2017 Football Roster
Jersey Number 28
Elijah Wellman
- Position:
- Tight End/Fullback
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 241
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Huntington, W.Va.
- High School:
- Spring Valley HS
- Has played in 38 career games and started nine
2016 (r-Jr.)
- Saw action in all 13 games and started four at fullback
- Used on 693 plays, including 540 on offense with a season-high 77 vs. Kansas
- Finished with 14 carries for 44 yards, averaging 3.1 yards per carry with a long of 11 yards
- Registered three carries for 13 yards with a long of six at Iowa State
- Had a season-high three carries for 22 yards with a long of 11 yards vs. Missouri
2015 (r-So.)
- Played in 13 games at fullback and started five
- Also used on special teams
- Saw action on 540 plays, including 314 offensive snaps
- Finished with 14 carries for 73 yards, averaging 5.2 yards per carry, a touchdown with a long of 17 yards
- Also had five catches for 16 yards and two touchdowns
- Recorded two carries for 19 yards, averaging 9.5 yards per rush with a career-long run of 17 yards against Arizona State in the Cactus Bowl
- Had five rushes for 35 yards, including a long run of 14 yards, all career highs
- Season-high five carries at Kansas for 13 yards; season-long rush of eight yards
- WVU Offensive Champion against Texas, putting WVU ahead for good with a one-yard run in the second quarter; TD was first career rushing score
- Started for the second straight game against Oklahoma State, finishing with one catch for three yards
- Earned first career start at Oklahoma
- Opened the Mountaineers’ scoring against Maryland with a seven-yard TD reception, his second score in as many games
- Made the most of one catch against Liberty, connecting with William Crest Jr. on a 4-yard touchdown
2014 (r-Fr.)
- Played in 12 games
- Saw action on 201 plays, including 186 offensive plays
- Scored his first collegiate touchdown on a four-yard reception against Texas A&M in the Liberty Bowl
- Season-high 40 plays against Oklahoma
- First career rush against Towson
- Saw first collegiate action against Alabama, finishing with a 10-yard reception
2013 (Fr.)
- Redshirted
- Offensive Scout Team Champion: Georgia State
High School
- Played for coach Brad Dingess at Spring Valley
- Won the Sam Huff Award as the top defensive player of the year by the state’s sportswriters’ association
- Three-time 3A all-state first team selection by the West Virginia Sportswriters’ Association, including being named defensive captain as a senior
- Three-time Mountain State Athletic Conference, including Defensive Player of the Year as a senior
- Finished with 1,676 yards rushing and 18 touchdowns
- Also had 124 tackles, including two sacks, 11 tackles for loss, three forced fumbles, three fumble recoveries and an interception he returned for a touchdown
- Played for the South team in the 2012 Chesapeake Bowl
- Three-time Class 3A All-State First Team in baseball
Personal
- Birthday is September 20
- Son of Brian and Renee Wellman
- One of three children
- Majoring in agribusiness management and rural development
- Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
- Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
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