Running back, Sam Houston (from North Carolina, Indiana), 2020–25
Elijah Green
- Number
- No. 21
- Height
- 5′11″
- Weight
- 210 lb
- Class (2025)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Roswell, GA
Elijah Green played running back at North Carolina (2020–23), Indiana (2024) and Sam Houston (2025).
Career highs
191rushing yards, career highat Louisiana Tech, 20252rushing touchdowns, career highthree times; last at Louisiana Tech, 20257catches, career highat Western Kentucky, 2025Rushing
| Season | Team | Car | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | North Carolina | 10 | 55 | 5.5 | 0 | 15 |
| 2021 | North Carolina | 11 | 39 | 3.5 | 0 | 9 |
| 2022 | North Carolina | 131 | 558 | 4.3 | 8 | 80 |
| 2023 | North Carolina | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 0 | 9 |
| 2024 | Indiana | 29 | 201 | 6.9 | 5 | 51 |
| 2025 | Sam Houston | 58 | 391 | 6.7 | 2 | 80 |
| Career | 243 | 1,256 | 5.2 | 15 | 80 | |
Receiving
| Season | Team | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | North Carolina | 17 | 107 | 6.3 | 1 | 22 |
| 2025 | Sam Houston | 15 | 133 | 8.9 | 1 | 35 |
| Career | 32 | 240 | 7.5 | 2 | 35 | |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | North Carolina | 21 | RB | Yr 1 | ||
| 2021 | North Carolina | 21 | RB | Yr 2 | ||
| 2022 | North Carolina | 21 | RB | Yr 3 | ||
| 2023 | North Carolina | 21 | RB | Yr 4 | ||
| 2024 | Indiana | 21 | RB | Yr 5 | ||
| 2025 | Sam Houston | 21 | RB | Sr. (Yr 6) | 5′11″ | 210 |
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Per play
| Season | Team | Plays | EPA/play | Pctile | Median | Total | Usage | Adj. rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | North Carolina | 10 | 0.35 | – | – | 3.5 | – | – |
| 2021 | North Carolina | 11 | -0.01 | – | – | -0.1 | – | – |
| 2022 | North Carolina | 149 | 0.14 | 49th (n=470) | 0.14 | 21.3 | 22% | 0.26 |
| 2023 | North Carolina | 4 | -0.14 | – | – | -0.5 | – | – |
| 2024 | Indiana | 29 | 0.74 | – | – | 21.5 | 6% | – |
| 2025 | Sam Houston | 77 | 0.17 | 73rd (n=576) | 0.10 | 13.3 | 15% | 0.20 |
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.
Rushing detail
| Season | Team | Success | Line yards | Second level | Open field | Stuffed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Sam Houston | 42% | 2.80 | 1.30 | 3.00 | 31% |
Where his yards came from, per carry: line yards are the ones credited to the blockers (the first few, and losses), second level the yards 5 to 10 past the line, open field those beyond 10. Success: carries that kept the offense on schedule. Stuffed: carries stopped at or behind the line. From CollegeFootballData, FBS games, 2025 on.
Game by game
2025 Sam Houston 8 games, 391 rushing yards, 2 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23 | at | L 24–41 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 61 | 0 |
| Aug 29 | vs. | L 21–38 | 8 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 |
| Sep 6 | at | L 20–37 | 10 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 45 | 1 |
| Sep 20 | at | L 0–55 | 2 | −2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| Oct 15 | vs. | L 17–35 | 5 | 6 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Oct 31 | at | L 14–55 | 10 | 191 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Nov 8 | at | W 21–17 | 6 | 22 | 0 | 1 | −4 | 0 |
| Nov 29 | vs. | L 16–56 | 11 | 98 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 0 |
2024 Indiana 7 games, 201 rushing yards, 5 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | vs. | W 31–7 | 5 | 82 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Sep 6 | vs. | W 77–3 | 5 | 31 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Sep 14 | at | W 42–13 | 3 | 15 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Sep 21 | vs. | W 52–14 | 4 | 29 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Oct 19 | vs. | W 56–7 | 4 | 11 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Nov 2 | at | W 47–10 | 5 | 18 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Nov 30 | vs. | W 66–0 | 3 | 15 | 0 | – | – | – |
2023 North Carolina 2 games, 12 rushing yards
2022 North Carolina 9 games, 558 rushing yards, 8 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27 | vs. | W 56–24 | 8 | 69 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Oct 15 | at | W 38–35 | 3 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| Oct 29 | vs. | W 42–24 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 0 |
| Nov 5 | at | W 31–28 | 22 | 91 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 1 |
| Nov 12 | at | W 36–34 | 18 | 66 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 0 |
| Nov 19 | vs. | L 17–21 | 10 | 92 | 2 | 2 | −5 | 0 |
| Nov 25 | vs. | L 27–30 | 24 | 83 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 0 |
| Dec 3 | vs. | L 10–39 | 21 | 65 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 0 |
| Dec 28 ✦ | vs. | L 27–28 | 17 | 50 | 0 | – | – | – |
2021 North Carolina 4 games, 39 rushing yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11 | vs. | W 59–17 | 3 | 9 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Sep 18 | vs. | W 59–39 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Oct 2 | vs. | W 38–7 | 5 | 21 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Nov 20 | vs. | W 34–14 | 3 | 9 | 0 | – | – | – |
2020 North Carolina 3 games, 55 rushing yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12 | vs. | W 31–6 | 3 | 10 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Dec 5 | vs. | W 49–9 | 6 | 43 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Dec 12 | at | W 62–26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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