2018 Football Roster
Roster
Elijah Perry
- Height:
- 5-8
- Weight:
- 173
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Apex, N.C.
- High School:
- Middle Creek HS
The team’s fastest player returns to the field after missing all of 2017 with an injury suffered in preseason … Covers 40 yards in the 4.3-second range … Has been used as a change-of-pace back in previous years and will push for more carries in 2018 … Speed presents great potential in the return game as well … Should be a valuable weapon in the run game and through the air.
2017 at Gardner-Webb: Earned a Medical Redshirt following injury suffered during training camp scrimmage in August. 2016 at Gardner-Webb: Played in nine games … Carried 20 times for 136 yards, averaging a solid 6.8 yards per rush … Caught three passes for 22 yards … Had five carries for 40 yards, including a 26-yard run, at Ohio (9/24) … Carried four times for a season-high 47 yards vs. Benedict (10/1) … Had a career-best run of 39 yards in that game. 2015 at Gardner-Webb: Played in six games … Carried 22 times for 36 yards … Caught one pass for 10 yards … Had a season-high seven carries for 24 yards vs. ETSU (11/14) … Carried seven times for 17 yards at No. 8 Coastal Carolina (11/7) … Posted three carries that went for first downs on the season.
High School: Starred at Middle Creek (N.C.) High under Coach Mike Castellano … Helped lead Mustangs to a 9-4 record in 2014 … Earned All-Conference honors in 2014 … Used blazing speed to carry 173 times for 1,276 yards and 17 touchdowns in 2014 ... Played in the same high school program as current Gardner-Webb defensive end John Singleton (Fr.).
