Ezekiel Elliott
He entered the league in the 1st round of the 2016 draft, pick 1 overall, made by there goes the Naberhood with the Alligators' slot. Across 9 seasons and 93 starts he played for there goes the Naberhood, Alligators and Hitmen.
His best season was 2016: 273 points across 14 starts, +109.2 above replacement for there goes the Naberhood, the 2nd-best running back in football that year. That is part of a career worth +294.8 PAR, 16th in league history. He started for 2 championship teams (2021, 2022), producing +7.5 in playoff weeks across his career.
He went back into the draft pool once, most recently in 2024, taken in the 2nd round by Hitmen. The tail was not kind: 2024 came in at −10.3 across 1 starts. He finishes on 2nd in the there goes the Naberhood Ring of Honor and the there goes the Naberhood All Cool Pete Team at RB.
The career
One axis. Tenure above, the board below, PAR by season in the plot. Nine seasons on the axis, 2016 to 2024.
Season by season
| Season | Franchise | Starts | Points | NFL rank | Playoff PAR | PAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | there goes the Naberhood | 14 | 273.2 | RB2 | +13.1 | +109.2 |
| 2017 | there goes the Naberhood | 8 | 152.3 | RB9 | — | +67.5 |
| 2018 | there goes the Naberhood | 14 | 242.2 | RB5 | +0.1 | +65.5 |
| 2019 | there goes the Naberhood | 13 | 198.9 | RB4 | — | +50.3 |
| 2020 | there goes the Naberhood | 12 | 143.8 | RB11 | — | +2.9 |
| 2021 · title | there goes the Naberhood | 16 | 197.1 | RB6 | −4.6 | +4.0 |
| 2022 · title | there goes the Naberhood | 12 | 145.4 | RB15 | −1.1 | +10.3 |
| 2023 | Alligators | 3 | 28.4 | RB32 | — | −4.5 |
| 2024 | Hitmen | 1 | 3.2 | RB60 | — | −10.3 |