Eli Apple
| No. 24 New York Giants | |||||||||||
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| Position: | Cornerback | ||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | August 9, 1995 | ||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||
| Weight: | 199 lb (90 kg) | ||||||||||
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| High school: | Voorhees (NJ) Eastern | ||||||||||
| College: | Ohio State | ||||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 2016 / Round: 1 / Pick: 10 | ||||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||
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| Total tackles: | 51 |
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| Pass deflections: | 7 |
| Interceptions: | 1 |
| Forced fumbles: | 1 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Eli Apple (born August 9, 1995), formerly known as Eli Woodard, is an American football cornerback for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Ohio State, and was selected by the Giants with the 10th overall pick in the first round of the 2016 NFL Draft.
He attended Eastern Regional High School in Voorhees, New Jersey and played under head coach Dan Spittal and was teammates with New England Patriot's cornerback Logan Ryan. Besides cornerback, he also played quarterback and wide receiver throughout high school. Apple was the rated the top prospect in New Jersey in Rival's 2013 class and was ranked the 28th best prospect nationally. He received about twenty scholarship offers from Alabama, California, Virginia Tech, Boston College, Wisconsin, Tennessee, Purdue, Miami, Georgia Tech, Maryland, Michigan, Ole Miss, Nebraska, North Carolina, NC State, and Clemson and ranked his top three schools as Rutgers, Ohio State, and Notre Dame. On February 12, 2012, he announced his verbal commitment to Ohio State after Rutger's head coach Greg Schiano left for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
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