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Jon M. Fishman
Lerner Publications Minneapolis
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Copyright 2018 by Lerner Publishing Group, Inc.
All rights reserved. International copyright secured. No part of this book may be
reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any
meanselectronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwisewithout the
prior written permission of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc., except for the inclusion of
brief quotations in an acknowledged review.
Lerner Publications Company
A division of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc.
241 First Avenue North
Minneapolis, MN 55401 USA
For reading levels and more information, look up this title at www.lernerbooks.com.
Main body text set in Albany Std 15/22. Typeface provided by Agfa.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Fishman, Jon M., author.
Title: Ezekiel Elliott / Jon M. Fishman.
Description: Minneapolis : Lerner Publications, 2018. | Series: Sports All-Stars |
Includes bibliographical references and index. | Audience: Age 711. | Audience:
Grade 4 to 6.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017019222 (print) | LCCN 2017022340
(ebook) | ISBN 9781512482638 (eb pdf) | ISBN 9781512482478 (lb : alk. paper) |
ISBN 9781541512023 (pb : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Elliott, Ezekiel, 1995Juvenile literature. | African American
football playersBiographyJuvenile literature. | Football playersUnited
StatesBiographyJuvenile literature. | Running backs (Football)United
StatesBiographyJuvenile literature.
Classification: LCC GV939.E46 (print) | LCC GV939.E46 F57 2018 (ebook) | DDC
796.332092 [B]dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017019222
Manufactured in the United States of America
1-43296-33116-9/12/2017
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CONTENTS
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Ezekiel Elliott streaks
down the field in a
December 26, 2016, game
against the Detroit Lions.
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Dallas Cowboys running
back Ezekiel Elliott is
strong. Hes fast. And when he
gets the football in his hands, he
knows what to do with it.
Elliott put all his skills on display
in a game against the Detroit Lions
on December 26, 2016. If the
Cowboys could win, they would
tie their all-time record for wins in
a season. The game was tied in
the first quarter when Cowboys
quarterback Dak Prescott handed
the ball to Elliott on the Dallas 45
yard line.
Elliott dashed up the middle of
the field. He blasted through the
Detroit . He was
in the clear! Elliott cut to his right
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and turned on his world-class speed. A Detroit defender
almost caught up with him as the running back neared
the . But there was no stopping Elliott. At the
5-yard line, he leaped and stretched in the air. Elliott
crossed into the end zone. Touchdown!
Ezekiel Elliott ( left ) made his jumping dive into the end zone
ahead of Detroit Lions player Glover Quin.
The fans in Dallas roared with excitement. Elliott
danced for the crowd. Then his teammates caught up
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