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

Best season
775
Receiving yards, 2013 (South Carolina, 11–⁠2)
Drafted
No. 106
Round 4, 2014 NFL Draft (San Francisco 49ers)

Career highs

10catches, career highat Missouri, 2013140receiving yards, career highvs. Wisconsin, 20132receiving touchdowns, career highfour times; last vs. Wisconsin, 2013

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2011South Carolina1721112.4149
2012South Carolina4060015.0743
2013South Carolina4977515.8853
Career1061,58615.01653

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTDPRYdsTD
2011South Carolina204630–––
2012South Carolina184060–––
2013South Carolina510803160
Career4397703160

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2011South Carolina171066.2161
2012South Carolina5285.6016
2013South Carolina3144.707
Career251485.9161

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
2011South Carolina23WR
2012South Carolina23WR
2013South Carolina23WR5′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

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2013South Carolina451.1992nd (n=341)0.8153.76%

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
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Aug 29vs.North CarolinaW 27–⁠101170–––
Sep 7atGeorgiaL 30–⁠411130–––
Sep 14vs.VanderbiltW 35–⁠2581111––3
Sep 28atUCFW 28–⁠254880131–
Oct 5vs.KentuckyW 35–⁠28170477–
Oct 12atArkansasW 52–⁠76962–––
Oct 26atMissouriW 27–⁠24101362–––
Nov 2vs.Mississippi StateW 34–⁠16160–––
Nov 16vs.FloridaW 19–⁠144671–––
Nov 23vs.Coastal CarolinaW 70–⁠103430–––
Nov 30vs.ClemsonW 31–⁠174510–––
Jan 1 ✦vs.WisconsinW 34–⁠2461402–––
2012 South Carolina 12 games, 40 catches, 600 yards, 7 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 8vs.East CarolinaW 48–⁠104630–––
Sep 15vs.UABW 49–⁠65980–––
Sep 22vs.MissouriW 31–⁠101170150–
Sep 29atKentuckyW 38–⁠172290125–
Oct 6vs.GeorgiaW 35–⁠71201122–
Oct 13atLSUL 21–⁠234381347–
Oct 20atFloridaL 11–⁠44–––349–
Oct 27vs.TennesseeW 38–⁠3561011366–
Nov 10vs.ArkansasW 38–⁠2051041126–
Nov 17vs.WoffordW 24–⁠73220–––
Nov 24atClemsonW 27–⁠177722370–
Jan 1 ✦vs.MichiganW 33–⁠282361251–
2011 South Carolina 12 games, 17 catches, 211 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 3vs.East CarolinaW 56–⁠37–––255–
Sep 10atGeorgiaW 45–⁠42–––362–
Sep 17vs.NavyW 24–⁠21170236–
Sep 24vs.VanderbiltW 21–⁠3180252–
Oct 1vs.AuburnL 13–⁠163600–––
Oct 8vs.KentuckyW 54–⁠33220122–
Oct 15atMississippi StateW 14–⁠124320117–
Nov 5atArkansasL 28–⁠442110–––
Nov 12vs.FloridaW 17–⁠12–––4103–
Nov 19vs.The CitadelW 41–⁠20–––230–
Nov 26vs.ClemsonW 34–⁠133711113–
Jan 2 ✦vs.NebraskaW 30–⁠13–––273–

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

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2014
Height5′9⅜″
Weight197 lb
Arm length31″
Hand size9⅝″
40-yard dash4.45 s
10-yard split1.55 sW
Vertical jump39½″
Broad jump10′0″
Bench press15 reps
3-cone drill6.69 s
20-yard shuttle3.95 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.

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2014San Francisco 49ers136622
2015San Francisco 49ers13131530
2017Houston Texans11293302
2018Detroit Lions7312241
NFL career44797695

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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