Education
Elliott attended John Burroughs School in Ladue, Missouri, where he was a three-sport star in football, basketball and track.
Elliott attended John Burroughs School in Ladue, Missouri, 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 Saint 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.
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. Considered a four-star recruit by Scout.com, Elliott was listed as the Number.
9 running back in the nation in 2013.
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. During the season, Elliott was named Academic All-Big Ten Conference.
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 then capped the Buckeyes" Championship season by rushing for 246 yards on 36 carries and scoring 4 touchdowns against the Oregon Ducks.
In a post-game interview following Ohio State"s 14-17 loss to Michigan State, on November 21, 2015, Elliott announced that he would forgo his senior year at Ohio State and enter the 2016 NFL Draft The following week Elliott ran for 214 yards on 30 carries in a 42-13 Ohio State victory vs Michigan in Ann Arbor.
Individual.
Ezekiel Elliott has received numerous honors during his tenure at Ohio State. In the 2014 season, Elliott took the Offensive Most Valuable Player at both the 2015 Sugar Bowl and the 2015 College Football Playoff National Championship. His success at the end of the 2014 season made him a front-runner for the 2015 Heisman Trophy. After a successful regular season, where he gained 1,672 yards and 19 touchdowns, Elliott, was named the 2015 Graham-George Offensive Player of the Year, 2015 Ameche-Dayne Running Back of the Year and was selected as Unanimous First Team All-Big Ten. In addition to the yearly awards, he was also named Big Ten Player of the Week twice during the 2015 season for his performances in Week five against Indiana, and Week 13 against Michigan.
