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Name: Elijah Collins (Transfer from Michigan State)
College: Oklahoma State
Number: 24
School Bio/Stats Link: HERE
Height: 6-0 Weight: 212
Position: Pos2: KR
Class/Draft Year: rSr/2024
40 Low: 4.50 40 Time: 4.54 40 High: 4.60
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Data Scout Notes: X-PFA/Low Milage Backup/Good ATH/UFL Starter if not NFL...Backup/RB3/30-142-4.7-2 in 23 2023: NAC...01-04-23 Transfer from Michigan State...2022: NAC...2021: NAC...2020: NAC...PMaxwell/PDoak...2019: HMC
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Weight: 212
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Dates: 03/28/24
Hand: 09 7/8 Arm: 31 3/8
Wingspan: 75 1/2
Height: 6000
Weight: 212
40 Yrd Dash: 4.54
20 Yrd Dash: 2.66
10 Yrd Dash: 1.62
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225 Lb. Bench Reps: 16
Vertical Jump: 38
Broad Jump: 10'05"
20 Yrd Shuttle: 4.25
3-Cone Drill: 7.10
-8 LBs/40 Time Range: 4.51-4.56/Projected: 4.62
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Elijah Collins, Oklahoma State, Player News
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Elijah Collins has found a new home at a Power Five school. The former Michigan State football and U-D Jesuit High running back plans to transfer to Oklahoma State of the Big 12, he revealed Saturday night on Twitter. Collins entered the NCAA transfer po rtal earlier this month and has one season of eligibility remaining thanks to the NCAA's waiver for the 2020 season.Collins tied with Jalen Berger to lead the Spartans with six touchdowns on the ground in 2022 and was second on the roster with 329 yards and 70 carries. He also had 14 catches for 93 yards. The 6-foot-1, 215-pound Collins played in 41 games and finished with 1,506 rushing yards on 353 carries, one of just 46 Spartans to run for more than 1,000 yards and the 28th in school history w ith 300-plus rushing attempts. He finished with 11 touchdowns and four 100-yard games. - Lansing State Journal
(DS#48 RB) rSr/2024  RB Elijah Collins, Oklahoma State
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It appears Elijah Collins' career at Michigan State has come to an end. The running back from University of Detroit-Jesuit, who was the Spartans' leading rusher as a redshirt freshman in 2019 before COVID-19 and injuries slowed his progress, has entered the transfer portal, a team spokesman confirmed on Wednesday. It's a move Collins has been contemplating since late in the season, saying before Michigan State's final home game against Indiana that he had not yet made a decision on his future, one that includes one season of eligibility remaining because of the extra season the NCAA offered to players affected by COVID in 2020.With the return of Jalen Berger, as well veterans Harold Joiner, Jordon Simmons and Davion Primm, it will be a crowded r unning back room, especially adding in the arrival of Nathan Carter and Jaren Mangham as transfers. It all likely played a part in Collins' decision to play one final season elsewhere. It's a bittersweet ending for a longtime fan favorite. After playing in three games and preserving his redshirt in 2018, Collins burst onto the scene in 2019, rushing for 192 yards in Week 2 against Western Michigan before finishing the season with 988 yards and five touchdowns. - Detroit News
(DS#48 RB) rSr/2024 RB Elijah Collins, Oklahoma State
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In an age of college football where it's easy to leave, it's remarkable that Elijah Collins has stayed. After all, we're talking about a guy who was Michigan State's featured running back three years ago, rushing for close to 1,000 yards as a redshirt fr eshman, under a different coaching regime, and, who, in the two years since, has battled injury and illness and watched a new staff bring in four different transfer running backs to replace him. And yet, Collins doesn't see his journey through that lens. "For me, I've seen what Coach Tuck (Mel Tucker) is trying to do here," Collins said last week. "From the very jump, it's been clear. The first day he came in, he said he wanted to go out and make a statement and really bring Michigan State to that next level. I mean, I feel that as well. I was here when Coach D (Mark Dantonio) was here. Things have changed. But it's all for the better. And I could see that progression. So it's really something I wanted to be a part of. Because I know if anything's goin g to come from it, it's going to be something good."Perhaps Collins should be the advisor that greets every athlete at the gates of the transfer portal. It's unclear what Collins' role will be this MSU football season. The depth chart, reading the tea leaves, appears right now to begin with Wisconsin transfer Jalen Berger. Colorado transfer Jarek Broussard is expected to play a significant part, too. Offensive coordinator Jay Johnson mentioned junior Jordon Simmons on Thursday, as well. Collins, 2021 Auburn transfer Harold Joiner and redshirt freshman Davion Primm are also battling for carries. It's hard not to root for Collins. He's been through it - a tough and lingering bout with COVID-19 in 2020 that pretty much sunk his season, then a lower leg injury after a promising series of carries in his debut last season during the second game of MSU's season. - Lansing State Journal
(DS#48 RB) rSr/2024 RB Elijah Collins, Oklahoma State
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According to coach Mel Tucker, the Spartans' leading rusher from two seasons ago has been impressive. "l like what Elijah is doing," Tucker said last week. "He's gained weight, he's gotten stronger, he looks more explosive. He's hitting the hole with vel ocity, and keeping his feet moving on contact and he's falling forward for two. He's running with authority." That's a bit of a revelation considering how the 2020 season played out for Collins. He entered the year expecting to be Michigan State's primar y ball carrier. Instead, he became a seldom-used extra piece to a running back group that never really got rolling. The numbers showed how poorly the Spartans ran the ball, averaging just more than 91 yards over seven games. And the fact Collins managed only 41 carries for 90 yards made the lack of production even tougher to deal with. After all, Collins had emerged as the Spartans' top back in 2019, gaining 988 yards and scoring five touchdowns as he recorded three 100-yard rushing games - a career-hig h 192 vs. Western Michigan, 170 vs. Illinois and 109 vs. Rutgers - to become the first Spartan freshman to do so since Javon Ringer in 2005. - Detroit News
