Elijah Sarratt

● Tall, well-built frame and plays bigger than listed ● Varied release packages and chews up cushions with strong strides ● Gets in and out of breaks with decent quickness for his size ● Comfortable with a defender on his hip and embraces physicality 100 Back to table of contents -- 104 of 629 -- ● Picks up the ball quickly to flip his shoulders, adjust and snag throws (received the nickname “Waffle House,” because he is always open) ● Comfortable making contested grabs at every level of the field ● Money on money downs (76 percent of his catches went for either a first down or touchdown) ● Voted a team captain and well-respected by everyone (NFL scout: “He’s always doing extra. … Not super vocal but sets examples with his work.”) ● Crazy touchdown production (44 touchdown grabs in four seasons)

● Average speed and suddenness in his patterns ● Doesn’t have extra burst to escape early jams ● Basic route tree in college (heavy doses of slants, hitches and go routes) ● Outside of 2025 Iowa tape, didn’t put much YAC on his senior film ● Wasn’t used as a true downfield threat (only one catch of 30-plus yards in 2025) ● Missed two games as senior because of a hamstring injury (Oct. 2025) ● Doesn’t offer much on special teams

A two-year starter at Indiana (and a starter for three-and-a-half years overall), Sarratt was an outside receiver (86.3 percent of his 2025 snaps) in offensive coordinator Mike Shanahan’s RPO-heavy scheme. Along with D’Angelo Ponds, Aiden Fisher and others, he transferred to Indiana from James Madison after head coach Curt Cignetti made that same move and was part of a core that led the Hoosiers to the 2025 national championship. Despite playing just two seasons in Bloomington, he finished No. 3 in school history with 23 touchdown catches. A former hooper, Sarratt is a coordinated athlete who knows how to use his size and adjust to the football (4.5 percent drop rate in 2025), which made him a back-shoulder machine for the Hoosiers. Though he plays well through contact, he can get held up by press at times and will face more defenders who can match his physicality in the NFL. No one would describe his speed as electric, but he can find another gear when needed and combined for 32 catches of 20-plus yards the last two seasons (same number as Ohio State’s Jeremiah Smith). Overall, Sarratt will be saddled with the “possession receiver” label, but he is an underrated athlete and plays with the urgency and toughness to own the catch point — which translates to any level of football. He has the tools to develop into an NFL starter, either on the outside or as a “big slot.”