Cornerback, West Virginia, to 2008
Ellis Lankster
- Born
- Jun 3, 1987
Ellis Lankster played cornerback at West Virginia (to 2008). The Buffalo Bills took Lankster in round 7, No. 220 overall in the 2009 NFL Draft.
Team titles: Big East champions, 2007
Returns
| Season | Team | PR | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | West Virginia | 26 | 171 | 0 |
Defense
| Season | Team | Int |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | West Virginia | 1 |
| 2008 | West Virginia | 2 |
| On file (2007–08) | 3 | |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Every season here is summed from the game box scores (the source has no season lines for them; a game missing from the box scores is missing here). Kickoff returns are in our source’s box scores from 2009; before that most are missing, so return totals from those years may leave them out.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | TFL | Int | PBU | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2008 | 13 | 47 | 21 | 68 | 2.5 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| On file | 58 | 26 | 84 | 2.5 | 4 | 8 | 1 | |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in). A dash: the source has no number for it.
Game by game
2008 West Virginia 12 games, 26 returns, 171 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | PR | Yds | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 | vs. Villanova | W 48–21 | 1 | 25 | – |
| Sep 6 | at East Carolina | L 3–24 | 3 | 9 | – |
| Sep 18 | at Colorado | L 14–17 | 4 | 64 | – |
| Sep 27 | vs. Marshall | W 27–3 | 1 | −10 | – |
| Oct 4 | vs. Rutgers | W 24–17 | 5 | 53 | – |
| Oct 11 | vs. Syracuse | W 17–6 | 3 | 25 | – |
| Oct 23 | vs. Auburn | W 34–17 | 3 | −1 | – |
| Nov 1 | at UConn | W 35–13 | 3 | 6 | – |
| Nov 8 | vs. Cincinnati | L 23–26 | 1 | 0 | – |
| Nov 22 | at Louisville | W 35–21 | – | – | 1 |
| Dec 6 | vs. South Florida | W 13–7 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Dec 27 ✦ | vs. North Carolina | W 31–30 | 1 | 0 | – |
2007 West Virginia 1 game, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | PR | Yds | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28 | atSouth Florida | L 13–21 | – | – | 1 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
Played in the 2009 Senior Bowl (South team, won 35–18).
| Drill | Pro day 2009 |
|---|---|
| Height | 5′9⅛″ |
| Weight | 191 lb |
Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
5 seasons, 34 games with a stat; latest team: New York Jets.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Buffalo Bills | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | New York Jets | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | New York Jets | 13 | 38 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | New York Jets | 10 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | New York Jets | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 34 | 66 | 1 | 2 | |
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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