John Lee Eldridge III

Hawaii

Sep 27 (Sat)

2:00 pm MT

Height:
5-9
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Youngstown, OH
High School:
Lee's Summit North
Position:
RB

2022 – Played in 13 games, starting 10 … second on the team in rushing with 766 yards and third with four touchdowns ... averaged 58.9 yards per game … averaged 7.7 yards per carry which ranks sixth in program history for a single-season … had at least one 25-yard carry in six games … rushed for 65 yards on 10 carries vs. Baylor in bowl game … rushed for 53 yards on 12 carries at SDSU … rushed for 50 yards and a touchdown on six carries vs. Colorado State … rushed for a career-high 116 yards and a touchdown on eight carries at UNLV ... scored on a career-long 60 yard run ... third 100-yard game of the season … back-to-back 100-yard games (102 vs. Nevada, 104 at Wyoming) … rushed for career highs in the first three games this season, just missed making it the first four games by two yards … rushed for 102 yards on just eight carries with a career long run of 48 yards vs. Nevada ... second-career 100-yard game ... third straight game with a career high in rushing … 13 carries for 104 yards at Wyoming, recording his first-career 100-yard game … rushed for 88 yards and a touchdown on eight carries vs. Colorado ... second straight game with career high in rushing … eight carries for 85 yards vs. Northern Iowa.

2021 – Played in nine games with one start ... rushed for 21 yards on three carries on the season, averaging 7.0 yards per carry ... first-career carry came at Colorado State, scoring on a season-long 16-yard run ... rushed for five yards on two carries vs. UNLV in his first-career start.

2020 – Played in one game, seeing action vs. Boise State … was not credited with any statistics.

High School – Lettered four years in football … earned academic all-district honors as a senior … high school football coach was Jamar Mozee … also participated in track … member of the National Honor Society.

Personal – Son of Markelia Eldridge-Phillips and Adam Pennington and Donnell Philips … is one of seven children … majoring in systems engineering … attended the Air Force Academy Prep School and played football.

Career Highs
Carries:...... 13, Wyoming, 2022
Yards:........ 116, UNLV, 2022
TDs:........... 1, Colorado State, 2022
Long:......... 60, UNLV, 2022

Career Statistics
Rushing
Year       G             Att          Yds         Avg        TDs         Lg
2022       13           99           766         7.7          4              60 (LV)
2021       9              3              21           7.0          1              16 (CSU)
Total      22           102         787         7.7          5