Ezekiel Elliott
Elliott in 2016
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| No. 21 Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||||||
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| Position: | Running back | ||||||||||||||
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| 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) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school: | Ladue (MO) Burroughs | ||||||||||||||
| College: | Ohio State | ||||||||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 2016 / Round: 1 / Pick: 4 | ||||||||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||||||
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| Career NFL statistics as of Week 17, 2016 | |||||||||||||||
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| Rushing yards: | 1,631 |
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| Rushing average: | 5.1 |
| Rushing touchdowns: | 15 |
| Receptions: | 32 |
| Receiving yards: | 363 |
| Receiving touchdowns: | 1 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Ezekiel "Zeke" Elliott (born July 22, 1995) is an American football running back for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Ohio State, where he earned second-team All-America honors in 2015. He was drafted by the Cowboys fourth overall in the 2016 NFL Draft.
Elliott was born to a mother and father who both played collegiate athletics. His mother, the former Dawn Huff, was a high school state champion in three sports before attending the University of Missouri and running track there. His father, Stacy, was a linebacker for the Missouri football team. Elliott's maternal grandfather played basketball for Drake University.
Despite his athletic pedigree, Elliott attended more academically-driven John Burroughs School in Ladue, Missouri, where he was a three-sport star in football, basketball and track, and also played baseball. 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. He led the football team to three straight title games, but lost all three.
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). 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. He was named the Gatorade Track Athlete of the Year in the state of Missouri.
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