Elijah Collins

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). Adjusted pass and rush: EPA per play adjusted for the defenses faced (CollegeFootballData’s WEPA). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

2023 Oklahoma State 8 games, 142 rushing yards, 2 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Yds	TD	Long	Rec	Rec yds
Sep 2	vs.Central Arkansas	W 27–⁠13	8	41	1	17	–	–
Sep 9	atArizona State	W 27–⁠15	8	30	0	9	2	19
Sep 16	vs.South Alabama	L 7–⁠33	9	31	0	7	–	–
Sep 23	atIowa State	L 27–⁠34	–	–	–	–	–	–
Oct 6	vs.Kansas State	W 29–⁠21	2	6	0	4	–	–
Oct 14	vs.Kansas	W 39–⁠32	–	–	–	–	–	–
Oct 28	vs.Cincinnati	W 45–⁠13	3	34	1	26	–	–
Dec 27 ✦	vs.Texas A&M	W 31–⁠23	–	–	–	–	–	–

2022 Michigan State 11 games, 318 rushing yards, 6 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Yds	TD	Long	Rec	Rec yds
Sep 10	vs.Akron	W 52–⁠0	8	57	1	17	–	–
Sep 17	atWashington	L 28–⁠39	1	1	1	1	–	–
Sep 24	vs.Minnesota	L 7–⁠34	–	–	–	–	1	2
Oct 1	atMaryland	L 13–⁠27	5	36	1	12	–	–
Oct 8	vs.Ohio State	L 20–⁠49	2	9	0	5	–	–
Oct 15	vs.Wisconsin	W 34–⁠28	14	43	1	8	1	3
Oct 29	atMichigan	L 7–⁠29	7	22	0	8	2	8
Nov 5	atIllinois	W 23–⁠15	4	10	0	11	3	20
Nov 12	vs.Rutgers	W 27–⁠21	–	–	–	–	2	14
Nov 19	vs.Indiana	L 31–⁠39	19	107	2	31	4	43
Nov 26	atPenn State	L 16–⁠35	10	33	0	11	1	3

2021 Michigan State 5 games, 102 rushing yards

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Yds	TD	Long	Rec	Rec yds
Sep 11	vs.Youngstown State	W 42–⁠14	3	32	0	16	1	20
Nov 13	vs.Maryland	W 40–⁠21	1	7	0	7	–	–
Nov 20	atOhio State	L 7–⁠56	3	29	0	16	1	3
Nov 27	vs.Penn State	W 30–⁠27	5	19	0	10	1	11
Dec 30 ✦	vs.Pittsburgh	W 31–⁠21	6	15	0	5	–	–

2020 Michigan State 7 games, 90 rushing yards

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Yds	TD	Long	Rec	Rec yds
Oct 24	vs.Rutgers	L 27–⁠38	9	3	0	4	1	3
Oct 31	atMichigan	W 27–⁠24	1	0	0	0	–	–
Nov 7	atIowa	L 7–⁠49	6	14	0	5	1	6
Nov 14	vs.Indiana	L 0–⁠24	3	5	0	6	1	17
Nov 28	vs.Northwestern	W 29–⁠20	13	34	0	13	–	–
Dec 5	vs.Ohio State	L 12–⁠52	8	37	0	14	–	–
Dec 12	atPenn State	L 24–⁠39	1	−3	0	0	1	8

2019 Michigan State 13 games, 988 rushing yards, 5 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Yds	TD	Long	Rec	Rec yds
Aug 30	vs.Tulsa	W 28–⁠7	8	17	0	9	–	–
Sep 7	vs.Western Michigan	W 51–⁠17	17	192	0	58	1	7
Sep 14	vs.Arizona State	L 7–⁠10	19	72	1	16	1	2
Sep 21	atNorthwestern	W 31–⁠10	17	76	1	13	1	9
Sep 28	vs.Indiana	W 40–⁠31	17	56	1	19	1	16
Oct 5	atOhio State	L 10–⁠34	12	63	0	23	1	2
Oct 12	atWisconsin	L 0–⁠38	8	16	0	6	–	–
Oct 26	vs.Penn State	L 7–⁠28	17	53	0	9	3	11
Nov 9	vs.Illinois	L 34–⁠37	28	170	2	40	2	7
Nov 16	atMichigan	L 10–⁠44	12	27	0	4	2	19
Nov 23	atRutgers	W 27–⁠0	31	109	0	23	–	–
Nov 30	vs.Maryland	W 19–⁠16	15	41	0	21	2	23
Dec 27 ✦	vs.Wake Forest	W 27–⁠21	21	96	0	31	1	3

2018 Michigan State 1 game, 8 rushing yards

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Yds	TD	Long	Rec	Rec yds
Nov 24	vs.Rutgers	W 14–⁠10	2	8	0	4	–	–

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

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