High School: Two-year standout in football at Montclair High School...played both offensive guard and tackle...led team to 8-3 mark and championship berth as a junior in 2007 and to a 9-2 mark and semifinal appearance as a senior in 2008...team captain as a senior...two-time first team all-conference lineman....earned first team all-county honors as a junior and third team laurels as a senior...three former teammates are playing at CAA schools - James Pitts (Villanova), Marlon Calbi (Villanova), and Rylan Kelleher (Hofstra)...honor roll student.
At Delaware: First-year member of squad as a walk-on...looks to add support to the Delaware offensive line unit.
Personal: Elijah Mwansa Hodges...born April 12, 1991...son of Elijah Hodges and Lois Chipepo...has an older sister...mechanical engineering major at Delaware...would like to become a biomedical engineer...mother is a graduate of Rutgers University.
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