Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 23-42vs South Dakota State | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | 19 | Season-high 35 yds |
| Wk 4 | L 14-24@ Iowa | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Total | 6 | 47 | 10.2 | 0 | 19 |
#28
Marcus McElroy
Senior running back for Colorado State. 2021: 47 rushing yards.
6′0″ · 236 lb · Denver, CO
Colorado State 2021 alumnus
Recruiting
3★
RB recruit
No. 804 nationally · Signed with Colorado State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 running back for Colorado State. 2021: 47 rushing yards.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Colorado State in 2017.
- Transferred from Colorado State to McNeese in 2022.
Marcus McElroy
Marcus McElroy has been at Colorado State through two head coaches in five seasons. One game to point at: 35 rush yds against South Dakota State — Week 1, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- head-coach lineage
- game log
How it ended
Five seasons at Colorado State, 720 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
2017
- Signed with Colorado State3-star out of Mullen
2022
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Colorado State
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
2 coaches2017–2019
Colorado State
Coaching transition mid-career: Mike Bobo → Steve Addazio. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2021 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2017Colorado State7-6HC: Mike Bobo · Balanced
2018Colorado State3-9HC: Mike Bobo · Pass-leaning
2019Colorado State4-8HC: Mike Bobo · Balanced
2020Colorado State1-3HC: Steve Addazio · Run-leaning
2021Colorado State3-9HC: Steve Addazio · Run-leaning, fast tempo
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: yards / carry (99th percentile). Concern: rush yards (0th percentile).
Box-score rates (5)
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 2 games: 23.5 YDS/g, 10.2 YPC, 0.0 TD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jim Mora
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2021
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Colorado State | 6 | 47 | 7.8 | 0 | -- |
| 2020 | Colorado State | 29 | 75 | 2.6 | 2 | -- |
| 2019 | Colorado State | 80 | 370 | 4.6 | 3 | -- |
| 2018 | Colorado State | 52 | 219 | 4.2 | 0 | -- |
| 2017 | Colorado State | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 169 | 720 | 4.3 | 5 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Colorado State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Colorado State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Colorado State | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 0 | -- |
| 2018 | Colorado State | 4 | 56 | 14.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2017 | Colorado State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 9 | 77 | 8.6 | 0 | -- |
Game log
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology