The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2014 Football Roster
Roster
Elijah Rodriguez
- Position:
- OL
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 292
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Houston, Texas
- High School:
- Cypress Creek
- Major:
- Master's in Sport Management
A five-year offensive lineman who played in 34 games with 18 career starts … five-time member of the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll (fall 2014; spring 2015; spring 2016; spring 2017, spring 2018) … ranked among the top offensive tackles in the nation coming out of high school ... named 2018 Academic All-Big 12 Second Team ... honorable mention All-Big 12 in 2018.
SENIOR (2018)
Played in and started all 14 games ... named honorable mention All-Big 12 ... started at right guard in the season opener at Maryland ... started at center against Tulsa and contributed to a balanced Longhorn offensive effort with 241 rushing yards and 237 passing yards ... started at center and blocked for a Longhorn offense which totaled 160 rushing yards and 234 passing yards in a win over USC ... started at center in the Longhorns' victory over TCU ... started at center in the Longhorns' road win at K-State ... started at right guard in a strong offensive victory over No. 7 Oklahoma ... started at right guard in the 23-17 win over Baylor ... started at right guard in the 38-35 loss to Oklahoma State ... started at right guard in the 42-41 loss to No. 12 West Virginia ... started at right guard in the 41-34 road win over Texas Tech ... paved the way for 405 total yards in UT's 24-10 win over No. 18 Iowa State ... started at right guard in the 24-17 road win over Kansas ... helped UT to 437 yards in the Big 12 Championship Game against Oklahoma ... started at right guard in UT's 28-21 win over Georgia in the Allstate Sugar Bowl.
JUNIOR (2017)
Missed the entire regular season due to an injury suffered in preseason camp ... returned for the Texas Bowl and started at left tackle in the Longhorns’ 33-16 victory over Missouri.
SOPHOMORE (2016)
Played in all 12 games and made three starts (UTEP, West Virginia, Kansas) ... led the way for D’Onta Foreman’s 11th straight 100-yard game in just his second career start ... offense totaled 536 yards against No. 11/10 West Virginia, breaking the school record with their seventh game of 500 yards or more ... paved the way for D’Onta Foreman’s third 250-yard game at Kansas in his third start of the season.
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2015)
Played in seven games on offense and special teams (four games) … saw action against Rice, TCU, Oklahoma, Kansas State, Kansas, West Virginia and Texas Tech … helped block for a rushing attack that ranked 18th in the nation and third in the Big 12 with 224.8 yards per game, including 263.0 ypg in the last seven … the offense also ranked 26th in the nation in red zone efficiency (.882) … part of an offense that was just the fourth at Texas since 1950 to record three games with six rushing TDs in a season … helped the offense rush for an Oklahoma opponent season-high of 313 yards and was part of a line that earned team offensive MVP honors for the game … helped the offense rush for 274 yards and three TDs against Kansas State, while allowing just one sack … helped the offense to matching 299-yard rushing and passing marks for 598 yards total with six rushing TDs against Kansas, while allowing just one sack … helped the offense post 277 rushing yards at West Virginia … helped the offense record 403 yards and six TDs on the ground versus Texas Tech, marking just the seventh 400-yard rushing game by Texas since 1980.
FRESHMAN (2014)
Redshirted.
HIGH SCHOOL
Coached by Greg McCaig at Cypress Creek High School … three-year starter on the offensive line … named first-team All-District 17-5A in 2013 … chosen to the Houston Chronicle’s Top 100 (Houston area) … ranked the No. 55 offensive tackle in the nation by ESPN … No. 116 OT nationally by Scout … No. 118 OT nationally and No. 176 player in Texas by 247Sports … anchored an offensive line that helped Cypress Creek average 24.5 points per game as a senior … the Cougars totaled 3,382 yards of offense, including 1,888 rushing and 1,494 passing, while producing a 1,000-yard rusher who averaged 6.4 yards per carry … opened the season with four consecutive wins while averaging 38.5 points per game ... selected second-team All-District 17-5A in 2012 … part of an offense that averaged 29.9 points per game, including four outings scoring 39 or more points as a junior … helped Cypress Creek to a 6-4 record in 2012.
PERSONAL
Parents are Nicolas and Devra Rodriguez … has five siblings, Nicolas, Joshua, Daniel, Grace and Josiah … Daniel was an offensive lineman for the Longhorns during the 2014 season … grandfather, Arved White, was an offensive tackle at UT in 1958 … his mother, grandparents, uncles and aunts all attended UT … majoring in physical culture and sports … five-time member of the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
