loss, one quarterback hit and one fumble recovery.
- Made his Giants debut and first career start, and totaled a career-high 5 tackles vs. New Orleans (12/8/2024)
- Recorded three tackles and one fumble recovery vs. Indianapolis (12/29).
- Played in three games with Denver in 2023, tallying four tackles, one sack and one quarterback hit.
- Recorded his first career sacks, taking down Jets' quarterback Zach Wilson (10/8/2023).
- In 2022, played in two games and recorded one tackle.
COLLEGE
- Spent five seasons at Rice from 2017-21 and played in 51 games with 27 starts. His career totals include 190 tackles (76 solo), 15 tackles for loss, 6.5 sacks, four passes defensed, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery.
- In 2021, played in 12 games, recording 67 tackles, six tackles for loss, five sacks, two passes defensed and one fumble recovery
- Earned all-conference honors after notching career-best marks in tackles, sacks, sack yards and tackles for loss in 2021.
- In 2020, played in five games in a shortened season due to COVID-19, tallying 28 tackles and one pass defensed. He averaged the second-highest tackles per game mark (5.8) among Conference-USA defensive lineman.
- In 2019, played in 12 games, recording 50 tackles, four tackles for loss, a half sack and one forced fumble.
- In 2018, played in 13 game and finished the season with 40 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, one sack and one pass defensed.
- As a redshirt freshman in 2017, played in nine games. He made his collegiate debut vs. Stanford in Sydney, Australia
- Opted to redshirt in 2016.
PERSONAL
- Earned a bachelor's degree in Sport Management.
- Three-year letterman at Stevens HS in San Antonio, Texas
- Selected All-District 27-6A and named Second-team All-San Antonio area as a senior, totaling 100 tackles, six sacks and eight hurries in his senior season.
- Parents are Candido and Stephanie Garcia. He has one sister.
