#11

Elijah Spencer

Former wide receiver at Minnesota. 2024: 52 catches, 685 receiving yards, 6 TD.

WR · Minnesota · Sr. · #11

6′2″ · 200 lb · Irmo, SC

CFB Index 65 · #111 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceMinnesota 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1654 nationally · Signed with Charlotte

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Minnesota. 2024: 52 catches, 685 receiving yards, 6 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Charlotte in 2021.
Transferred from Charlotte to Minnesota in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Minnesota, 2,074 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 160 yds vs UTEP.UTEP · L 35-412022

202111 games

Signed with Charlotte3-star out of Dutch Fork

202212 games

All-Conference USAhonorable_mention

20236 games

The snaps went the other way.

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1654 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-CONFERENCE USA

All-Conference USA mention (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

1 coach

2021–2024

P.J. Fleck

Minnesota

Played his entire career under P.J. Fleck.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Charlotte5-7HC: Will Healy · Balanced

2022Charlotte3-9HC: Peter Rossomando · Balanced

2023Minnesota6-7HC: P.J. Fleck · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2024Minnesota8-5HC: P.J. Fleck · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

65Quality starter #111 of 466?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec tds (85th percentile). Strength: receptions (81st percentile). Concern: long catch (11th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#173 / 610 · 72nd pct

1.06

Explosive rate#187 / 610 · 69th pct

18.5%

Yards / catch#215 / 610 · 65th pct

13.1

Catch rate#226 / 610 · 63rd pct

92.6%

TD rate#247 / 610 · 59th pct

7.4%

Box-score rates (5)

Rec TDs#65 / 541 · 85th pct

Receptions#101 / 541 · 81st pct

Rec yards#120 / 541 · 78th pct

685

Yards / catch#258 / 541 · 52nd pct

13.2

Long catch#480 / 541 · 11th pct

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	3.0	44.1	14.2	0.4
Road6g	5.2	62.7	11.9	0.5

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	3.5	42.1	11.6	0.5
Weeks 8+5g	4.8	69.6	15.6	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

P.J. Fleck

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

65 · #111 of 466 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #111 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Minnesota	52	685	13.2	6	--
2023	Minnesota	9	65	7.2	3	--
2022	Charlotte	57	943	16.5	9	--
2021	Charlotte	28	381	13.6	6	--
Career		146	2,074	14.2	24	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2024

W 24–17

vs USC

1 rec · 10 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With D. Taylor — 144 rush yds (25 car) · M. Brosmer — 169 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 89.3 · 14 rush yds (7 car) · 3 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 9 · Maryland · 3&7 · Q3 · EPA +3.50Elijah Spencer 25 Yd pass from Max Brosmer (Dragan Kesich Kick)
Week 1 · Virginia Tech · 3&8 · Q2 · EPA +3.04Max Brosmer pass complete to Elijah Spencer for 12 yds for a TD (Dragan Kesich KICK)
Week 4 · Iowa · 3&8 · Q2 · EPA +3.01Max Brosmer pass complete to Elijah Spencer for 11 yds for a TD (Dragan Kesich KICK)
Week 7 · UCLA · 3&7 · Q3 · EPA +2.99Max Brosmer pass complete to Elijah Spencer for 12 yds for a TD (Dragan Kesich KICK)
Week 1 · Virginia Tech · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.51Darius Taylor pass complete to Elijah Spencer for 10 yds for a TD (Dragan Kesich KICK)
Week 3 · Nevada · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.48Max Brosmer pass complete to Elijah Spencer for 29 yds to the NEV 42 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Wisconsin · 3&7 · Q1 · EPA +2.40Max Brosmer pass complete to Elijah Spencer for 21 yds to the WIS 1 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Michigan · 2&8 · Q4 · EPA +2.35Max Brosmer pass complete to Elijah Spencer for 19 yds to the MINN 46 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Rutgers · 2&14 · Q1 · EPA +2.27Max Brosmer pass complete to Elijah Spencer for 16 yds to the MINN 40 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Maryland · 1&7 · Q1 · EPA +2.20Elijah Spencer 7 Yd pass from Max Brosmer (Dragan Kesich Kick)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 17-19vs North Carolina	2	26	13.0	0	20	2 TD catches
Wk 2	W 48-0vs Rhode Island	4	55	13.8	0	18
Wk 3	W 27-0vs Nevada	4	54	13.5	0	29
Wk 4	L 14-31vs Iowa	2	19	9.5	1	11
Wk 5	L 24-27@ Michigan	6	67	11.2	0	19
Wk 6	W 24-17vs USC	1	10	10.0	0	10
Wk 7	W 21-17@ UCLA	3	25	8.3	1	12
Wk 9	W 48-23vs Maryland	6	99	16.5	2	28	Season-high 99 yds
Wk 10	W 25-17@ Illinois	6	67	11.2	0	15
Wk 11	L 19-26@ Rutgers	5	61	12.2	0	20
Wk 13	L 25-26vs Penn State	2	46	23.0	0	23
Wk 14	W 24-7@ Wisconsin	5	75	15.0	0	21
Bowl	W 24-10@ Virginia Tech	6	81	13.5	2	26
Total		52	685	13.1	6	29

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology