IU Football WR Elijah Sarratt named to the Biletnikoff Award Watchlist

Preseason award watchlists are being released ahead of the 2024-25 college football season and several IU Football players have found their names attached to many prestigious awards. Wide receiver Elijah Sarratt is the most recent Hoosier as he has been named to the Biletnikoff Award watchlist which recognizes the best wide receiver in college football.

The former James Madison transfer had a big season in 2023 where he caught 82 passes for 1,191 yards and eight touchdowns. Sarratt also added a rushing touchdown for the Dukes.

Sarratt began his collegiate career at the Division II level with Saint Francis (PA) before transferring to James Madison. He has been a standout at every level and he will look to continue that now with IU Football in the Big Ten.

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The 6-foot-2 wideout figures to be one of the focal points of the IU Football offense as he and Donaven McCulley will make up one of the more dangerous wide receiver duos in the country.

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The Tallahassee Quarterback Club (TQC) Foundation, Inc., the Florida-based creator and sponsor of the prestigious Biletnikoff Award, annually recognizes the college football season’s outstanding FBS receiver. Any player, regardless of position (wide receiver, tight end, slot back, and running back) who catches a pass is eligible for the award. As such, the Biletnikoff Award recognizes college football’s outstanding receiver, not merely college football’s outstanding wide receiver.

In 25 career games (14 starts), Sarratt enters his first season at Indiana after stops at Saint Francis (Pa.) (2022) and at James Madison (2023). He earned first-team All-Sun Belt as a sophomore at JMU and was a FCS Freshman All-America and first-team All-Northeast Conference his true freshman season at SFU.

He owns six career 100-yard receiving games (5 at JMU; 1 at SFU) and has produced multiple touchdowns in five career games. Entering the season, Sarratt leads all FBS true juniors with 21 receiving touchdowns and sits No. 2 with 1,890 yards receiving (Tetairoa McMillan, Arizona).

Last season, Sarratt caught multiple passes in all 13 games for James Madison and finished No. 11 nationally in yards receiving (1,191). He was No. 22 in the FBS in receptions (82) and receptions per game (6.2) and his eight receiving touchdowns finished No. 32 nationally.

2024 Indiana Football Preseason Accolades

James Bomba – AFCA Good Works Team Nominee, Allstate Wuerffel Trophy Watch List

James Evans – Ray Guy Award Preseason Watch List

D’Angelo Ponds – Lott Trophy Preseason Watch List

Elijah Sarratt – Bilitikoff Award Preseason Watch List

Solomon Vanhorse – College Football Comeback Player of the Year Preseason Watch List

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