LB · Denver Broncos · #52
Jonah Elliss
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- Utah
- Height
- 6'2"
- Weight
- 246 lb
- Experience
- 3rd season
Tackles
12▼ 14 vs '25
112th of 123 LBs
Stops
8▼ 9 vs '25
111th of 123 LBs
Yards per run tackle
3.6▲ 2.4 vs '25
75th of 123 LBs
Missed tackle rate
15.4%▲ 15.4 vs '25
108th of 123 LBs
Coverage
2 targets
50.0 cmp% · 1.0 y/tgt · 0 int
Ranks compare against the 123 qualifying linebackers on the 2026 leaderboard.
Week-by-week
Tackles by game, dashed line = 2025 per-game average
2026 game log
| Usage | Tackling | Pass rush | Coverage | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Game | ||||||||||||||
| Wk 1 @ KCL | 40 | 58.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 2 vs JAXW | 41 | 69.5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Wk 3 vs LAW | 53 | 62.4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 4 @ SFL | 40 | 60.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 5 @ LACW | 37 | 55.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 6 vs SEAW | 38 | 45.2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Season | 249 | 57.9 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 50.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
How he compares
2026 linebackers who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average
Contract
Rookie deal · signed 2024 with Broncos
$5.9Mover 4 years
- Avg. per year
- $1.5M
- Guaranteed
- $1.1M 19%
- 2026 cap hit
- $1.6M 0.5% of the cap
- Signed
- 2024
- Runs through
- 2027
2024
2025
2026 · now
2027
Year 3 of 4
Career by season
| Overall | Tackling | Pass rush | Coverage | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | ||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 6 | 249 | 57.9 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 15.4 | 1.0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 56.3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 13 | 318 | 38.2 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 5 | 14 | 6 | 79.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 17 | 434 | 37.6 | 33 | 21 | 7 | 2.9 | 5.0 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 139.8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 36 | 1,001 | 41.4 | 71 | 46 | 13 | 3.9 | 8.5 | 13 | 28 | 19 | 111.8 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |