Player Dossier

2025-2025

Michigan State

Elijah Tau-Tolliver

RB • 6'1" • 211 lbs • Sparks, NV, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Elijah Tau-Tolliver leans balanced backfield option traits and 48.7 efficiency.

Usage / Role

34%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

39

Developing production for a back

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Reliability

28

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

62

Useful peak profile

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Michigan State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
1
Program Path
Michigan State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Penn State

Player Story

Elijah Tau-Tolliver built his college career in 2025 as a running back from Sparks, NV wearing No. 4, spending time with Michigan State. The clearest part of Elijah Tau-Tolliver's career was his backfield work: 428...

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Elijah Tau-Tolliver, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Michigan State. Elijah Tau-Tolliver leans balanced backfield option traits and 48.7 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
567
Rushing yards
428
Receiving yards
139
Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

Elijah Tau-Tolliver quick answers

Latest team and position
Michigan State · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
567
Tracked sample
1 unique seasons · 1 entries · 15 games
Best season
2025 Regular Season · Michigan State
Top game
Penn State
Latest roster
No. 4 · Senior
2025 Scrimmage yards rank
567 scrimmage yards · RB 185th (top 26%) · Big Ten 48th (top 14%) · National 402nd (top 15%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2025 Regular SeasonMichigan State11567428139258.3

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2025Sacramento State to Michigan StateG5/FCS to P479.6Dec 17, 2024

Elijah Tau-Tolliver played RB for Michigan State. Across 1 tracked season, Elijah Tau-Tolliver recorded 428 rushing yards, 139 receiving yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Michigan State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

Michigan State paired 567 primary output with 48.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 48.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Penn State

Loss with 152 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Regular Season · Michigan State

Games

11

Scrimmage Yards / G

51.5

Efficiency

48.7

Usage

15.7

Consistency

39.7

Best Game by takeover score

Penn State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Western Michigan: 17. Boston College: 1. Youngstown State: 37. USC: 4. UCLA: 7. Indiana: 43. Michigan: 27. Minnesota: 131. Penn State: 152. Iowa: 43. Maryland: 105

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. Western Michigan: 8 by 22.1. Boston College: 1 by 10.4. Youngstown State: 4 by 88.5. USC: 2 by 20.8. UCLA: 2 by 27.1. Indiana: 8 by 38.6. Michigan: 7 by 38.6. Minnesota: 12 by 95.5. Penn State: 14 by 95.2. Iowa: 17 by 24.2. Maryland: 15 by 74.8

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins40 · Games = 4 · -18.1 vs Losses
Losses58.1 · Games = 7 · +18.1 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

11 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Penn State

Best efficiency game

95.5 vs Minnesota

Result
Sun 11/30vs MarylandW 38-2813957.3002107
Sat 11/22@ IowaL 17-2016352.200182.5
Sat 11/15vs Penn State150 scrimmage yardsL 10-2867913.20187310.9
Sat 11/1@ Minnesota100 rush yardsL 20-231112711.5001410.9
Sat 10/25vs MichiganL 20-315183.600293.9
Sat 10/18@ IndianaL 13-385132.6003305.4
Sat 10/11vs UCLAL 13-381220153.5
Sun 9/21@ USCL 31-4524202
Sat 9/13vs Youngstown StateW 41-244379.3019.3
Sat 9/6vs Boston CollegeW 42-4011101
Fri 8/29vs Western MichiganW 23-68172.1002.1

Player Story

Elijah Tau-Tolliver story

Elijah Tau-Tolliver built his college career in 2025 as a running back from Sparks, NV wearing No. 4, spending time with Michigan State. The clearest part of Elijah Tau-Tolliver's career was his backfield work: 428 rushing yards, 72 carries, 2 rushing touchdowns, and 139 receiving yards across 15 career games in the available record. His career also includes 139 receiving yards, 1 tackle, and 79 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Elijah Tau-Tolliver's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Michigan State

    2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2025 Regular SeasonMichigan State56748.715.7

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs No. 15 Penn State

Week 12 · L 10-28 · Conference game · Ranked opponent

Loss with 152 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

152

Scrimmage Yards

98.4 takeover

152 scrimmage yards and 35.9 usage.

#2

@ Colorado State

Week 4

30

Scrimmage Yards

82.8 takeover

Game with 30 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

30 scrimmage yards and — usage.

#3

@ No. 70 Minnesota

Week 10 · L 20-23 · Conference game

131

Scrimmage Yards

79.3 takeover

Loss with 131 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

131 scrimmage yards and 19.7 usage.

#4

@ San José State

Week 1

131

Scrimmage Yards

77 takeover

Game driven by a workhorse rushing load.

131 scrimmage yards and — usage.

#5

vs No. 75 Maryland

Week 14 · W 38-28 · Conference game

105

Scrimmage Yards

72.6 takeover

Win with 105 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

105 scrimmage yards and 25.9 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Regular Season · Michigan State

567 primary output · 48.7 efficiency · 15.7 usage

58.3

Milestones

2

100+ rush yards

1

150+ scrimmage yards

1

2+ TD games