Mike Elias
6 Mike Elias
  • Height:
    6-2
  • Weight:
    225
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Ann Arbor, Mich.
  • High School:
    Huron
  • Position:
    LB

Bio

Two-year starter . . . Made 11 starts in 2011 . . . Finished as the squad's third-leading tackler with 83 total tackles on 26 solo efforts and 57 assists . . . Tallied two interceptions for 36 return yards . . . Had 2.5 tackles for loss . . . Also finished with a pass breakup . . . Twice netted 10 or more tackles in a contest . . . Started all 11 games in 2010 . . . Had 52 total tackles with 21 solo hits and 31 assisted stops . . . Also had 3.5 tackles for loss . . . Finished with one interception and three pass breakups . . . Tallied 11 total tackles in week two win over nationally-ranked Saginaw Valley State (Sept. 11) . . . Also had eight stops against Michigan Tech (Nov. 6) . . . Played in the first six games of the 2009 season and made one start before an injury . . . Finished with seven tackles, including six assisted stops . . . Also had a sack for a loss of six yards . . . Tallied three sacks in the 2009 spring game . . . Contending for playing time this season . . . Has a good future ahead of him in the program . . . Plays hard . . . Graduated in 2008 from Ann Arbor Huron High School . . . Totaled 70 tackles, five stops for loss and four interceptions as a prep senior . . . Coached by Joel Przygodski . . . Also participated in both basketball and track for the River Rats . . . Team finished with a 4-5 mark his final season . . . His father is employed asa physician while his mother is a professor . . . Has two older sisters, Mira and Anna . . . Born in Ypsilanti, Mich. . . . FSU Letters: Three . . . Birthdate: 4/2/90.