Colorado Mesa University Athletics

AT UTEP:
2020: Played in five games for the Miners...Primarily used on special teams coverage...Did not record any stats.

2019: Saw action in five games and registered three tackles, all in the season opener versus Houston Baptist.

2018: Played in four contests, while recording a tackle at LA Tech.

AT ARIZONA: Spent the 2017 season at the University of Arizona, did not see action.

HIGH SCHOOL: As a senior at Franklin High School (2016), posted 118 tackles, 20.0 tackles for loss and four sacks...Named 6A All-District First Team...Selected as team’s MVP as a senior...Tallied 13 stops and a pass breakup as a sophomore on the varsity squad in 2014.

PERSONAL: Full name is Elijah Apolonio Ruiz … Son of Elias Ruiz and Erika Bryan … Has one brother, one sister and two step sisters … Sister, Maya, is a UTEP graduate … Born in Dallas, Texas … Multidisciplinary Studies major.