Ezekiel Elliott

Ezekiel Elliott
Ohio State Buckeyes No. 15
Position Running back
Class Sophomore
Career history
College
High school Ladue (MO) John Burroughs
Personal information
Date of birth July 22, 1995
Place of birth St. Louis, Missouri
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight 225 lb (102 kg)
Career highlights and awards
Stats at ESPN.com

Ezekiel Elliott (born July 22, 1995) is an American football running back for the Ohio State Buckeyes.

High school career

Elliott attended John Burroughs School in Ladue, Missouri,[1] where he was a three-sport star in football, basketball and track. He played as a running back for the John Burroughs Bombers football team. As a junior in 2012, he was named the St. Louis Post-Dispatch offensive player of the year after rushing for 1,802 yards and 34 touchdowns and receiving 23 passes for 401 yards and six scores. In his senior year, he had 3,061 all-purpose yards and 50 total touchdowns, including 2,155 rushing yards and 40 rushing touchdowns.[2]

Also a standout track & field athlete, Elliott was a state qualifier in sprinting and hurdling events. He capped his high school career by winning four state championships at the Missouri Class 3 state championships in 2 1⁄2 hours (100-meter dash, 200, 110 high hurdles and 300 hurdles).[3] He recorded career-best times of 10.95 seconds in the 100-meter dash, 22.05 seconds in the 200-meter dash, 13.77 seconds in the 110m hurdles and 37.52 seconds in the 300m hurdles.[4]

Considered a four-star recruit by Scout.com, Elliot was listed as the No. 9 running back in the nation in 2013.[5]

College career

As a true freshman at Ohio State University in 2013, Elliott rushed for 262 yards on 30 carries with two touchdowns as a backup to starter Carlos Hyde. In 2014, Elliott took over as the starter.[6][7] During the season, Elliott was named Academic All-Big Ten Conference.[8] In the final 3 games of the 2014 season, against Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin, he ran for 107 yards, 121 yards and 220 yards, respectively. In the 2015 Sugar Bowl against #1 Alabama, Elliott ran for 230 yards on only 20 carries in the first-ever college playoffs as Ohio State defeated Alabama in a hard-fought game, 42–35. He would win the Offensive Player of the Game in the same game. He then capped the Buckeyes' Championship season by rushing for 246 yards on 36 carries and scoring 4 touchdowns against the Oregon Ducks.[9] He won Offensive MVP of that game as well.

References

  1. ↑ Ezekiel Elliott never satisfied
  2. ↑ Overall Male Athlete of the Year: Ezekiel Elliott, John Burroughs
  3. ↑ http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/ezekiel_elliott_854123.html
  4. ↑ https://www.trackingfootball.com/players/ezekiel-elliot-1692/
  5. ↑ Ezekiel Elliott Recruiting Profile
  6. ↑ Ohio State football: Ezekiel Elliott emerges as elite running back for Buckeyes
  7. ↑ Buckeyes' Elliott seeks to fill Hyde's shoes
  8. ↑ 12 named Academic All-Big Ten Conference
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