Temple University Athletics
2008 Football Roster
Roster
Joseph, Elisha

Jersey Number 91
Elisha Joseph
- Position:
- DT
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 275
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Hartford, Conn.
- High School:
- Hartford Public
Bio
Wears jersey #4 this fall after wearing #91 for three seasons.
Honors: 2010 first-team All-MAC honoree … 2010 Academic All-MAC selection … 2010 fourth-team All-MAC by Phil Steele … recipient of the team’s 2010 George M/ Illman Award for leadership … 2010 Captains’ Award … named to the 2010 Philadelphia Inquirer’s Academic All-Area Football Team … 2010 CoSIDA Academic All-America nominee … named the coaches’ defensive player of the week for the Bowling Green game (Oct. 16, 2010) … cited on the 2010 Athletic Director’s Honor Roll … 2009 Honorable Mention Academic All-MAC honoree … named to the 2009 Philadelphia Inquirer’s Academic All-Area Football Team … cited on the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll … recipient of the Athletic Dept.’s inaugural Enterprise Spirit & Sportsmanship Award in 2009.
2010: Team captain for nine games … started all 12 games at nose tackle … one of just seven Owls to start every game … also played on the punt and field goal defense units … had 44 tackles on the season … had seven tackles at Miami … had three solo tackles against Ohio … had three tackles, including a TFL, in the win at Kent State … assisted on a tackle in the win at Buffalo … made a career-high seven solo stops in the win over Bowling Green en route to the coaches’ defensive player of the game honors … assisted on three tackles at Northern Illinois … had four tackles in the win at Army … had 10 tackles at No. 23/20 Penn State … had a solo tackle in the win over Connecticut … had five tackles in the win over Central Michigan … lettered.
2009: Played in all 13 games with three starts at left end … also played on the punt, field goal, and opponent field goal units … made a solo stop against UCLA in the EagleBank Bowl … had a tackle at Ohio … made two solo stops in the win at Akron … had a sack, a tackle and a TFL in the win over Miami … had four tackles in the win at Navy … made a stop in the win at Toledo … had two tackles at No. 5 Penn State … had a solo tackle against Villanova ... lettered.
2008: Played in 11 games with three starts ... also saw action with the punt unit ... received the starting nod at Army ... had two tackles ... named a game captain for the Buffalo game ... started against the Bulls and had a career-high two solo tackles ... had three tackles at No. 16/15 Penn State ... had two tackles against Western Michigan ... missed the Miami game with an injury ... started at nose tackle and had two tackles and 1.5 TFL in the win over Akron ... lettered.
2007: Played in all 12 games with one start ... one of 20 true freshmen to see game action and one of 12 true freshmen to earn a starting role ... received the starting nod at LE against Navy ... made four tackles and a break-up in his collegiate debut ... had three tackles, including one for a loss of 17 yards, against Buffalo ... named the coaches[apos] special teams player of the game at Ohio ... made three tackles against the Bobcats ... added two tackles against No. 25 Penn State ... lettered.
Postgraduate: Played the 2006 season at MLB at the Kent (Conn.) School with twin brother Elijah under head coach Todd Marble ... Honor Roll student.
High School: A 2006 graduate of Hartford (Conn.) Public HS ... served as team captain in the Connecticut-Rhode Island Governor's Cup All-Star Game as a senior and made a TD reception ... second-team All-State WR as a senior and a second-team All-State DB as a junior ... made first-team All-Central Connecticut Eastern Conference at both WR and DB in 2005, while garnering all-league honors at DB in 2004 ... had 38 career receptions ... three-year varsity letterwinner under head coach Harry Bellucci ... he and twin brother Elijah helped team to a pair of league titles, posting an 8-2 record in 2005 and a 7-3 mark in 2004 ... teammate of current Owl DE Brian Sanford ... recipient of the prestigious John Cuyler Athlete of the Year Award while graduating with honors.
