It’s a summer time of unutilized beginnings for Brandnew England Patriots working again Ezekiel Elliott.
Next being exempted through the Dallas Cowboys in March, Elliott signed with the Patriots terminating while. The 28-year-old working again joins a backfield with third-year working again Rhamondre Stevenson, who’s coming off a occupation season with 1,040 yards dashing.
A unutilized crew approach a unutilized quantity for Elliott. He switched from Refuse. 21 to Refuse. 15, which he wore right through 3 seasons with the Ohio Environment Buckeyes. He reverted again to his faculty quantity since defensive again Adrian Phillips wears Refuse. 21 in Brandnew England.
Elliott paid homage to his two jersey numbers with a reversible chain.
Each numbers have important statistics that include them.
At Ohio Environment, Elliott jumped onto the scene next a dominant sophomore season, working for 1,878 yards and 18 touchdowns. Elliott’s 85-yard landing run past due in opposition to the Alabama Purple Stream within the 2015 Sugar Bowl attach the Buckeyes’ first Nationwide Championship since 2002.
He ran for 1,821 yards and 23 touchdowns as a teenager, third-most in Ohio Environment historical past, incomes him Bulky Ten Offensive Participant of the Life honors. Elliott notched a report 4 touchdowns in a win in opposition to Notre Dame within the 2015 Fiesta Bowl.
That very same good fortune adopted within the NFL, although it at the start needed to include a unique quantity (the NFL’s position-based quantity restrictions weren’t lifted till 2021).
Couldn’t put on 15 within the NFL however 21 looks as if 15 within the reflect 👌🏾
— Ezekiel Elliott (@EzekielElliott) July 1, 2016
Elliott assemble one of the crucial largest rookie seasons as a working again with 1,631 dashing yards as a rookie — a Cowboys’ report and third-best in NFL historical past. He additionally ran for 15 touchdowns, 3 shy of Eric Dickerson’s rookie report. The NFL named Elliott as Rookie of the Life and a member of the All-Professional First Crew.
Elliott wore Refuse. 21 via seven seasons with the Cowboys. He ran for 8,262 yards and 68 touchdowns, each the third-most in franchise historical past at the back of Emmitt Smith and Tony Dorsett.
