Elgersma played college football at Wilfried Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario. He was so good for the Golden Hawks that he won the Hec Crighton Trophy in 2014, which is the Canadian version of the Heisman Trophy.

Elgersma may not be a familiar name to fans in the United States, but he "won Canada's version of the Heisman Trophy last year" when he took home the 2024 Hec Crighton Trophy, per Pelissero. While Elgersma was not on the B/R NFL Scouting Department's final big board of the top 300 prospects and top 16 quarterbacks leading up to the 2025 NFL draft,