Eli Apple is an American football cornerback for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League.

Eli Apple, born as and formerly known as Eli Woodard, attended Eastern Regional High School in Voorhees, New Jersey and was rated as the top prospect in New Jersey in Rival’s 2013 class and was ranked the 28th best prospect nationally.

Eli Apple received about twenty scholarship offers from Alabama, California, Virginia Tech, Boston College, Wisconsin, Tennessee, Purdue, Miami, Georgia Tech, Maryland, Michigan, Ole Miss, Nebraska, North Carolina, NC State, and Clemson. However, on February 12, 2012, Eli Apple announced his verbal commitment to Ohio State after Rutgers head coach Greg Schiano left for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Eli Apple enrolled at Ohio State in January 2013 as a five-star prospect (ESPN 150) and rated as high as the No. 11 prospect nationally on the ESPN 150.

Is Eli Apple related to Michael Blackson?

Eli Apple was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and was raised by his mother Annie Apple and stepfather Tim Apple in Voorhees Township, New Jersey.

In 2012, Apple changed his name from Eli Woodard to Eli Apple and he is the nephew of comedian Michael Blackson.