Ezekiel Elliott
"Zeke", the fourth overall pick who won two NFL rushing titles.
Ezekiel "Zeke" Elliott is a former NFL running back whom the Dallas Cowboys drafted fourth overall in 2016 out of Ohio State. In his first seven seasons, all in Dallas, he made three Pro Bowls and two All-Pro teams and led the league in rushing yards in 2016 and 2018.
Quick Facts
- Number
- 21, 15
- Position
- Running back
- Born
- 22 July 1995
- Birthplace
- Alton, Illinois, U.S.
- High school
- John Burroughs (Ladue, Missouri)
- College
- Ohio State (2013–2015)
- Draft year
- 2016
- Draft round
- 1
Lore & Background
Elliott was born in Alton, Illinois, to two former University of Missouri athletes, and starred in football, basketball and track at John Burroughs School in Ladue, Missouri. At Ohio State he was offensive MVP of both the 2015 Sugar Bowl, where he ran for 230 yards against top-ranked Alabama, and the 2015 College Football Playoff National Championship Game.
Did You Know?
- Elliott caught his first NFL touchdown on an 83-yard pass from fellow rookie Dak Prescott in a 35-30 win at Pittsburgh.
- He was only the second Cowboys rookie, after Tony Dorsett in 1977, to rush for 1,000 yards in a season.
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