Elijah McGuire (2024) - Louisiana Athletics Hall of Fame

Elijah McGuire

Induction:
2024
Class:
2016

A four-year member of UL's football team and is still the Cajuns' all-time leader in points scored (318) and touchdowns (52) and the second all-time leading rusher with 4,312 career yards (trailing only state career leader Tyrell Fenroy) and sixth all-time in state collegiate history … Rushed for over 1,000 yards and led Cajuns in rushing each of final three seasons after an 863-yard freshman year, and his 6.1 yards per carry is second-best career average among running backs … Shares school record for TD's in a game (5, Northwestern State, 2015) … Also standout receiver out of backfield, and still holds record for most receptions by a running back in a game (10, twice), a season (45) and a career (129) and yards receiving by a RB in a game (125) and a career (1,383) … Had third-best single-game outing in UL history with 265 yards on only 19 carries against Arkansas State in 2014, and is only RB in UL history with two 200-yard rushing games … 16 career 100-yard rush games … Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year (with Fenroy the only UL winners in history) and Offensive Player of the Year in 2014 and Sun Belt Freshman of the Year and Newcomer of the Year in 2013 … Freshman All-America in 2013 by Football Writers Association of America and 24/7 Sports … Four-time All-Sun Belt honoree (twice first-team) … Played in three bowl games (two wins) and led team in rushing in all three (246 total yards) … Sixth-round NFL draft pick by New York Jets and played three NFL seasons with Jets and Kansas City Chiefs.