Pat Elflein

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Pat Elflein
Pat Elflein.jpg
Elflein 2017
Minnesota Vikings - No. 65
Guard
Date of birth: July 6, 1994
Place of birth: Columbus , Ohio
Height: 1.91 m Weight: 137 kg
NFL debut
2017 for the Minnesota Vikings
Career
College : Ohio State
NFL Draft : 2017 / Round: 3 / Pick: 70
 Teams:
Current status: Active
Career highlights and awards
Selected NFL stats
as of week 17 of the 2019 season
Games     43
as a starter     42
Statistics at NFL.com
Statistics at pro-football-reference.com

Patrick "Pat" Elflein (* 6. July 1994 in Columbus , Ohio ) is an American American football poker players on the position of the Guards . He played college football for Ohio State and has been with the Minnesota Vikings in the National Football League (NFL) since 2017 .

college

Elflein grew up in Pickerington , a suburb of Columbus , Ohio , and attended Pickerington North High School. He then went to Ohio State University from 2012 to 2016 , where he played for the Ohio State Buckeyes from 2013 . In addition to his later position as center, which he took from 2016, he also played as a left and right guard . In 2016, Elflein won the Rimington Trophy for best college football player in the center position.

NFL

In the 2017 NFL Draft , Elflein was selected by the Minnesota Vikings in the third round in a total of 70th place . Mike Mayock , former NFL player and analyst for NFL Network , rated Elflein one of the most tech-savvy offensive linemen in the draft. With the Vikings he signed a four-year contract for about 3.8 million US dollars.

He started as a starter from the first week of his rookie season and played 14 games, in weeks 14 and 17 he was out due to injury. His performance in this first season as a professional earned him a call to the PFWA NFL All-Rookie Team .

In the 2018 season Elflein was missing in the first three games of the season.

After the Vikings selected center Garrett Bradbury in the first round in the 2019 NFL Draft , Elflein moved to the position of left guard.

Web links

Commons : Pat Elflein  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bill Rabinowitz: The Chase: How Ohio State Captured the First College Football Playoff . Triumph Books, 2015. ISBN 978-1629371771 .
  2. ↑ Alexis Chassen: Pat Elflein goes from versatile lineman for Ohio State to Vikings in 2017 NFL draft on sbnation.com, April 28, 2017, accessed on April 6, 2019.
  3. ^ Ari Wasserman: Ohio State football: Pat Elflein wins Rimington Trophy for nation's best center on cleveland.com, December 8, 2016, accessed April 6, 2019.
  4. ↑ Draft 2017: Pat Elflein on the National Football League website, accessed April 6, 2019.
  5. ↑ DJ Brynes: Pat Elflein Signs with the Minnesota Vikings on elevenwarriors.com, May 31, 2017, accessed April 6, 2019.
  6. ↑ Pat Elflein Named to All-Rookie Team by PFWA on the Minnesota Vikings website, January 16, 2018, accessed April 6, 2019.
  7. ↑ Matthew Hull: Vikings Re-Sign Center Brett Jones on 12up.com, April 1, 2019, accessed April 6, 2019.
  8. ↑ Dane Mizutani: The secret is out: Pat Elflein will play left guard for Vikings next season on twincities.com. May 22, 2019, accessed on August 31, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Elflein, Pat
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Elflein, Patrick (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American football player
DATE OF BIRTH July 6, 1994
PLACE OF BIRTH Columbus , Ohio