Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2025Fresno State
Elijah Gilliam
RB • 5'10" • 215 lbs • Las Vegas, NV, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Elijah Gilliam leans balanced backfield option traits and 50.4 efficiency.
Impact Production
18
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
11
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
29
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Fresno State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Fresno State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Washington State
Player Story
Elijah Gilliam built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a running back from Las Vegas, NV wearing No. 33, spending time with Fresno State. The clearest part of Elijah Gilliam's career was his backfield...
Read the storyElijah Gilliam, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Fresno State. Elijah Gilliam leans balanced backfield option traits and 50.4 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 1,574
- Rushing yards
- 1,197
- Receiving yards
- 377
- Touchdowns
- 20
Quick Answers
Elijah Gilliam quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Fresno State · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 1,574
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 8 entries · 42 games
- Best season
- 2024 Postseason · Fresno State
- Top game
- Washington State
- Latest roster
- No. 33 · Senior
- 2025 Scrimmage yards rank
- 287 scrimmage yards · RB 311th (top 43%) · Mountain West 73rd (top 32%) · National 832nd (top 31%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Fresno State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2022 Regular Season | Fresno State | 6 | 101 | 101 | 0 | 1 | 34.1 |
| 2023 Postseason | Fresno State | 12 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 50.9 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Fresno State | 12 | 495 | 375 | 120 | 6 | 50.9 |
| 2024 Postseason | Fresno State | 13 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 63.6 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Fresno State | 13 | 656 | 466 | 190 | 8 | 63.6 |
| 2025 Postseason | Fresno State | 11 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 35.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Fresno State | 11 | 268 | 215 | 53 | 5 | 35.5 |
Related Context
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Elijah Gilliam played RB for Fresno State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Elijah Gilliam recorded 1,197 rushing yards, 377 receiving yards, and 2 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Fresno State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason
Fresno State paired 670 primary output with 38.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 60 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Hawai'i
Win with 36 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2022 Regular Season · Fresno State
Games
6
Scrimmage Yards / G
16.8
Efficiency
60
Usage
4.3
Consistency
49.2
Best Game by takeover score
Hawai'i
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Cal Poly: 7. Boise State: 5. New Mexico: 20. San Diego State: 0. Hawai'i: 36. Wyoming: 33
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Cal Poly: 2 by 36.5. Boise State: 1 by 52.1. New Mexico: 4 by 52.1. Hawai'i: 5 by 75. Wyoming: 4 by 84.4
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins19.2 · Games = 5 · +14.2 vs Losses
Losses5 · Games = 1 · -14.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
6 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Hawai'i
Best efficiency game
84.4 vs Wyoming
Player Story
Elijah Gilliam story
Elijah Gilliam built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a running back from Las Vegas, NV wearing No. 33, spending time with Fresno State. The clearest part of Elijah Gilliam's career was his backfield work: 1,197 rushing yards, 276 carries, 19 rushing touchdowns, and 377 receiving yards across 42 career games in the available record. His career also includes 377 receiving yards, 2 tackles, and 9 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Elijah Gilliam's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Fresno State
2020-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20202022202320232024202420252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Fresno State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | Fresno State | 101 | 60 | 4.3 | 101 |
| 2023 Postseason | Fresno State | 516 | 43.2 | 15.2 | 415 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Fresno State | 516 | 43.2 | 15.2 | 0 |
| 2024 Postseason | Fresno State | 670 | 38.3 | 21.8 | 154 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Fresno State | 670 | 38.3 | 21.8 | 0 |
| 2025 Postseason | Fresno State | 287 | 50.4 | 7.6 | -383 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Fresno State | 287 | 50.4 | 7.6 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Washington State
Week 7 · L 17-25
Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.
128
Scrimmage Yards
83.7 takeover
128 scrimmage yards and 47.1 usage.
#2
@ Nevada
Week 8 · W 24-21 · Conference game
140
Scrimmage Yards
82.4 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
140 scrimmage yards and 43.1 usage.
#3
@ Purdue
Week 1 · W 39-35
107
Scrimmage Yards
79.1 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
107 scrimmage yards and 30.4 usage.
#4
@ No. 118 San José State
Week 14 · W 41-14 · Conference game
92
Scrimmage Yards
76.8 takeover
Win with 92 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
92 scrimmage yards and 13.2 usage.
#5
vs Eastern Washington
Week 2 · W 34-31
90
Scrimmage Yards
76.3 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
90 scrimmage yards and 36.8 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Postseason · Fresno State
670 primary output · 38.3 efficiency · 21.8 usage
63.6
#2
2024 Regular Season · Fresno State
63.6
670 primary · 38.3 efficiency · 21.8 usage
#3
2023 Postseason · Fresno State
50.9
516 primary · 43.2 efficiency · 15.2 usage
Milestones
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100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
4
2+ TD games
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