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.