2024 Football Roster

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6 Elijhah Badger

  • Position Wide Receiver
  • Class Senior
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 192
  • Hometown South Sacramento, Calif.
  • High School Folsom
  • Prev School Arizona State
  • Season at UF 1st
  • Instagram ekb.p
  • Twitter Elijhahbadger2

Biography

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COLLEGIATE HONORS
  • NFL Combine Participant (2025)
  • Hula Bowl Participant (2025)
  • Two-time ALL-PAC-12 Honorable Mention (2022-23)

2024 SEASON: Played in 12 games highlighted by nine starts and led Florida with 806 receiving yards (13th in SEC) in addition to 39 receptions and four receiving touchdowns for averages of 20.7 YPC (fifth in FBS) and 67.2 YPG (t-eighth in SEC)… Posted the third-most receiving yards by a Gator in a single season across the prior 10 campaigns… Led the Gators with three 100-yard receiving performances
  • vs. No. 19 Miami: Caught three passes for 43 yards including a long of 19 to extend his streak to 27-straight games with a reception
  • vs. Samford: Posted the fifth 100-yard receiving game of his career and first as a Gator, tallying 123 yards on three catches highlighted by a long of 77
  • vs. Texas A&M: Made his first start as a Gator and paced UF with five receptions and 94 yards while hauling in his first touchdown in Orange & Blue
  • at Mississippi State: Hauled in three passes for 45 yards (tied for team high) including a long of 27
  • vs. UCF: Caught his second TD as a Gator and finished with three receptions for 41 yards
  • at No. 8 Tennessee: Had two grabs for a total of 30 yards highlighted by a long of 18
  • vs. Kentucky: Started at wide receiver and caught three passes for a career-high 148 yards and returned one kick for 22 yards
  • vs. No. 2 Georgia: Recorded two receptions for 36 yards with a long of 26 yards
  • at No. 5 Texas: Missed game due to injury
  • vs. No. 21 LSU: Eclipsed 100 receiving yards for the third time this season (seventh of career), finishing as the SEC’s highest-graded receiver in Week 13 (88.2) with three catches for a team-high 131 yards and his third touchdown
  • vs. No. 9 Ole Miss: Led the Gators in receptions (five) and receiving yards (87) for the second-straight week while hauling in his team-high fourth touchdown
  • at Florida State: Caught two passes for 11 yards to finish the regular season with 789 receiving yards – third-most by a Gator in the last 10 years
  • Gasparilla Bowl vs. Tulane: Brought in two receptions for 17 yards in the victory

Prior to Florida
2023 at Arizona State: Saw action in 11 games with nine starts… Led the team in receiving yards (713) and receptions (65) in back-to-back seasons… Featured in the return game on kickoff, totaling 20 returns for 578 yards with a long of 81 yards in the season opener vs. Southern Utah (Aug. 31)... Totaled over 100-plus yards in the return game three times… His 28.9 yards per return ranked No. 1 in the PAC-12, 4th in P5 and 6th in the FBS…Logged two games with a career-high 12 catches and 10 games with three-plus catches… Had 12 catches for 134 yards vs. Colorado (Oct. 7) and marked his second 12 reception outing at UCLA (Nov. 11) with a touchdown catch… Carried the ball on 11 attempts for 51 yards and rushing score coming against Washington State (Oct. 28). 

2022 at Arizona State: Started all 12 games at wide receiver… Made the jump from seven catches last season to 70 receptions with seven touchdowns… Emerged as one of the top receiving threats in the Pac-12, finishing seventh in the league among wide receivers with a receiving grade of 77.3 on the season (min. 50 targets) and Top-35 in the FBS… Finished with 864 receiving yards (top-50 in the FBS regular season among receivers) and 5.8 receptions per game (32nd in the FBS)... Responsible for 41 of ASU’s 145 first downs by passing last year (28.3 percent) - the 33rd-most first downs among FBS receivers over the regular season… His 25 missed tackles forced were tops among Pac-12 receivers and second among all FBS receivers during the regular season… Had 24 explosive receptions (15+ yards) on the season, good for 23rd among FBS receivers in the regular season and third in the Pac-12… Had two 100-yard plus receiving games with 118 at Stanford (Oct. 22) and 137 at Colorado (Oct. 29)... Logged three games of eight catches and a multi reception every game with 11 games of four or more… Notched two games with 90 or more receiving yards at Oklahoma State (Sept. 10) and at Arizona (Nov. 25). 

2021 at Arizona State: Appeared in 11 games with one start… His first career start came at UCLA (Oct. 2)... Finished with seven catches for 61 yards while rushing the ball three times for 37 yards and two touchdowns… Caught first career pass (six yards) and scored first touchdown vs. Colorado (Sept. 25)... Scored his second rushing score (22 yards) of the season against Stanford (Oct. 8) while adding a reception for 19 yards… Had a season-best two catches for 22 yards at Oregon State (Nov. 20)... Caught a pass for eight yards in the Las Vegas Bowl (Dec. 30).

2020 at Arizona State: Played in one game… Made his collegiate debut at Oregon State (Dec. 19) and had a solo tackle-for-loss of eight yards. 

High School
A top-150 overall prospect in the nation according to 247Sports composite rankings (#126) and Rivals (#125) and a Top-300 recruit by ESPN (#200)... A unanimous four-star prospect by all recruiting outlets… Ranked as the No. 23 receiver in the nation by 247Sports composite rankings and the No. 2 athlete in the country by Rivals while ESPN tabbed him as the No. 31 wide receiver in the nation…The No. 15 prospect in the state of California by both 247Sports and ESPN and the No. 18 player in the state by Rivals… Had a monstrous prep career at Folsom, recording 3,398 receiving yards over three years on varsity on 183 catches and 52 receiving touchdowns… Recorded a career-best 1,386 receiving yards (19th in the state of California) with 20 touchdowns as a senior, averaging 17.5 yards per catch on 79 receptions… Had a 1,000-yard season as a junior as well with 1,113 yards and 20 touchdowns on just 55 catches… An exceptional returner as well, added six career touchdown on kickoff and punt returners as well as one on an interception return as a junior… Added 956 kickoff return yards and 417 punt return yards over his final two seasons at Folsom… Led Folsom to the California State Championship in the Division 1-AA bracket as well as the 2018 CIF Sac-Joaquin Section title… Helped lead his Folsom squad to the No. 1 seed in the 2019 CIF Sac-Joaquin Section playoffs as a senior.

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