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Elijah Ponder
LB · NE · 2025–2026
Born August 24, 2002 · College Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo) · Undrafted · 6-3, 261 lb
Defence
Counting stats from the play-by-play credits (QB hits from 2006, tackles for loss and passes defensed from 2009).
| Season | Team | G | Tackles | Sacks | QB hits | Tackles for loss | INT | Passes defensed | Forced fumbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | NE | 13 | 24 | 4.0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 playoffs | NE | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | NE | 9 | 25 | 7.5 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Career | NE | 22 | 49 | 11.5 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Playing time
Scrimmage snaps from 2016, in the games he played (share: of his team’s snaps in those games). A season’s snaps appear after its playoffs, when the data is published. Who was on the field: NFL Next Gen Stats via nflverse (2016–22) and FTN Data via nflverse (2023 on), CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.
| Season | Team | G | Offensive snaps | Share of the offence’s snaps | Defensive snaps | Share of the defence’s snaps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | NE | 15 | 1 | 1.4 | 212 | 23.9 |
| 2025 playoffs | NE | 4 | – | – | 99 | 37.4 |
Game logs
2026 game log (9 games)
2026 game log
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Tackles | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-09-09 | @ SEA | L 10–13 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2026-09-20 | vs PIT | W 20–3 | 5 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 2026-09-27 | @ JAX | L 6–35 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 2026-10-04 | @ BUF | W 29–26 | 4 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 2026-10-11 | vs LV | W 45–17 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 2026-10-18 | vs NYJ | W 26–19 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 2026-10-22 | @ CHI | L 24–30 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 2026-11-01 | @ MIA | W 24–19 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 2026-11-08 | vs GB | L 27–45 | 2 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 |
2025 game log (17 games)
2025 game log
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Tackles | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2025-09-14 | @ MIA | W 33–27 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 2025-10-05 | @ BUF | W 23–20 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 2025-10-12 | @ NO | W 25–19 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 2025-10-19 | @ TEN | W 31–13 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 2025-10-26 | vs CLE | W 32–13 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 2025-11-02 | vs ATL | W 24–23 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 2025-11-09 | @ TB | W 28–23 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 2025-11-13 | vs NYJ | W 27–14 | 5 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 2025-11-23 | @ CIN | W 26–20 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 2025-12-01 | vs NYG | W 33–15 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 2025-12-21 | @ BAL | W 28–24 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 2025-12-28 | @ NYJ | W 42–10 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | 2026-01-04 | vs MIA | W 38–10 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| P19 | 2026-01-11 | vs LAC | W 16–3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| P20 | 2026-01-18 | vs HOU | W 28–16 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| P21 | 2026-01-25 | @ DEN | W 10–7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| P22 | 2026-02-08 | vs SEA | L 13–29 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |