2025 Football Roster

71 Elijah Melendez

  • Position Offensive Line
  • Ht./Wt. 6-5 / 301
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Navarre, Fla.
  • High School Navarre HS
  • Prev School Valdosta State

Biography

2024 (Senior Season):
• Starter on the offensive line for the first three games before an injury in Week 3 sidelined him for the remainder of the season.
• Took 185 snaps on the season, playing all but six snaps through three games before getting injured late at Texas A&M.
• Received another year for the injury.

2023 (Junior Season):
• Appeared in nine games and made three starts.
• Played 224 snaps.

Before McNeese at Valdosta State:
• Appeared in all 11 games in 2022 season as a sophomore.
• As a freshman in 2021, played in seven games for the national runner-up Blazers under current Cowboys head coach Gary Goff.
• Helped block for an offense that finished second nationally in total offense at 508.7 yards per game and led the nation in the fewest sacks allowed all season (1) for a 0.29 clip.
• He also helped block for a rushing offense that had three 1,000-yard rushers this past season and the sixth-best rushing offense in the country at 255.8 yards per game.
• The Blazers finished fourth in the GSC in passing offense at 252.9 yards per game for 37th nationally, while the team was 21st nationally in passing efficiency at a 151.27 clip.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 71

    2023Junior

    Offensive Line
    6'5" 307 lbs
    71
  • 71

    2024Senior

    Offensive Line
    6'5" 301 lbs
    71
  • 71

    2025Senior

    Offensive Line
    6'5" 301 lbs
    71