Monterrio Elston Jr. holds the KR · Starter spot in Kansas State Wildcats’s kick return room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Monterrio Elston Jr. logged a 1.4% overall usage rate in 2025.

Monterrio Elston Jr. is a kick returner for Kansas State from Little Rock, Arkansas, standing 5'7" and weighing 191 pounds. He attended Parkview Magnet High School, where he accumulated 1,854 all-purpose yards as a junior and earned all-state honors in both his junior and senior seasons. The first K-State signee from Arkansas since 2011, Elston made his collegiate debut at Baylor in 2025 with a 25-yard kick return. During his redshirt freshman season, he appeared in three games, recording three kickoff returns for 49 yards and two rushing carries for 2 yards.

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