Receiver, South Carolina, 2011–13
Bruce Ellington
- Number
- No. 23
- Height
- 5′9″
- Hometown
- Moncks Corner, SC
- Born
- Aug 22, 1991
Bruce Ellington played receiver at South Carolina (2011–13). The San Francisco 49ers took Ellington in round 4, No. 106 overall in the 2014 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
10catches, career highat Missouri, 2013140receiving yards, career highvs. Wisconsin, 20132receiving touchdowns, career highfour times; last vs. Wisconsin, 2013Receiving
| Season | Team | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | South Carolina | 17 | 211 | 12.4 | 1 | 49 |
| 2012 | South Carolina | 40 | 600 | 15.0 | 7 | 43 |
| 2013 | South Carolina | 49 | 775 | 15.8 | 8 | 53 |
| Career | 106 | 1,586 | 15.0 | 16 | 53 | |
Returns
| Season | Team | KR | Yds | TD | PR | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | South Carolina | 20 | 463 | 0 | – | – | – |
| 2012 | South Carolina | 18 | 406 | 0 | – | – | – |
| 2013 | South Carolina | 5 | 108 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 0 |
| Career | 43 | 977 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 0 | |
Rushing
| Season | Team | Car | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | South Carolina | 17 | 106 | 6.2 | 1 | 61 |
| 2012 | South Carolina | 5 | 28 | 5.6 | 0 | 16 |
| 2013 | South Carolina | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 0 | 7 |
| Career | 25 | 148 | 5.9 | 1 | 61 | |
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
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Ht |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | South Carolina | 23 | WR | |
| 2012 | South Carolina | 23 | WR | |
| 2013 | South Carolina | 23 | WR | 5′9″ |
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.
Per play
| Season | Team | Plays | EPA/play | Pctile | Median | Total | Usage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | South Carolina | 45 | 1.19 | 92nd (n=341) | 0.81 | 53.7 | 6% |
Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.
Game by game
2013 South Carolina 12 games, 49 catches, 775 yards, 8 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | KR | Yds | PR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29 | vs. | W 27–10 | 1 | 17 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Sep 7 | at | L 30–41 | 1 | 13 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Sep 14 | vs. | W 35–25 | 8 | 111 | 1 | – | – | 3 |
| Sep 28 | at | W 28–25 | 4 | 88 | 0 | 1 | 31 | – |
| Oct 5 | vs. | W 35–28 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 77 | – |
| Oct 12 | at | W 52–7 | 6 | 96 | 2 | – | – | – |
| Oct 26 | at | W 27–24 | 10 | 136 | 2 | – | – | – |
| Nov 2 | vs. | W 34–16 | 1 | 6 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Nov 16 | vs. | W 19–14 | 4 | 67 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Nov 23 | vs. | W 70–10 | 3 | 43 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Nov 30 | vs. | W 31–17 | 4 | 51 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs. | W 34–24 | 6 | 140 | 2 | – | – | – |
2012 South Carolina 12 games, 40 catches, 600 yards, 7 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | KR | Yds | PR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8 | vs. | W 48–10 | 4 | 63 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Sep 15 | vs. | W 49–6 | 5 | 98 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Sep 22 | vs. | W 31–10 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 50 | – |
| Sep 29 | at | W 38–17 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 25 | – |
| Oct 6 | vs. | W 35–7 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 22 | – |
| Oct 13 | at | L 21–23 | 4 | 38 | 1 | 3 | 47 | – |
| Oct 20 | at | L 11–44 | – | – | – | 3 | 49 | – |
| Oct 27 | vs. | W 38–35 | 6 | 101 | 1 | 3 | 66 | – |
| Nov 10 | vs. | W 38–20 | 5 | 104 | 1 | 1 | 26 | – |
| Nov 17 | vs. | W 24–7 | 3 | 22 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Nov 24 | at | W 27–17 | 7 | 72 | 2 | 3 | 70 | – |
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs. | W 33–28 | 2 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 51 | – |
2011 South Carolina 12 games, 17 catches, 211 yards, 1 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | KR | Yds | PR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs. | W 56–37 | – | – | – | 2 | 55 | – |
| Sep 10 | at | W 45–42 | – | – | – | 3 | 62 | – |
| Sep 17 | vs. | W 24–21 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 36 | – |
| Sep 24 | vs. | W 21–3 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 52 | – |
| Oct 1 | vs. | L 13–16 | 3 | 60 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Oct 8 | vs. | W 54–3 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 22 | – |
| Oct 15 | at | W 14–12 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 17 | – |
| Nov 5 | at | L 28–44 | 2 | 11 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Nov 12 | vs. | W 17–12 | – | – | – | 4 | 103 | – |
| Nov 19 | vs. | W 41–20 | – | – | – | 2 | 30 | – |
| Nov 26 | vs. | W 34–13 | 3 | 71 | 1 | 1 | 13 | – |
| Jan 2 ✦ | vs. | W 30–13 | – | – | – | 2 | 73 | – |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2014 |
|---|---|
| Height | 5′9⅜″ |
| Weight | 197 lb |
| Arm length | 31″ |
| Hand size | 9⅝″ |
| 40-yard dash | 4.45 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.55 sW |
| Vertical jump | 39½″ |
| Broad jump | 10′0″ |
| Bench press | 15 reps |
| 3-cone drill | 6.69 s |
| 20-yard shuttle | 3.95 s |
Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
4 seasons, 44 games with a stat; latest team: Detroit Lions.
| Season | Team | G | Rec | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | San Francisco 49ers | 13 | 6 | 62 | 2 |
| 2015 | San Francisco 49ers | 13 | 13 | 153 | 0 |
| 2017 | Houston Texans | 11 | 29 | 330 | 2 |
| 2018 | Detroit Lions | 7 | 31 | 224 | 1 |
| NFL career | 44 | 79 | 769 | 5 | |
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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