Usage / Role
84%
Major offensive role
lowfeatured
Player Dossier
2013-2016Louisiana
Elijah McGuire
RB • 5'11" • Houma, LA, USA
Workhorse runnerSteady chain mover
Elijah McGuire leans workhorse runner traits and 50.8 efficiency.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a back
lowelite
Reliability
80
Regular contributor with several takeover games
lowhigh
Star Power
91
Elite ceiling indicators
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2014 Postseason · Louisiana
13131414151616
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Louisiana
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: South Alabama
Player Story
Elijah McGuire built his college career from 2013 through 2016 as a running back from Houma, LA wearing No. 15, spending time with Louisiana. The clearest part of Elijah McGuire's career was his backfield work: 4,312...
Read the story3★
- Committed To
- Louisiana
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2013
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2017
- Selection
- Round 6 · Pick 4
- Overall
- No. 188
- NFL Team
- New York Jets
Elijah McGuire, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2014 Postseason · Louisiana. Elijah McGuire leans workhorse runner traits and 50.8 efficiency.
Quick Answers
Elijah McGuire quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Louisiana · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 5,695
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 7 entries · 51 games
- Best season
- 2014 Postseason · Louisiana
- Top game
- South Alabama
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Vandebilt Catholic · Louisiana
- High school pipeline
- Vandebilt Catholic · 3 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- NFL Draft
- 2017 · Round 6 · Pick 4 · New York Jets
- Latest roster
- No. 15 · Class 2016
- 2016 Scrimmage yards rank
- 1,365 scrimmage yards · RB 35th (top 7%) · Sun Belt 3rd (top 2%) · National 52nd (top 3%)
Elijah McGuire played RB for Louisiana. Across 4 tracked seasons, Elijah McGuire recorded 4,312 rushing yards, 1,383 receiving yards, and 52 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2014 with Louisiana.
Player Profile
Focused views for Elijah McGuire
Related Context
Keep exploring Elijah McGuire
Next best actions
Keep exploring Elijah McGuire
Move from the player story into the game log, career arc, team context, and video shelf.