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Jersey Number 92
Elijah Garcia
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 302
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- San Antonio, Texas
- High School:
- Stevens
Bio
HONORS
- C-USA Honor Roll (2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022)
- George Martin Award (MVP) 2021
- All-Conference USA 2021 first team (coaches, Phl Steele)
- Dave Campbell's Texas Football All-Texas (second team)
2021
Earned consensus all-conference accolades while leading the Owls with career-best marks in tackles (67), sacks (5), sack yards (44), tackles for loss yards (47), total pressures (33), QB hits (9), and the defense with 791 snaps... Played in 49 consecutive games to close out his career, including 27 consecutive starts... 67 tackles were the most for a Rice interior defender since Dwain Turner was credited with 90 in 1986 and the most for any interior defender in Conference USA... Matched his career-high with nine tackles vs. North Texas… Also had nine stops at Texas. Recorded the first multiple sack game of his career with a pair vs. Southern Miss and was credited with at least a shared sack in three of the last four games... Recovered his first career fumble vs. WKU.
2020
Tied for second on the team with 28 tackles and two hurries... Averaging a career-high 5.8 tackles per game, second among C-USA defensive linemen... Broke up a pass on fourth down to end Marshall’s final scoring threat in addition to a pair of hurries... Led the Owls linemen with seven stops in the opener vs. Middle Tennessee. Athlon Sports All-Conference USA preseason team (4th team)
2019
Led the interior linemen with a career-high 50 tackles and also was credited with a career-best four TFL while starting the final 10 games of the season… Saw action against Army and Wake Forest as part of the defensive line rotation before moving into the starting lineup vs. Texas… Matched his career-high with eight tackles vs. Wake Forest… Opened the season with six tackles and his first career forced fumble at Army… Named to PFF’s Eckrich Conference USA Team of the Week for his efforts vs. North Texas.
2018
Credited with a career-high eight tackles to tie for the team lead at FIU and ranked eighth on the team with 39 stops... Credited with four tackles in the opener vs. Prairie View, including one for loss... Broke up one pass and was also credited with a quarterback hurry... Credited with five tackles vs. Houston... Credited with four stops vs. UTSA and UAB in back-to-back efforts.
2017
Enjoyed a productive debut as a redshirt freshman with five tackles and sharing a TFL in nine games... Made his debut in the opener vs. Stanford in Sydney, Australia, and was credited with an assist... Credited with a career-best three tackles (1 solo and two assists) at Houston... Shared a tackle for loss vs. North Texas.
2016
Redshirted in his first year on campus.
Stevens High School
All-District 27-6A selection as a senior... Second-team All-San Antonio area and named one of San Antonio's top ten recruits by the San Antonio Express-News... Credited with 100 tackles as a senior, including six sacks and eight hurries... Team captain as a senior... Three-year letterman... Played in the San Antonio Sports All-Star Game.
Personal
Full name: Elijah Garcia. Born: Mar. 11... Parents: Candido and Stephanie Garcia...one sister... Rice undergraduate degree: Sport Management... Masters of Accounting candidate...Rice College: McMurtry.
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