As a college junior, Elliott was selected 180th overall in the 2018 NFL Draft. Since Tom Herman’s is only in his second season as Texas head coach, Elliott is not a product of Herman Era recruiting. However, Elliott, along with teammate Connor Williams, did opt out of the 2018 Texas Bowl. Out of the five 2018 NFL bound Longhorns, only one participated in the bowl.
This background seems to be part of the fuel to Elliott’s fire. In a series of ‘tweet and delete’ posts, Elliott first stated:
I’d really appreciate it if anyone on the current staff at the University of Texas Football team besides Craig Naivar, Jason Washington or Kyle Coats would keep my name out of there mouth and continue to bad talk me or any other junior that decided to leave early.