Eli Apple stats

Last played for the San Francisco 49ers, 2025

Cornerback · #30

Age 31 · 6' 1"

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Eli Apple played 10 NFL seasons, 2016 to 2025.

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Totals

Career regular season

GP
104
TOT
384
SOLO
313
AST
71
SACK
0.5
INT
6
PD
61
FF
3

Ranked among NFL players who qualify (TOT, SOLO, SACK, PD, FF: 8+ games; AST: 4+ games) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Totals by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made without help.AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught.FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose.
2016NYG145141100.0171
2017NYG11494180.0080
2018NYG/NO157562130.02141
2019NO15585350.0041
2020CAR24310.0000
2021CIN164938110.02100
2022CIN154935140.0080
2023MIA10463790.5190
2024LAC42200.0010
2025SF21100.0000

What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF

Career Postseason

GP
11
TOT
56
SOLO
46
AST
10
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
6
FF
0

Per game

Career regular season

GP
104
TOT
3.7
SOLO
3.0
AST
0.7
SACK
0.0
INT
0.1
PD
0.6
FF
0.0

Per game: season totals ÷ games played. Derived here — averages, completion rate and longest plays are the stored figures and are left as they are.

Per game by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made without help.AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught.FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose.
2016NYG143.62.90.70.00.10.50.1
2017NYG114.53.70.70.00.00.70.0
2018NYG/NO155.04.10.90.00.10.90.1
2019NO153.93.50.30.00.00.30.1
2020CAR22.01.50.50.00.00.00.0
2021CIN163.12.40.70.00.10.60.0
2022CIN153.32.30.90.00.00.50.0
2023MIA104.63.70.90.10.10.90.0
2024LAC40.50.500.00.00.30.0
2025SF20.50.500.00.00.00.0

What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF

Bio

Age
31 yearsAug 9, 1995
Height
6' 1"
Debut
2016
Birthplace
Voorhees, NJ
Draft
2016Rd 1, Pk 10
College
Ohio State

Latest performance

Eli Apple

Dec 22 · @ IND · W 48-27

TOT
1
SOLO
1
AST
0
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0

Snap counts, 2025

24% of his club's special-teams snaps a game (14 in 2 games); 35% in week 16.

His special-teams snaps and snap share by week
WkOppSnapsSnap %
4JAX312%
16IND1135%

NFL snap counts, every player

2016 NFL combine

CB, 6'1", 199 lb · Ohio State

His combine measurements and their percentile
MeasureResultPercentile
40-yard dash4.40s86th
Bench press (225 lb)13 reps23rd

Percentile: the share of CBs measured at the combine since 2000 he beat. The 2016 combine

Games

All games
Most recent games
DateOpponentTOTSOLOSACKINT
Mon, Dec 22atINDW 48-271100
Sun, Sep 28vsJAXL 26-210000
Sat, Jan 11atHOUL 32-120000
Mon, Nov 25vsBALL 30-230000
Sun, Nov 17vsCINW 34-270000
Sun, Nov 10vsTENW 27-170000

What were Eli Apple's career stats?

Eli Apple played 10 seasons for the Giants, the Saints, the Panthers, the Bengals, the Dolphins, the Chargers and the 49ers. He recorded 384 tackles, 0.5 sacks and 6 interceptions. His best season was 2018: 75 tackles and 0.0 sacks.

Eli Apple college stats

Eli Apple played 2 seasons at Ohio State Buckeyes (2014 to 2015): 86 tackles, 0 sacks and 4 interceptions.

defensive

Eli Apple's college defensive by season
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made alone, with no teammate sharing the credit.AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket.PD: Passes the defender broke up or deflected.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.FF: Times the defender knocked the ball loose, whoever recovered it.INT: Passes thrown to the other team — lower is better.YDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.TD: Touchdown passes thrown.
2014Ohio State Buckeyes533320001380
2015Ohio State Buckeyes332310000180

scoring

Eli Apple's college scoring by season
SeasonSchoolPASSRUSHRECREC: Passes caught.RETTDTD: Touchdown passes thrown.2PT2PT: Conversions run or caught from the two-yard line after a touchdown, worth two points instead of the kick's one.PATFGPTSPTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3.
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College seasons as ESPN files them for the school he played for.

More on Eli Apple

Playoff games

Eli Apple played 13 games across 7 NFL postseasons — 6 won, 7 lost.

Eli Apple's line in each playoff game
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.
2024HOUL 32-1200.00
2023KCL 26-750.00
2022BALW 24-1760.00
2022BUFW 27-1060.00
2022KCL 23-2060.00
2021LVW 26-1960.00
2021TENW 19-1630.00
2021KCW 27-24 OT70.00
2021LARL 23-2050.00
2019MINL 26-20 OT00.00
2018PHIW 20-1440.00
2018LARL 26-23 OT40.00
2016GBL 38-1340.00

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK · INT

Totals, from NFL game logs since the 1994 postseason — earlier games are not counted.