Personal: Born June 20, 1988, in Hartford, Conn. ... nickname is Eli ... son of Barbara Morris ... twin brother Elijah plays linebacker for the Owls ... criminal justice major.
Honors: 2010 first-team All-MAC honoree … 2010 Academic All-MAC selection … 2010 fourth-team All-MAC by Phil Steele … recipient of the team’s 2010 George M/ Illman Award for leadership … 2010 Captains’ Award … named to the 2010 Philadelphia Inquirer’s Academic All-Area Football Team … 2010 CoSIDA Academic All-America nominee … named the coaches’ defensive player of the week for the Bowling Green game (Oct. 16, 2010) … cited on the 2010 Athletic Director’s Honor Roll … 2009 Honorable Mention Academic All-MAC honoree … named to the 2009 Philadelphia Inquirer’s Academic All-Area Football Team … cited on the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll … recipient of the Athletic Dept.’s inaugural Enterprise Spirit & Sportsmanship Award in 2009.
2010: Team captain for nine games … started all 12 games at nose tackle … one of just seven Owls to start every game … also played on the punt and field goal defense units … had 44 tackles on the season … had seven tackles at Miami … had three solo tackles against Ohio … had three tackles, including a TFL, in the win at Kent State … assisted on a tackle in the win at Buffalo … made a career-high seven solo stops in the win over Bowling Green en route to the coaches’ defensive player of the game honors … assisted on three tackles at Northern Illinois … had four tackles in the win at Army … had 10 tackles at No. 23/20 Penn State … had a solo tackle in the win over Connecticut … had five tackles in the win over Central Michigan … lettered.
2009: Played in all 13 games with three starts at left end … also played on the punt, field goal, and opponent field goal units … made a solo stop against UCLA in the EagleBank Bowl … had a tackle at Ohio … made two solo stops in the win at Akron … had a sack, a tackle and a TFL in the win over Miami … had four tackles in the win at Navy … made a stop in the win at Toledo … had two tackles at No. 5 Penn State … had a solo tackle against Villanova ... lettered.
2008: Played in 11 games with three starts ... also saw action with the punt unit ... received the starting nod at Army ... had two tackles ... named a game captain for the Buffalo game ... started against the Bulls and had a career-high two solo tackles ... had three tackles at No. 16/15 Penn State ... had two tackles against Western Michigan ... missed the Miami game with an injury ... started at nose tackle and had two tackles and 1.5 TFL in the win over Akron ... lettered.
2007: Played in all 12 games with one start ... one of 20 true freshmen to see game action and one of 12 true freshmen to earn a starting role ... received the starting nod at LE against Navy ... made four tackles and a break-up in his collegiate debut ... had three tackles, including one for a loss of 17 yards, against Buffalo ... named the coaches[apos] special teams player of the game at Ohio ... made three tackles against the Bobcats ... added two tackles against No. 25 Penn State ... lettered.
Postgraduate: Played the 2006 season at MLB at the Kent (Conn.) School with twin brother Elijah under head coach Todd Marble ... Honor Roll student.
High School: A 2006 graduate of Hartford (Conn.) Public HS ... served as team captain in the Connecticut-Rhode Island Governor's Cup All-Star Game as a senior and made a TD reception ... second-team All-State WR as a senior and a second-team All-State DB as a junior ... made first-team All-Central Connecticut Eastern Conference at both WR and DB in 2005, while garnering all-league honors at DB in 2004 ... had 38 career receptions ... three-year varsity letterwinner under head coach Harry Bellucci ... he and twin brother Elijah helped team to a pair of league titles, posting an 8-2 record in 2005 and a 7-3 mark in 2004 ... teammate of current Owl DE Brian Sanford ... recipient of the prestigious John Cuyler Athlete of the Year Award while graduating with honors.
Personal: Born June 20, 1988, in Hartford, Conn. ... nickname is Eli ... son of Barbara Morris ... twin brother Elijah plays linebacker for the Owls ... criminal justice major.
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