American football player and coach (born 1985)

Elijah J. "E. J." Barthel (born February 1, 1985) is a former American football fullback and current Running back coach for the UConn Huskies. He was signed by the Las Vegas Locomotives as an undrafted free agent in 2009. He played college football at M*achusetts.

Barthel grew up in East Rutherford, New Jersey and attended Henry P. Becton Regional High School.

Contents

• 1 College years
• 2 Professional career
  • 2.1 New York Giants
  • 2.2 Las Vegas Locomotives
• 3 References
• 4 External links

College years

Barthel played his first three years at Rutgers University. He redshirted his Freshman year and was injured as a redshirt Freshman. His Sop*re year he played in 2 games. Barthel transferred to UM*, along with Tight end Brad Listorti, as a Junior and played in all 15 games, starting 3. He rushed twice for 7 yards and had a catch for 20. He was a major contributor on special teams and had 4 tackles as UM* made it to the National Championship that year in 2006. As a senior Barthel battled injuries and only registered 1 rush of 5 yards and 1 catch for 4 yards.

Professional career

New York Giants

Barthel had a tryout with the New York Giants but was not signed by the team.

Las Vegas Locomotives

Barthel signed with the Locos for the 2009 season where he teamed with fellow UM* football alum Marcel Shipp.

References

External links

• Just Sports Stats
• UM* Minutemen bio