Elijah Ponder
LB
#91
Experience: R
Height: 6-3
Age: 23
Weight: 261 lbs
College: Cal Poly
2025 SEASON
-
Solo0
-
SCK0
-
FF0
-
INT--
Recent Games
| WK | OPP | RESULT | TKL | AST | COMBINED | SOLO | SCK | SFTY | PDEF | INT | YDS | AVG | LNG | TDS | FF | OPP FR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raiders | L 13 - 20 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | @Dolphins | W 33 - 27 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 3 | Steelers | L 14 - 21 |
Career Stats
Defense Career
| SEASON | TEAM | G | GS | TKL | AST | COMBINED | SOLO | SCK | SFTY | PDEF | INT | YDS | AVG | LNG | TDS | FF | OPP FR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | New England Patriots | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| TOTAL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biography
CAREER TRANSACTIONS
Elijah Ponder was signed by the New England Patriots as a rookie free agent on May 9, 2025.
COLLEGE
- In five seasons at Cal Poly (2020-24), played in 47 games and finished with 167 tackles, 261/2 sacks, 1 interception returned for a touchdown, 7 passes defensed, 3 forced fumbles, 2 fumble recoveries and 2 blocked kicks.
- Led the Big Sky Conference in sacks (10) in 2023.
- Earned All-Conference First-Team Defense, FCS All-American Third Team Defense and Walter Camp FCS All-American honors in 2023.
- All-Big Sky honorable mention (2021, 2022) and All-Big Sky Conference fourth team (Phil Steele) in 2021.
PERSONAL
- As a senior, was named Most Valuable Lineman of the Mission League and earned first-team All-Mission League and second-team All-Los Angeles County .
- Majored in architectural engineering.
