North Carolina, 2014–⁠16

Elijah Hood

Number: No. 34
Height: 6′0″
Hometown: Charlotte, NC
Born: Apr 22, 1996, in Charlotte, North Carolina

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Elijah Hood played at North Carolina (2014–⁠16). The Oakland Raiders took Hood in round 7, No. 242 overall in the 2017 NFL Draft.

Best season: 1,463; Rushing yards, 2015 (North Carolina, 11–⁠3)
Drafted: No. 242; Round 7, 2017 NFL Draft (Oakland Raiders)

220rushing yards, career highat NC State, 2015 3rushing touchdowns, career hightwice; last vs. Georgia Tech, 2016 6catches, career highvs. Georgia, 2016

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record

259

1,463

858

6–⁠711–⁠3AP 158–⁠5

Season	Team	Car	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
2014	North Carolina	67	259	3.9	4	23
2015	North Carolina	219	1,463	6.7	17	67
2016	North Carolina	145	858	5.9	8	62
Career		431	2,580	6.0	29	67

Receiving

Season	Team	Rec	Yds	Avg	Long
2014	North Carolina	2	−2	−1.0	1
2015	North Carolina	13	71	5.5	14
2016	North Carolina	25	142	5.7	31
Career		40	211	5.3	31

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Ht
2014	North Carolina	34
2015	North Carolina	34
2016	North Carolina	34	6′0″

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.

Game by game

2016 North Carolina 11 games, 858 rushing yards, 8 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Yds	TD	Long	Rec	Rec yds
Sep 3	vs.Georgia	L 24–⁠33	10	72	0	32	6	28
Sep 10	atIllinois	W 48–⁠23	15	88	2	62	3	10
Sep 17	vs.James Madison	W 56–⁠28	18	106	2	23	2	−2
Sep 24	vs.Pittsburgh	W 37–⁠36	11	25	0	7	1	9
Oct 1	atFlorida State	W 37–⁠35	13	47	0	12	–	–
Oct 15	atMiami	W 20–⁠13	13	31	0	20	4	28
Oct 22	atVirginia	W 35–⁠14	16	107	1	15	2	4
Nov 5	vs.Georgia Tech	W 48–⁠20	12	168	3	45	–	–
Nov 10	atDuke	L 27–⁠28	13	75	0	20	5	58
Nov 19	vs.The Citadel	W 41–⁠7	13	83	0	18	1	3
Nov 25	vs.NC State	L 21–⁠28	11	56	0	20	1	4

2015 North Carolina 14 games, 1,463 rushing yards, 17 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Yds	TD	Long	Rec	Rec yds
Sep 3	vs.South Carolina	L 13–⁠17	13	138	0	44	–	–
Sep 12	vs.North Carolina A&T	W 53–⁠14	16	56	2	11	1	5
Sep 19	vs.Illinois	W 48–⁠14	16	129	1	39	3	11
Sep 26	vs.Delaware	W 41–⁠14	14	61	0	17	1	14
Oct 3	atGeorgia Tech	W 38–⁠31	12	60	2	13	–	–
Oct 17	vs.Wake Forest	W 50–⁠14	8	101	1	36	2	19
Oct 24	vs.Virginia	W 26–⁠13	21	101	2	15	–	–
Oct 29	atPittsburgh	W 26–⁠19	20	98	0	25	1	6
Nov 7	vs.Duke	W 66–⁠31	17	69	3	16	1	4
Nov 14	vs.Miami	W 59–⁠21	17	132	1	34	–	–
Nov 21	atVirginia Tech	W 30–⁠27	17	115	2	31	–	–
Nov 28	atNC State	W 45–⁠34	21	220	2	39	1	4
Dec 5	vs.Clemson	L 37–⁠45	14	65	1	16	1	1
Dec 29 ✦	vs.Baylor	L 38–⁠49	13	118	0	67	2	7

2014 North Carolina 8 games, 259 rushing yards, 4 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Yds	TD	Long	Rec	Rec yds
Aug 30	vs.Liberty	W 56–⁠29	8	43	0	18	–	–
Sep 6	vs.San Diego State	W 31–⁠27	6	26	1	8	1	1
Sep 20	atEast Carolina	L 41–⁠70	9	23	0	5	–	–
Sep 27	atClemson	L 35–⁠50	13	71	1	19	1	−3
Oct 4	vs.Virginia Tech	L 17–⁠34	3	3	1	3	–	–
Oct 11	atNotre Dame	L 43–⁠50	17	33	1	8	–	–
Nov 29	vs.NC State	L 7–⁠35	1	−2	0	0	–	–
Dec 26 ✦	vs.Rutgers	L 21–⁠40	10	62	0	23	–	–

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

Before the draft

Drill	Combine 2017
Height	5′11⅜″
Weight	232 lb
Arm length	30⅜″
Hand size	9⅜″
40-yard dash	4.57 s^W
10-yard split	1.54 s^W
Vertical jump	31½″^W
Broad jump	9′5″^W
Bench press	18 reps
3-cone drill	7.12 s^W
20-yard shuttle	4.65 s^W

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

Other pro football

Years	League	Team
2020	XFL	Los Angeles Wildcats

Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams.

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