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Photo by: Wesley Dean
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Jersey Number 5

Eli Paulson

  • Position:
    Wide Receiver
  • Height:
    5-7
  • Weight:
    174
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Ramey, Minn.
  • High School:
    Anoka

Pronunciation

Awards & Achievements
2025 Pioneer Football League Academic Honor Roll
2024 Pioneer Football League Academic Honor Roll
2023 Pioneer Football League Academic Honor Roll

2026: Fourth season with the Tommies... 

2025: Appeared in all 12 games as a wide receiver... recorded 254 receiving yards on 20 receptions with one touchdown... recorded 219 net yards on kick/punt returns... recorded a season high 44 yards vs. Valparaiso... recorded first career touchdown at Northern Michigan...  

2024: Played in nine games... had 14 receptions for 131 yards... had a season and career high 54 receiving yards at Valparaiso (Oct. 19). 

2023: Redshirted to preserve a season of eligibility... 

High School: Tallied 1,225 receiving yards and 96 receptions last season…a member of the all-state team, all-metro team, and first team AP…awarded academic all-state for football and wrestling.

Personal: Son of Shelly and Brandon, brother of Abby and Sydney…Dad Brandon wrestled at the University of Minnesota and was an Olympian at the 1996 Olympics, sister Abby a gymnast at the University of Utah…a major undecided heading into first year.
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