A three-year starter ... Closed out Fordham career as third leading receiver in 2021 … Moved into a starting role at wide receiver as a junior in 2019 ... Led team in receptions, second in receiving yards ... Rebounded from an injury as a freshman to see action in six games as a sophomore ... A First Team All-State and All-Metro player at Fordson High School in Dearborn, Michigan ... Named to the 2018 and 2020-21 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.

2021 (Senior Season)
• Appeared in nine games at wide receiver.
• Caught 40 passes for 400 yards and one touchdown.
• Hauled in 13 passes for 166 yards, both career highs, at Lafayette.
• Made eight catches for 58 yards versus Monmouth.
• Had six receptions for 62 yards and one score (18 yards) at Stony Brook.
• Recorded four catches for 37 yards at Nebraska.

2020-21 (Senior Season)
• Started two games at wide receiver.
• Caught seven passes for 90 yards.
• Grabbed six passes for 74 yards at Holy Cross.
 
2019 (Junior Season)
• Named Phil Steele Third Team All-Patriot League.
• Started all 12 games at wide out as a junior.
• Led team with 62 receptions for 642 yards with four touchdowns.
• Second on team in receiving yards and touchdowns.
• Third in Patriot League in receptions/game (5.3).
• Made nine catches for 66 yards at Stony Brook.
• Also had nine receptions for 95 yards at Colgate.
• Grabbed nine passes for a career-high 122 yards vs. Holy Cross.
• Caught eight passes for 70 yards with two touchdowns in season opener versus CCSU.
• Finished with six receptions for 68 yards at Bryant.
• Recorded five catches for 37 yards in win over Bucknell.
• Had three catches for 62 yards at Ball State.
• Made three catches for 23 yards at Yale.
• Recorded three receptions for 36 yards vs. Lehigh.
• Had three catches for 33 yards and one score at Lafayette.

2018 (Sophomore Season)
• Appeared in six games as a sophomore.

2017 (Freshman Season)
• Appeared in one game as a freshman.
 
Before Fordham
• A graduate of Fordson High School in Dearborn, Michigan, where he lettered in football for head coach Fouad Zaban.
• 2016 MLive First Team All-State.
• 2016 Detroit News First Team All-Metro.
• Named 2016 Wayne County First Team All-Area.
• 2016 First Team All-Conference selection.
• Named team Most Valuable Player of the Year.
• Named team Offensive Player of the Year.
• Served as a team captain for football, basketball and track.
• Broke school record as part of the 4x100 relay.
• Named All-League in basketball.
• Named Male Athlete of the Year.

Personal
• Son of Sue Zaban and Gahad Elzayat.
• Has a younger brother, Mohamed-Ali.
• An International Political Economy major.