Elijah Sullivan

Position:
Linebacker
Height:
6-0
Weight:
215
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Tucker, Ga.
High School:
Tucker

CAREER HONORS
• 2019-20 Honorable Mention All-Big 12 (Coaches)
• 2019 Liberty Bowl Team Defensive MVP

CAREER: Played parts of five season for the Wildcats with 24 total starts... Earned five letters as he played in three games in 2018 before a season-ending injury cut his year short and still earned a letter for that season.

2020: Started all eight of his games played as he finished fifth on the team in tackles and picked up Honorable Mention All-Big 12 accolades... Set a career high with 12 tackles – including one for a loss – against Texas Tech... Intercepted a pass on a tipped ball on the first defensive possession of the game in K-State’s win at No. 3 Oklahoma.

2019: Started all 13 games, leading the team with 65 tackles en route to Honorable Mention All-Big 12 accolades from the league’s coaches... Also had 5.0 tackles for loss, a sack, an interception and four pass breakups on the year... Set a career high with 11 stops in the 2019 Liberty Bowl against Navy – tied for the seventh most in K-State bowl history – as he was named K-State’s Defensive MVP for the game... Previous career high was nine tackles against both Texas and Texas Tech, games in which he had a TFL... Set a career high with 1.5 TFLs and also had a sack in K-State’s win over No. 5 Oklahoma... Picked off his first-career pass at Oklahoma State... Had six tackles and two pass breakups at Mississippi State... Also had two pass breakups in the regular-season finale against Iowa State.

2018: Played in three games with one start, missing a majority of the season due to injury... Carded seven tackles on the year, including a season high five stops at West Virginia... Granted a medical hardship for the season.

2017: Played in all 13 games, including starts at Vanderbilt and against UCLA in the Cactus Bowl... Carded 28 tackles on the year, which included a team-best nine special teams stops with six of those coming on kickoff coverage... Had six tackles against UCLA... Came away with his first-career sack at Kansas... Also recorded two forced fumbles and a fumble recovery on the year.

2016: Saw action in 11 games, totaling four tackles on kickoff coverage... Carded a season-high two tackles against Texas Tech, while he had one against Missouri State and at Baylor.

2015: Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Tucker under head coach Bryan Lamar... Helped lead the Tigers to a 10-3 record and an appearance in the state playoffs... Viewed as the 26th-best outside linebacker nationally by Scout and ranked 28th by Rivals... Also regarded as the eighth-best outside linebacker in the southern region by Scout... An honorable mention all-state selection and All-DeKalb County pick by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution in 2014... Named to the Georgia High School Association (GHSA) All-Region 2-AAAAAA... Prepped with fellow Wildcat linebacker Justin Hughes.

PERSONAL: Elijah Sullivan was born May 13, 1997... Earned his bachelor’s degree in communication studies in May 2019.