Elijah Wilkinson

NoteCARDS:

• Originally signed by the Broncos as a rookie free agent out of UMass in 2017, is in his 10th NFL season in 2026 and has appeared in 96 games (62 starts) in his career.
• After spending the 2023 season with Arizona, where he started nine of 10 games played at LG, returned to the Cardinals as a free agent this offseason, signing a two-year contract.
• His 62 career starts have come at right tackle (37), left guard (18) and right guard (7). Has also seen action at left tackle.

NoteCARDS:

• Originally signed by the Broncos as a rookie free agent out of UMass in 2017, is in his 10th NFL season in 2026 and has appeared in 96 games (62 starts) in his career.
• After spending the 2023 season with Arizona, where he started nine of 10 games played at LG, returned to the Cardinals as a free agent this offseason, signing a two-year contract.
• His 62 career starts have come at right tackle (37), left guard (18) and right guard (7). Has also seen action at left tackle.

Pro Career:

Originally signed by the Denver Broncos as a rookie free agent on 5/12/17 and was released on 9/2/17. Signed to Denver's practice squad on 9/3/17 and was added to the active roster on 10/21/17. Re-signed with Denver to a one-year contract as an exclusive rights free agent on 3/13/18 and 4/1/19. Again re-signed with the Broncos on 4/17/20, a one-year contract as a restricted free agent. Signed a one-year contract with the Chicago Bears on 3/23/21. Signed a one-year contract with the Atlanta Falcons on 3/17/22. Signed with the Arizona Cardinals on 4/4/23. Re-signed with Arizona on 3/13/24 to a one-year contract. Released by the Cardinals on 8/27/24. Signed to Atlanta's practice squad on 8/29/24. Re-signed with the Falcons on a one-year contract on 3/12/25. Re-signed with the Cardinals on 3/12/26, signing a two-year contract as an unrestricted free agent.

2025: In his second season with Atlanta, started all 17 games for the first time in his career with every starting coming at RT … part of an O-Line that ranked finished fourth in the NFL with just 26 sacks allowed on the season; line allowed one sack or fewer in 10 games (only the Colts and 49ers – both with 11 – had more such games in '25) … helped RB Bijan Robinson to his second consecutive Pro Bowl selection and first-ever 1st-team All-Pro nod after he broke the franchise single-season record for scrimmage yards with an NFL-high 2,298 yards; Robinson's 2,298 total scrimmage yards (1,478 rushing; 820 receiving) marked the 12th-best single season total in NFL history; also helped Robinson became just the second player in Falcons history to rush for 1,400+ yards in back-to-back seasons (Gerald Riggs, 1984-85) … made his fourth career start in a season opener, beginning the game at RT vs. TB (9/7) and protected QB Michael Penix Jr. as he threw for 298 and a TD and also rushed for a TD … helped pave the way as Robinson rushed for 143 yards @ Min (9/14) while RB Tyler Allgeier added 76 yards and a TD on 16 carries; blocked for a Falcons rushing attack that posted 218 yards and a TD on 39 carries (5.6 avg.) in the contest … protected Penix Jr. to throw for 250 yards and blocked for Robinson as he rushed for 170 yards and a TD on just 19 carries (8.9 avg.) vs. Buf (10/13); helped the offense pile up 443 yards in total offense in the win over the Bills … part of an O-Line that allowed zero sacks despite 30 pass attempts while Robinson rushed for 104 yards and two TDs vs. Car (11/16) … protected QB Kirk Cousins as he threw for 199 yards and two TDs in the win @ NO (11/23) … aided the offense in gaining a season-high 476 yards of total offense as Cousins to throw for a season-high three TDs on 30-of-44 completions in the win @ TB (12/11) … helped pave the way as Robinson piled up 168 total scrimmage yards (76 rushing; 92 receiving) and a TD while Allgeier added a season-best 79 rushing yard and a TD in a win @ AZ (12/21) … helped block for Robinson as he rushed for a career-high 195 yards and a TD in the win vs. LAR (12/29).

2024: Appeared in two games with Atlanta … spent the majority of the season on the Falcons practice squad after spending the preseason with Arizona … made his Falcons debut vs. NO (9/29), seeing action on special teams … played on both offense and special teams @ Den (11/17).

2023: Started in all but one of the 10 games he appeared in at LG (missed seven games due to a neck injury) ... helped block for the offense to run for the second-most rushing yards per play (5.02) and the fourth-most total rushing yards (2,365 - most by Cardinals since 1979) in the NFL despite ranking 13th in rushing attempts (471) ... made first start as a member of the Cardinals at LG @ Was (9/10) ... started at LG vs. NYG (9/17); part of an offensive line that helped pave the way for RB James Conner to rush for over 100 yards and did not allow a sack of QB Joshua Dobbs; it marked the first time the Cardinals went an entire game without allowing a sack since 12/25/21 ... started at LG in Cardinals win vs. Dal (9/24); blocked for an offense that rushed for 222 yards, marking the second-highest rushing total since the team ran for 261 yards @ Dal on 10/19/20 ... started at LG, helped block for 105 rushing against the NFL's top running defense and was part of an offensive line that allowed just one sack on 41 pass attempts @ SF (10/1) ... started at LG and helped the team rush for 142 yards and a TD on 22 attempts (6.5 avg.) vs. Cin (10/8) ... started at LG and helped the team rush for 130 yards @ LAR (10/15) ... inactive (neck) @ Sea (10/22) ... played vs. SF (12/17) and helped block for the offense to rush for 234 yards against the NFL's top ranked run defense vs. SF (12/17), the most rushing yards by the team since Week 6 of 2020 ... started at LG @ Chi (12/24) ... started at LG, helped allow just one sack and block for 221 rushing yards on a season-high 40 carries (5.5 avg.) @ Phi (12/31), including 128 rushing yards from RB James Conner; the Eagles had not allowed a 100- yard rusher in 24 games and a 200 rushing yard performance in 49 games headed into the contest ... started at LG in the season finale vs. Sea (1/7/24), helped block for over 200 rushing yards and a TD, including a career-high 150 rushing yards from RB James Conner; marked the Cardinals fourth game this season with 200+ rushing yards, the most in the NFL.

