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2024 Football Roster

1 Elijah Anderson-Taylor

  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 218
  • Position Linebacker
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Centennial, Colo.
  • Previous School Northern Colorado
  • High School Eagle Crest HS

Biography

2024 All-CUSA Preseason Fourth Team (Phil Steele)

2023: Saw action in all 12 games as a reserve at linebacker…finished season with 46 tackles (23 solo) and 4.5 tackles for loss (-9)…forced one fumble and tabbed a pair of QB hurries…posted at least three tackles in nine of 12 games…registered five stops in win over North Texas (9/9)…made six stops including a TFL in road win at UConn (9/16)…matched season-best with six tackles and a pair of TFLs vs. UTEP (10/11)…tabbed four stops in stretch of four consecutive games at Sam Houston (10/18), Jacksonville State (10/25), at Middle Tennessee (11/11) and at Arkansas (11/18).

2022 (at Northern Colorado): Played and started all 11 games…racked up team-best 111 tackles, including 4.5 tackles for loss…forced five fumbles and recovered three…tabbed four QB hurries…blocked one kick…registered double-figure stops in a total of seven games…rang up 12 stops at Wyoming (9/10)…added a season-high 14 tackles at Lamar (9/17)…posted 13 tackles vs. Idaho State (9/24)…added 10 stops at Idaho (10/1)…recorded 13 tackles along with a forced fumble and recovery at Sacramento State (10/8)…closed out season with 12 tackles vs. Northern Arizona (11/12) and 13 at Eastern Washington (11/19).
 
2021 (at Northern Colorado): Played in 10 games including making first career start against Montana State…posted 17 tackles, 10 of them solo… had a career-high six tackles against Eastern Washington…recorded three tackles for a loss on the year…made the game clinching tackle against Northern Arizona in overtime.
 
2019 (at Northern Colorado): Redshirt season.
 
Prep: Played both football and basketball for Eaglecrest, lettering all four years in football and twice in basketball…played both linebacker and running back in high school…first team All-State selection senior season, second team All-League junior year, All-State honorable mention freshman season…helped Eaglecrest to state runner-up finish junior season and league title junior year.

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Historical Player Information

  • 15

    2023Redshirt Junior

    Linebacker
    6'0" 235 lbs
    15
  • 1

    2024Redshirt Senior

    Linebacker
    6'0" 218 lbs
    1