Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Kaiir Elam was born May 5, 2001, in Riviera Beach, Florida. He is a cornerback in the National Football League.

He attended The Benjamin School, where he played basketball and football and ran track. As a senior, he recorded 71 tackles, three sacks and nine interceptions and was named the Palm Beach 5A-1A football defensive player of the year. Elam was rated the number 4 overall athlete by ESPN and committed to play college football at Florida over offers from Colorado, Georgia and Miami. As a true freshman, Elam played in all 13 of the Gators' games and made five starts, recording 11 tackles, three interceptions and four additional passes broken up and was named to the Southeastern Conference (SEC) All-Freshman Team. Elam entered his sophomore season on the Jim Thorpe Award watchlist and was named preseason second-team All-SEC.

In the 2022 NFL Draft, Kaiir Elam was taken #23 overall by the Buffalo Bills.