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Noah Elliss
Noah Elliss (born March 31, 1999) is an American football defensive tackle for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Idaho and was signed by the Philadelphia Eagles as an undrafted free agent after the 2022 NFL Draft. Early life and high school career Elliss grew up in Highlands Ranch, Colorado and attended Valor Christian High School where he registered 104 tackles, 27 tackles for loss, 11.5 sacks, and one forced fumble in two seasons. College career Elliss was rated a four-star recruit and committed to play college football at Mississippi State. Elliss was later ruled academically ineligible to play college football, and after the departure of Mississippi State's defensive line coach, Brian Baker, he opted to enroll at the University of Idaho, where his father was coaching. Elliss was not eligible to play for the Vandals until 2019. He suffered a torn ACL and a torn MCL early in his first season playing. Elliss played in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defensive Tackle
A defensive tackle (DT) is a position in American football that will typically line up on the line of scrimmage, opposite one of the offensive guards, however he may also line up opposite one of the tackles. Defensive tackles are typically the largest and strongest of the defensive players. Depending on a team's individual defensive scheme, a defensive tackle may be called upon to fill several different roles. These roles may include merely holding the point of attack by refusing to be moved, or penetrating a certain gap between offensive linemen to break up a play in the opponent's backfield. If a defensive tackle reads a pass play, his primary responsibility is to pursue the quarterback, or simply knock the pass down at the line if it is within arm's reach. Other responsibilities of the defensive tackle may be to pursue the screen pass or drop into coverage in a zone blitz scheme. In a traditional 4–3 defense, there is no nose tackle. Instead there is a left and right defensi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
