Saint John's Johnnies | |
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Position | Wide receiver |
Major | Biology |
Personal information | |
Born: | February 19, 1981 |
Career history | |
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High school | Melrose High School |
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College Football Hall of Fame (2025) | |
Blake Elliott (born February 19, 1981) [1] is an American former college football player. He was the winner of the 2003 Gagliardi Trophy for academic and football excellence covering all of NCAA Division III. [2] He graduated from Melrose High School in Melrose, Minnesota and Saint John's University (Collegeville, Minnesota). He owns several school, conference, and national records in NCAA football.[ citation needed ] In his senior year, he led Saint John's to the NCAA Division III Football Championship over previously unbeaten Mount Union College. After going undrafted in the 2004 NFL draft, Elliott signed with the Minnesota Vikings on April 25, 2004. [3] He was placed on injured reserve in June after fracturing his left fibula and tearing his tendon. [4] He spent the entire 2004 season on injured reserve and was released by the Vikings in April 2005. [5] Elliott was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2025. [6]
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John Gagliardi was an American football coach. He was the head football coach at Saint John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota, from 1953 until 2012. From 1949 to 1952, he was the head football coach at Carroll College in Helena, Montana. With a career record of 489–138–11, Gagliardi has the most wins of any coach in college football history. His Saint John's Johnnies teams won four national titles: the NAIA Football National Championship in 1963 and 1965, and the NCAA Division III Football Championship in 1976 and 2003. Gagliardi was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2006.
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The 2003 NCAA Division III football season, part of the college football season organized by the NCAA at the Division III level in the United States, began in August 2003, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship, also known as the Stagg Bowl, in December 2003 at Salem Football Stadium in Salem, Virginia. The Saint John's (MN) Johnnies won second Division III championship by defeating the three-time defending national champion Mount Union Purple Raiders, 24−6.
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