2022: Started all nine games he appeared in at left guard, helping the Falcons rush for the second-most yards in a single season in franchise history (2,718 yards) … helped pave the way as Tyler Allgeier set the franchise rookie rushing record with 1,035 yards, breaking the previous mark set by William Andrews (1,023 in 1979) … blocked for an offense that rushed for more than 100 yards in 15 consecutive games for the third time in franchise history and the first time since 2005 … spent Weeks 9-14 on injured reserve (knee) … started at LG in his Falcons debut vs. NO (9/11) and helped Falcons post a season-high 416 total yards of offense, including 201 rushing yards and two TDs … started at LG for the second consecutive game … started in the Falcons victory vs. Cle (10/2), helping rushing attack total 202 yards and two TDs on 35 carries (5.8 avg.) … started vs. SF (10/16) as the Falcons rushed for 168 yards and a TD while Marcus Mariota completed 13-of-14 pass attempts (92.9%) for 129 yards and two TDs … started at LG as Atlanta put up a season-high 37 points in a victory vs. Car (10/30); helped Falcons put up 406 total yards, including 167 rushing yards and 239 net passing yards … missed the next five games on injured reserve (knee) … returned to the starting lineup @ NO (12/18) and helped offense put up a season-high 231 rushing yards and two TDs on 39 attempts (5.9 avg.).

2021: Saw action in 12 games (one start) … start came at right tackle and also saw action as a reserve on the o-Line in four other contests … all other action came on special teams … saw action as a reserve on the line in his Bears debut @ LAR (9/12), playing 22 snaps on offense … played 35 snaps on the o-line in a victory @ LV (10/10) … made his first start for Chicago vs. GB (10/17).

2020: Started seven of the nine games he appeared in with Denver, with all seven starts coming at right tackle … spent Weeks 4-10 on injured reserve (leg) … started at RT in the season-opener vs. Ten (9/14), marking his first-ever Week 1 start … started the next two games: @ Pit (9/20) and vs. TB (9/27) before a fractured shin kept him out of action until Week 12 … returned to the starting lineup @ Car (12/13) and helped the Broncos score 32 points on a season-high five TDs; protected Drew Lock as he threw for a career-high four TDs and finished with a career-best 149.5 passer rating … started at RT in the final three games.

2019: In his third season with the Broncos, played in 15 games and made 12 starts … all 12 starts came at RT … blocked for a rushing attack that totaled 1,662 yards and 11 rushing TDs on 409 attempts (4.1 avg.) … did not allow a single sack in his final six starts … played in 100% of the team's offensive snaps in 11 of his 12 starts … started at RT in Games 2-7 and 9-15.

2018: Played 12 games and made his first seven career starts all at RG and also saw action at LT … played 100% of the offensive snaps in all seven of his starts, which came in the final seven contests of the season … inactive for the first four games; made his regular-season debut playing eight snaps at LT @ NYJ (10/7) ... entered the game at RG and played 40 snaps vs. Hou (11/4) ... made his first NFL start at RG @ LAC (11/18) and was part of an offensive line that did not allow a sack despite 28 pass attempts … started and was part of an O-Line that allowed just one sack on 37 pass attempts @ LV (12/24) … started and played a season-high 79 offensive snaps in the season finale vs. LAC (12/30); part of an o-line that allowed just one sack on 48 pass attempts.

2017: Played nine games as an undrafted rookie ... after serving on Denver's practice squad the first six weeks of the season, signed to the active roster on 10/21 ... active but did not play @ LAC (10/22) ... made his NFL debut @ KC (10/30), seeing action on special teams … saw his first career action on the offensive line as a reserve vs. NE (11/12), subbing at RT … played on special teams in six other games.

College:

Appeared in 38 games (33 starts) in four seasons (2013-16) at UMass with all starts coming at right tackle ... as a senior in 2016, started all nine games played and helped the offense average 356.2 yards per game ... started all 10 games as a junior in 2015, blocking for a passing offense that ranked fourth in the Mid-American Conference in passing offense (257.5 ypg) while adding 142.3 rushing yards per contest … started 12 games as a sophomore in 2014, paving the way for an offense that averaged 27.3 points per game and 421.1 yards per game ... played in six games (two starts) as a true freshman in 2013, seeing action on both the offensive and defensive lines.

Personal:

Attended Downingtown (PA) West High School, where he was named to the Philadelphia Inquirer All-Southeastern Pennsylvania second-team, first-team all-league and was named the county's Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman as a senior in 2012 ... Big-33 Football Classic selection.