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2023 Football Roster
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Elijah Collins
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Detroit, MI
- High School:
- University of Detroit Jesuit
2022 Season Team Captain (at Michigan State)
2019 Third Team All-Big Ten (Media)
Earned a letter in his only year at Oklahoma State in 2023 ... Earned four letters and played in 41 games for Michigan State … Became the 46th Spartan player with 1,000 career rushing yards, rushing for 1,506 yards and 11 touchdowns on 353 carries in his Spartan career ... Became the 28th player in MSU history with 300 rushing attempts ... Had four career 100-yard rushing games ... Also had 36 career receptions for 260 yards and one touchdown ... Totaled 1,766 all-purpose yards at MSU … Had 12 FBS starts and 51 games played.
2023 (Super Senior): Played in 10 games during his only year at OSU ... Finished with 30 carries for 142 yards and touchdowns, adding two catches for 19 yards and a kickoff return for 10 yards ... His 171 all-purpose yards ranked eighth on the team ... Scored on a 17-yard touchdown run in the season-opening win over Central Arkansas and on a 26-yard in the homecoming win over Cincinnati ... Season-best rushing performances came with 41 yards against Central Arkansas, 34 yards against Cincinnati, 31 yards against South Alabama and 30 yards against Arizona State ... Served as a game captain for the Bedlam win over Oklahoma.
2022 (Senior at Michigan State): Named one of four team captains for the 2022 season … Tallied 318 rushing yards and 70 carries in 12 games and 253 snaps on offense ... His rushing total was second on the team … Tied for the team lead with a career-high six rushing touchdowns, which also tied for 11th in the Big Ten … Tied his career-high two touchdowns in a game in Indiana game … Added career highs of four receptions for 43 yards, boosted by a career-long 22-yard reception against the Hoosiers ... Served as a game captain against Akron.
2021 (Junior at Michigan State): Played in eight of the 13 games, missing five games with an injury … Recorded 102 rushing yards in 18 carries and one receiving touchdown … Had six carries for 15 yards in playing a season-high 18 snaps on offense in victory over No. 12 Pittsburgh in the Chick-fil-a Bowl.
2020 (Sophomore at Michigan State): Had 41 carries for 90 yards, along with four receptions for 34 yards in seven games … Tallied eight carries for a season-high 37 yards against Ohio State.
2019 (Freshman at Michigan State): Started in 12 games … Led the team and ranked fourth in the Big Ten with 988 rushing yards … Ranked fourth in the Big Ten with 222 carries … Led Michigan State with five rushing touchdowns … Earned third-team All-Big Ten and honorable mention All-Big Ten accolades … Ranked third among all FBS freshman running backs in carries with 222 and fifth in rushing with 76.0 yards per game … Slated a team-lead 988 rushing yards which ranked second most by a Spartan freshman in school history … The first Spartan freshman to record three 100-yard rushing games since 2005 … Rushed 21 times for 96 yards, including a game-long 31-yard run, against Wake Forest in the New Era Pinstripe Bowl … Topped his previous career high in carries against Illinois with 28 carries wile recording his second career 100-yard rushing game … Named to the Pro Football Focus Big Ten Team of the Week after posting a career-high 192 yards on just 17 carries (11.3 ypc) against Western Michigan, highlighted by 58-yard run on MSU’s first possession of second half ... The 192 rushing yards were the most by a freshman starting running back in school history and the second-most overall by a Spartan freshman running back in a single game (Javon Ringer had 194 yards at Illinois in 2005).
2018 (Redshirt at Michigan State): Took a redshirt season his first year at Michigan State … Played in three games against Maryland, Nebraska and Rutgers … Had two carries for eight yards against Rutgers.
High School: Rated the top running back prospect in Michigan by Rivals, 247Sports and The Detroit News … Ranked the 25th best running back in the nation by 247Sports … Named to the Detroit News all-state division 1-2 team … Selected to the MLive Detroit Dream Team … Rated the No. 10 overall player in Michigan by 247Sports … Slated as the No. 24 overall player in Michigan by Rivals … ESPN tabbed Collins at the 26th best overall player in Michigan … Recorded 1,076 rushing yards, 73 tackles and two interceptions, including one for a score, on defense … Rushed for 210 yards and two touchdowns in a win over St. Joseph … Posted an impressive all-around performance against Detroit Catholic Central rushing for 151 yards on 19 carries and a touchdown while recording 15 tackles and a 60-yard interception return for a touchdown on defense … As a junior, recorded 19 touchdowns and scored four different ways, rushing, receiving, kick return and interception return … Named to the Detroit Free Press All-Detroit team … Detroit News all metro team … Honorable mention all-state pick his junior year … Also lettered in basketball … Member of the 2016 basketball state championship team.
Personal: Son of Gary and Elizabeth Collins … Graduated in December 2022 from Michigan State with a media and information degree.
