Todd Eldredge bought hockey skates at age five, but within two weeks hat switched to figure skates because he wanted to "jump and spin". At age ten, he left home to follow his coach Richard Callaghan (who is coaching him until today). Eldredge took one year off international ISU competitions in 1998/99 and came back for Skate Canada 1999 and the Four Continents Championships 2000. Eldredge took a full international competition schedule again in the 2000/01 season. Eldredge was the 1988 World Junior Champion.