Elisha Baldridge

2026 Conference USA Defensive Player of the Week for Sept. 14 2026 Frisco Bowl Week 2 Defensive Player of the Week Recorded five total tackles and two tackles for loss at USF (9/5)... Posted a career-high six total tackles along with two sacks and one forced fumble against Buffalo (9/12)...Tallied four total tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss and a sack at Fla. Atlantic (9/19)...Totaled three tackles and one quarterback hurry against LIU (9/26)...Recorded two total tackles including a 0.5 tackle for loss against New Mexico State (10/7)...Tallied two total tackles and a tackle for loss at Jacksonville State (10/13) Played in 13 games... totaled 90 tackles (35 solo, 55 assists), 16.0 tackles for loss, 13.5 sacks, and two forced fumbles. Played for first time in 2024, recording eight total tackles (two solo), a half-sack and 1.5 tackles for loss. Redshirted in 2023. Finished in third place at Ohio state wrestling meet as a senior... two-time All-Ohio football player... also earned a third-place finish at the Ohio state wrestling meet as a senior... recorded 289 tackles, breaking the school record for most tackles in a season and setting the school record for most tackles in a single game with 34 tackles his senior season. Born on February 1, 2005, and is from Big Prairie, Ohio... son of Angel Baldridge and has three siblings: Stephen Baldridge, Josh Baldridge, and Conway Baldridge... enjoys fishing in his free time.