Salpointe Catholic Edge Rusher Elijah Rushing gives the Ducks another versatile and early impact player on the defensive line.
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00:00 Let's throw on the film.
00:01 Let's throw on the tape, Elijah rushing.
00:03 This is from his junior year, but it's the longest video.
00:06 So I just wanted to go at that.
00:08 I think when you're just starting off this evaluation
00:10 for Elijah rushing, I got my monitor over here.
00:12 So I'm gonna be looking at it
00:13 so I can see what you guys are seeing.
00:15 Elijah rushing obviously checks the frame
00:17 that you're looking for, six foot six, 251 pounds.
00:21 You see there that he bats down a ball
00:23 at the line of scrimmage, and then his teammate
00:26 is able to come away with the pick
00:28 and take it back to the house.
00:29 So I think one big box that Elijah rushing
00:31 certainly checks is that he is a quick off
00:34 the line of scrimmage, which is even more impressive
00:37 when you look at his frame, like we said,
00:39 six, six, 250, quick, athletic.
00:43 He is disruptive at the line of scrimmage.
00:46 You saw, like we said, batting that ball down.
00:48 I think that's really important.
00:51 Honestly, kind of an underrated play.
00:53 I mean, look at that.
00:54 We gotta run that clip back
00:56 because that was super impressive.
00:57 Just one arm bull rushing the tackle here.
01:01 You see him just almost just driving them back
01:03 into the quarterback, and then eventually,
01:06 I think he finished that play getting the sack
01:10 after he stepped up in the pocket, I think.
01:12 Yep, that was rushing getting the sack there.
01:14 So I think you have the production there, obviously.
01:18 And I think, and again, just bull rushes the tackle.
01:21 No match for him.
01:24 I think another thing that's really interesting
01:26 about rushing is that you're not just disruptive,
01:29 but you're disruptive in a lot of different ways, right?
01:32 There you see him grabbing the jersey there,
01:34 but just utilizing his length
01:37 to bring down the quarterback.
01:39 So that's obviously great.
01:41 You wanna see that just continuing
01:43 to get up after the quarterback.
01:45 I don't actually know what his stats were
01:48 in the 2022 season,
01:50 'cause that was his last full season, right?
01:53 Before now, his senior year at Sal Point.
01:57 So let's see what we have here.
01:59 So as a junior, he finished with,
02:06 hello?
02:10 Okay, as a junior, he finished with 25 solo tackles,
02:14 73 total tackles, and 11 1/2 sacks,
02:20 59 quarterback hurries, which is insane,
02:25 13 1/2 tackles for loss.
02:28 So the production is certainly there.
02:31 I think another thing that you always look at
02:33 with guys at the line of scrimmage, offense or defense,
02:37 but maybe even more so edge rusher,
02:39 you can see the way that he's able to bend.
02:42 I think that's something that's very promising
02:44 about Elijah rushing, just from a physical standpoint.