Strengths

• Combines strength and footwork to fill holes inside, as well. Recovers from cut blocks or falling on his way to make a tackle.
• Played with good leverage, even on the nose, despite average bulk. Hustle defender with a good bull rush inside that can close and get home when quarterbacks leave the pocket.
• Quarterbacks and ballcarriers feel his strength when he plants them in the backfield.
• Can make the impressive chest-to-chest bear hug tackle in the hole due to his ability to wreak havoc in the backfield.
• Strength gives ends a chance to twist inside and linebackers free lane to the passer on blitzes.

Weaknesses

• Average athletically with average straight line speed and tight hips. Not a natural bender. Lacks secondary pass-rush moves.
• He struggles with leverage off the snap and plays too tall, limiting his effectiveness as a pass rusher.
• Plays upright and struggles with leverage. Too often stonewalled at the line and doesn't show the hand strength or technique to shed or redirect blockers.
• Plays too high at times, and gets carried downfield or put to the ground by better lineman when losing the leverage battle.
• Doesn't play fundamentally sound and lacks much technique in his repertoire.

Elijah Garcia percentiles vs other Defensive Line's (NFL Combine historically - higher value represents better perfomance)