College career · 2021–2025
Eli Sanders
RB · USC → New Mexico → Iowa State. Not on a current FBS roster; here is every season we have.
Career
5 seasons at 3 schools since 2014 · box-score totals, snap share estimated from play-by-play
| Season | Team | G | Snaps | Car | Rush yds | Y/C | Rush TD | Rush SR | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Tgt share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 |  USC#13 · 9-4 | 6 | 14% | 47 | 264 | 5.6 | 2 | 50.0% | 8 | 126 | 1 | 5.4% |
| 2024 |  New Mexico#121 · 5-7 | 12 | 51% | 147 | 1063 | 7.2 | 9 | 43.1% | 15 | 134 | 0 | 6.3% |
| 2023 |  Iowa State#34 · 7-6 | 9 | 32% | 102 | 477 | 4.7 | 4 | 37.8% | 5 | 43 | 1 | 6.1% |
| 2022 | Iowa State#50 · 4-8 | 8 | 17% | 47 | 197 | 4.2 | 0 | 25.7% | 7 | 51 | 0 | 3.8% |
| 2021 | Iowa State#17 · 7-6 | 3 | 4% | 9 | 29 | 3.2 | 0 | 50.0% | 3 | 41 | 0 | 7.0% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Eli Sanders's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Eli Sanders's box score, game by game, from ESPN, with a 0–10 game score for each (hover it for how it works). Click a result for the full game
6.2 avg. game scoreBest: 8.0 vs Missouri State (Week 1)1 of 5 games at 8.0+
| Rushing | Receiving | Returns | ||||||||||||||||
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| Wk | Opponent | Result | Game score | Car | Yds | Y/C | TD | Long | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | Long | KR | KR yds | PR | PR yds | TD |
| 1 |  Missouri State | W 73–13 | 8.0 | 5 | 33 | 6.6 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 73 | 73.0 | 1 | 73 | 1 | 19 | · | · | · |
| 2 |  Georgia Southern | W 59–20 | 7.3 | 8 | 52 | 6.5 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 14 | · | · | · |
| 3 | @ Purdue | W 33–17 | 6.5 | 10 | 75 | 7.5 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 4 |  Michigan State | W 45–31 | 6.9 | 16 | 90 | 5.6 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | 11 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 5 | @ Illinois | L 32–34 | 2.5 | 8 | 14 | 1.8 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 26 | · | · | · |
| 7 |  Michigan | W 31–13 | — | · | · | · | · | · | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 8 | @ Notre Dame | L 24–34 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||||||||
| 10 | @ Nebraska | W 21–17 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||||||||
| 11 |  Northwestern | W 38–17 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||||||||
| 12 |  Iowa | W 26–21 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||||||||
| 13 | @ Oregon | L 27–42 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||||||||
| 14 |  UCLA | W 29–10 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||||||||
| Bowls | vs TCU | L 27–30 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||||||||
| 2025 · 6 games | 6.2 | 47 | 264 | 5.6 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 126 | 15.8 | 1 | 73 | 4 | 59 | · | · | · | ||