It’s a summer season of untouched beginnings for New England Patriots operating again Ezekiel Elliott.
Then being spared by means of the Dallas Cowboys in March, Elliott signed with the Patriots ultimate occasion. The 28-year-old operating again joins a backfield with third-year operating again Rhamondre Stevenson, who’s coming off a occupation season with 1,040 yards speeding.
A untouched workforce approach a untouched quantity for Elliott. He switched from Negative. 21 to Negative. 15, which he wore right through 3 seasons with the Ohio State Buckeyes. He reverted again to his school quantity since defensive again Adrian Phillips wears Negative. 21 in Untouched England.
Elliott paid homage to his two jersey numbers with a reversible chain.
Each numbers have noteceable statistics that include them.
At Ohio Situation, Elliott jumped onto the scene then a dominant sophomore season, operating for 1,878 yards and 18 touchdowns. Elliott’s 85-yard landing run overdue towards the Alabama Crimson Tide within the 2015 Sugar Bowl connect the Buckeyes’ first Nationwide Championship since 2002.
He ran for 1,821 yards and 23 touchdowns as a youth, third-most in Ohio Situation historical past, incomes him Weighty Ten Offensive Participant of the Time honors. Elliott notched a report 4 touchdowns in a win towards Notre Dame within the 2015 Fiesta Bowl.
That very same luck adopted within the NFL, even though it initially needed to include a distinct quantity (the NFL’s position-based quantity restrictions weren’t lifted till 2021).
Couldn’t put on 15 within the NFL however 21 seems like 15 within the replicate 👌🏾
— Ezekiel Elliott (@EzekielElliott) July 1, 2016
Elliott make some of the largest rookie seasons as a operating again with 1,631 speeding 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 Time and a member of the All-Professional First Crew.
Elliott wore Negative. 21 via seven seasons with the Cowboys. He ran for 8,262 yards and 68 touchdowns, each the third-most in franchise historical past in the back of Emmitt Smith and Tony Dorsett.
