Keith Elias, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Keith Elias

Player of American football

Date of Birth: 03-Feb-1972

Place of Birth: Lacey Township, New Jersey, United States

Profession: American football player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Keith Elias

  • Keith Hector Elias (born February 3, 1972) is a former American football running back in the National Football League (NFL) and XFL.
  • He was an All-American in high school and college where he established school, conference and national records while playing for the Princeton Tigers football team. In high school, he earned All-American honors at Lacey Township High School.
  • In college, he did so again for Princeton University, where he established 21 school records in football from 1991 through 1993.
  • His college career coincided in the Ivy League with Jay Fiedler who led Dartmouth to three championships in that era, but Elias was able to lead Princeton to one co-championship.
  • Elias and Fiedler split the League Player of the Year Awards during that era.
  • He is the former National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Football Championship Subdivision (FCS, called I-AA at the time) record holder for career rushing yards per game and points per game.
  • He also established the FCS record for back-to-back games total rushing yards.
  • He continues to hold numerous Ivy League and Princeton Tigers rushing and scoring records. Elias was signed as a free agent out of college by the New York Giants where he played from 1994 through 1996.
  • He served mostly on special teams.
  • He last played in the NFL two seasons with the Indianapolis Colts in 1998 and 1999.
  • Elias also played for the New York/New Jersey Hitmen of the now defunct XFL.

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