Andre Ellington, 2011
Photo: Daniel Lin, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Running back, Clemson, 2008–⁠12

Andre Ellington

Number
No. 23
Height
5′10″
Hometown
Moncks Corner, SC
Born
Feb 3, 1989, in Moncks Corner, South Carolina

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Andre Ellington played running back at Clemson (2008–⁠12). The Arizona Cardinals took Ellington in round 6, No. 187 overall in the 2013 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
1,178
Rushing yards, 2011 (Clemson, 10–⁠4)
Best game
212 yards
At Maryland, week 7, 2011: No. 3 rushing game in FBS that week
Drafted
No. 187
Round 6, 2013 NFL Draft (Arizona Cardinals)

Career highs

228rushing yards, career highvs. Auburn, 20123rushing touchdowns, career highvs. Miami, 201087receiving yards, career highat Florida State, 2012

Team titles: ACC champions, 2011

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2009Clemson684917.2455
2010Clemson1186865.81071
2011Clemson2231,1785.31174
2012Clemson2121,0815.1868
Career6213,4365.53374

Receiving

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2009Clemson11555.0012
2010Clemson121099.1122
2011Clemson221095.0019
2012Clemson1423216.6152
Career595058.6252

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTDPRYdsTD
2009Clemson6950130
2010Clemson72381–––
2011Clemson51310–––
2012Clemson81780–––
Career266421130

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2009Clemson23RB
2010Clemson23RB
2011Clemson23RB
2012Clemson23RB5′10″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2012 Clemson 13 games, 1,081 rushing yards, 8 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 1vs.AuburnW 26–⁠1925228068––
Sep 8vs.Ball StateW 52–⁠271341211––
Sep 15vs.FurmanW 41–⁠71559210––
Sep 22atFlorida StateL 37–⁠491455112487
Sep 29atBoston CollegeW 45–⁠312513214613
Oct 6vs.Georgia TechW 47–⁠312482015247
Oct 20vs.Virginia TechW 38–⁠17199612618
Oct 25atWake ForestW 42–⁠13156101225
Nov 3atDukeW 56–⁠20126026––
Nov 10vs.MarylandW 45–⁠101355113––
Nov 17vs.NC StateW 62–⁠4822124024347
Nov 24vs.South CarolinaL 17–⁠271572013––
Dec 31 ✦vs.LSUW 25–⁠241150012135
2011 Clemson 13 games, 1,178 rushing yards, 11 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 3vs.TroyW 43–⁠19188902637
Sep 10vs.WoffordW 35–⁠2722165174212
Sep 17vs.AuburnW 38–⁠2414461911
Sep 24vs.Florida StateW 35–⁠30237111927
Oct 1atVirginia TechW 23–⁠3164017220
Oct 8vs.Boston CollegeW 36–⁠142211713516
Oct 15atMarylandW 56–⁠4524212255––
Oct 22vs.North CarolinaW 59–⁠38750412
Nov 12vs.Wake ForestW 31–⁠282598221342
Nov 19atNC StateL 13–⁠37928015312
Nov 26atSouth CarolinaL 13–⁠34136601625
Dec 3vs.Virginia TechW 38–⁠10201251322−5
Jan 4 ✦vs.West VirginiaL 33–⁠7010116168––
2010 Clemson 9 games, 686 rushing yards, 10 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 4vs.North TexasW 35–⁠101212226013
Sep 11vs.PresbyterianW 58–⁠2131118––
Sep 18atAuburnL 24–⁠2722140121448
Oct 2vs.MiamiL 21–⁠3017107371339
Oct 9atNorth CarolinaL 16–⁠2112550141−2
Oct 16vs.MarylandW 31–⁠71641112––
Oct 23vs.Georgia TechW 27–⁠1320166255212
Oct 30atBoston CollegeL 10–⁠16154401419
Nov 27vs.South CarolinaL 7–⁠291000––
2009 Clemson 14 games, 491 rushing yards, 4 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 5vs.Middle TennesseeW 37–⁠14972036––
Sep 10atGeorgia TechL 27–⁠30321015––
Sep 19vs.Boston CollegeW 25–⁠794501518
Sep 26vs.TCUL 10–⁠14––––13
Oct 3atMarylandL 21–⁠24490421
Oct 17vs.Wake ForestW 38–⁠3234032––
Oct 24atMiamiW 40–⁠3761205325
Oct 31vs.Coastal CarolinaW 49–⁠368815515
Nov 7vs.Florida StateW 40–⁠2465414316
Nov 14atNC StateW 43–⁠2373108––
Nov 21vs.VirginiaW 34–⁠21529113––
Nov 28atSouth CarolinaL 17–⁠3421301127
Dec 5vs.Georgia TechL 34–⁠39563130––
Dec 27 ✦vs.KentuckyW 21–⁠13420011––

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Played in the 2013 Senior Bowl (South team, won 21–⁠16).

DrillCombine 2013
Height5′9¼″
Weight199 lb
Arm length31″
Hand size9⅜″
40-yard dash4.61 s
10-yard split1.57 sW
Vertical jump34″
Broad jump10′2″

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

5 seasons, 62 games with a stat; latest team: Houston Texans.

SeasonTeamGCarYdsTDRecRec yds
2013Arizona Cardinals15118652339371
2014Arizona Cardinals12201660346395
2015Arizona Cardinals1045289315148
2016Arizona Cardinals14349601285
2017Houston Texans112055139369
NFL career624181,752101511,368

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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