(DS#48 RB) rSr/2024 RB Elijah Collins, Oklahoma State
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One year ago this month, Elijah Collins took a handoff and ran 29 yards before he got tackled and brought Spartan Stadium to its feet. As a true freshman, he injected life into a seemingly dead Michigan State offense and followed it up often enough to fi nish with almost 1,000 yards rushing. In Collins' eyes, it was a decent debut. It is nowhere near the full show he wants to present in this backfield before he is finished. "Last year, I had a few big runs, but I never really broke any home," Collins sai d. "That's one thing I really wanted to focus on, getting that breakaway speed at the end and really finishing my runs to turn them into touchdowns and not just long runs." After taking hold of the role with a 192-yard breakout performance against Wester n Michigan in Week 2, Collins finished the year with with 988 yards and five touchdowns to earn honorable mention All-Big Ten honors.It was a season of singles and doubles in his eyes. He had the 29-yard dash on his first carry and finished with a long of 58, but his 4.5 per-carry average and five touchdowns showcase a player who kept drives moving but rarely finished them. Michigan State finished 104th in scoring offense and 7-6 overall, so Collins believes his breakout year was still far from hitting its peak. "I know I could have done better. There were a lot of things I really didn't know," said Collins, who had two carries before last season. "But after playing and looking at my own film and studying a lot, I would like to have a better ye ar." - Lansing State Journal
(DS#48 RB) rSr/2024 RB Elijah Collins, Oklahoma State
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2020 PRESEASON MAXWELL AWARD WATCH LIST: RB Elijah Collins, Michigan State,...Collins was named to the Doak Walker Award Watch List for the nation's top running back earlier this month. After preserving his redshirt year in 2018 by appearing in just thre e games, Collins had a breakthrough season as a redshirt freshman for the Spartans in 2019, leading the team and ranking fourth in the Big Ten with 988 rushing yards (76.0 avg.). - Michigan State Football
(DS#48 RB) rSr/2024 RB Elijah Collins, Oklahoma State
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2020 PRESEASON DOAK WALKER AWARD WATCH LIST: Elijah Collins (So.), Michigan State,...Collins, who earned third-team All-Big Ten honors by the media and Pro Football Focus, was just 12 yards shy of becoming MSU's first 1,000-yard rusher since Jeremy Langf ord in 2014 and rushed for the second-most yards ever by a Spartan freshman (record: Sedrick Irvin with 1,067 yards in 1996). Collins' 222 carries were also the most by a Spartan back since Langford in 2014 (276) and the most by a Spartan freshman since Irvin (237) in 1996. The Detroit, Michigan, native emerged as one of the top freshman running backs in the nation, ranking third among all FBS freshman RBs in carries (222; 17.1 pg) and fifth in rushing (76.0 ypg). - Michigan State Football
(DS#48 RB) rSr/2024 RB Elijah Collins, Oklahoma State
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New Michigan State football assistant coach Will Peagler spent plenty of time watching film of his running backs. All the way back to their high school tape. And the athletic ability he saw from returning starter Elijah Collins impressed him. "The thing that stood out to me is how much weight, how much bigger and thicker he's gotten over the last year and during the season," Peagler said Wednesday. "You could see him get better over the portion of the year, and I think that's a credit to him taking care of his body and doing the right things off the field." Collins took over the starting job two games into his redshirt freshman season and finished just shy of MSU's first 1,000-yard season since 2014, rushing for 988 yards and five TDs on 222 carries."The first thing that stands out to me about him is he's a phenomenal kid, and he works his butt off," Peagler said. "When kids work their butt off and they have talent, good things are going to happen. And I think he's a perfect example of that." P eagler said he had Collins and junior Connor Heyward in a recent position meeting over video conference teach the rest of the running backs about the blocking responsibilities he wants from the position. And the 34-year-old Peagler believes his players " are one of the better groups that's here on the football team." - Lansing State Journal
(DS#48 RB) rSr/2024 RB Elijah Collins, Oklahoma State
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2019 ALL-BIG TEN HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): Elijah Collins,...Collins is averaging a team-best 74.3 yards rushing per game (201 carries for 946 yards; 4.4 avg.), which ranks fifth in the Big Ten. His 74.3 ypg also ranks first in the conference and nint h in the country for freshman running backs. Collins leads the team with five rushing touchdowns. In his first career start at tailback on Sept. 7 against Western Michigan, Collins recorded 192 rushing yards on 17 carries, the second most by a Spartan fr eshman in a single game (Javon Ringer had 194 yards at Illinois in 2005).In addition, Collins' 192 rushing yards were the most by a freshman starting running back in school history. Collins had three rushes of 20-plus yards (career-long 58-yarder in third quarter; 29-yarder on second play from scrimmage; 24-yarder in second quarter). Collins' 892 rushing yards are the most by a Spartan freshman since Sedrick Irvin had 1,067 as a true freshman in 1996. In addition, he is also the first Spartan fre shman to record three 100-yard rushing games (192 vs Western Michigan, 170 vs. Illinois, 109 vs. Rutgers) since Ringer in 2005. Collins redshirted in 2018 and played a total of six offensive snaps in three games. - Michigan State Football
(DS#48 RB) rSr/2024 RB Elijah Collins, Oklahoma State
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