Jonah Elliss

History from College Profile: 

ELLISS QUICK HITS

• 35 career games played as a Ute, 18 starts.
• 2023 Consensus All-America
• 2023 All-America First Team (FWAA; Phil Steele; Sporting News; Walter Camp)
• 2023 All-America Second Team (AFCA; AP; CBS Sports; USA Today)
• 2023 College Football Network All-America Third Team.
• 2023 finalist for Polynesian College Football Player of the Year, the Lombardi Award, Lott IMPACT Trophy and Ted Hendricks Award.
• Two-time Pac-12 All-Conference (2023 AP, Coaches and Phil Steele First Team; 2022 Coaches Honorable Mention)
• Also was named a semifinalist for the 2023 Bednarik Award.
• Moved from linebacker to defensive end before the 2022 season.
• Wears the same jersey—No. 83—that his father, Luther Elliss, wore with the Utes from 1991-94.

 
2023: Started at defensive end in 10 games, before sustaining a season-ending injury.

• 2023 Midseason All-America (The Athletic First Team; The Sporting News First Team; AP Second Team; ESPN Honorable Mention)
• Two-time Pac-12 Defensive Line Player of the Week (vs. No. 22 UCLA, at No. 19 Oregon State).
• Named Walter Camp National Defensive Player of the Week and Pac-12 Defensive Line Player of the Week coming off his performance vs. No. 22 UCLA (10 tackles, 5.0 TFL, 3.5 sacks).
• Credited 37 tackles (16.0 TFL, 12.0 sacks) along with three PBU, three QB hurries and a forced fumble.
• Finished the season with the team lead both in sacks and TFL, with his sack total tied for seventh-most for a season in Utah history.
• Led the Power Five at the time of his injury with 12.0 sacks and was tied for third in TFL (16.0).
• Had at least 2.0 TFL in five games and at least 2.0 sacks in four games before his injury.
• Credited 13 TFL and 10 sacks during Pac-12 Conference play.
• His 5.0 TFL vs. UCLA tied for fourth-most in program history and were the most by a Pac-12 player since 2021.
• His 3.5 sacks against the Bruins tie for eighth all-time at Utah and were the most in a Pac-12 game since 2017.
• Made two sacks against Florida, totaling 20 yards.
• Contributed a strip-sack in the win over Cal.

2022: Played in 11 games with eight starts.

• Pac-12 All-Conference Honorable Mention.
• Twenty-six tackles, with the second-most TFL (6.0) on the defensive line.
• Tied with R.J. Hubert for the team lead in both forced fumbles (2) and recoveries (2).
• Credited four tackles and 1.5 sacks vs. Stanford.
• Had both a forced fumble and a recovery, along with two stops, during the Arizona win.
• First sack of the season went for four yards, during a season-high four-tackle night vs. No. 7 USC.
• Contributed three tackles, forced a fumble and added a QB hurry during the season opener at Florida.

2021: Saw action in all 14 games as a reserve linebacker and on special teams, recording 15 tackles (1.0 sack) and two fumble recoveries.

• Recorded a then-career-high three tackles against both Stanford and Colorado, with all three against Colorado being solo stops.
• Notched his first collegiate fumble recovery against Arizona State, adding his second at Stanford.
• Added two stops, one on special teams, in Utah’s win over No. 3 Oregon.
• First career sack came in the Pac-12 Championship vs. No. 10 Oregon.
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll.

 
High School: Three-star recruit on 247Sports and Rivals, rated the No. 1 recruit in the state of Idaho out of Moscow Senior HS.

• Two-time all-league selection and Inland Empire League Player of the Year as a senior.
• Led his team to two district titles.

 
Personal: Father, Luther, was a first-team all-conference and All-American for Utah from 1991-94, going on to play in the NFL for 10 years, and is currently Utah’s defensive tackles coach … brother, Kaden, played football at Idaho and is now with the Atlanta Falcons … brother, Christian, is a linebacker at Idaho … brother, Noah, is a defensive lineman at Idaho.

 

2022

fumbles
REC	LOST	FUM
4.0	0.0	0.0

defensive
TFL	QB HUR	TOT	TD	PD	SACKS	SOLO
6.0	1.0	26.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	15.0

2021

fumbles
REC	LOST	FUM
2.0	0.0	0.0

defensive
TFL	QB HUR	TOT	TD	PD	SACKS	SOLO
1.0	0.0	16.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	9.0