Elijah Garcia

Experience: 3 years

Height: 6-5

Age: 28

Weight: 302 lbs

College: Rice

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Year

Season

	G	Total	Solo	AST	SCK
Other Days (not Mon or Sun)	0	0	0	0	0
Sundays	6	8	2	6	1
Mondays	1	1	0	1	0

	G	Total	Solo	AST	SCK
October	0	0	0	0	0
September	8	8	4	4	2
December	2	3	0	3	0
January	1	2	0	2	0
November	0	0	0	0	0

	G	Total	Solo	AST	SCK
vs AFC Teams	2	2	0	2	0
vs NFC Teams	5	7	2	5	1
Outside Own Division	4	5	0	5	0
vs Own Division	3	4	2	2	1

	G	Total	Solo	AST	SCK
Dallas Cowboys	2	2	2	0	2
Kansas City Chiefs	2	4	0	4	0
New Orleans Saints	1	2	0	2	0
Philadelphia Eagles	0	0	0	0	0
Los Angeles Chargers	2	0	0	0	0
Washington Commanders	2	2	2	0	0
Carolina Panthers	0	0	0	0	0
Los Angeles Rams	1	1	0	1	0
New York Jets	0	0	0	0	0
Arizona Cardinals	0	0	0	0	0
Seattle Seahawks	1	2	0	2	0
Tampa Bay Buccaneers	0	0	0	0	0

	G	Total	Solo	AST	SCK	SFTY	PDEF	INT	TDS	YDS	AVG	LNG
Losses	4	6	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wins	3	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	G	Total	Solo	AST	SCK
Northwest Stadium	2	2	2	0	0
Caesars Superdome	0	0	0	0	0
MetLife Stadium	2	2	0	2	0
AT&T Stadium	2	2	2	0	2
State Farm Stadium	0	0	0	0	0
Mercedes-Benz Stadium	3	5	0	5	0
Raymond James Stadium	0	0	0	0	0

Biography

CAREER

In four seasons with the Denver Broncos (2022-23), New York Giants (2024-25) and Falcons, he has played in 17 games with three starts and totaled 27 tackles (eight solo), three tackles for loss, two sacks, three quarterback hits, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery.
Played in three games for the Falcons in 2025, totaling five tackles. In four games played with the Giants, he totaled four tackles (two solo), one tackle for loss and one quarterback hit.
Recorded two tackles in Week 18 of the 2025 season.
Made his Falcons debut in Week 14, notching two assisted tackles.
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.
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.

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