
Tight end, USC, 2007–11
Rhett Ellison
- Number
- No. 40
- Height
- 6′5″
- Hometown
- Portola Valley , CA
- Born
- Oct 3, 1988, in Portola Valley, California
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Rhett Ellison played tight end at USC (2007–11). The Minnesota Vikings took Ellison in round 4, No. 128 overall in the 2012 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Honors
Team titles: Pac-10 champions, 2008
Receiving
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.
On the roster
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
2011 USC 10 games, 22 catches, 133 yards, 2 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs. | W 19–17 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 12 | – |
| Sep 17 | vs. | W 38–17 | 5 | 31 | 1 | 12 | – |
| Sep 24 | at | L 22–43 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Oct 1 | vs. | W 48–41 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Oct 13 | at | W 30–9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | −5 |
| Oct 22 | at | W 31–17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Oct 29 | vs. | L 48–56 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 14 | – |
| Nov 4 | at | W 42–17 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 10 | – |
| Nov 19 | at | W 38–35 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 9 | – |
| Nov 26 | vs. | W 50–0 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 9 | – |
2010 USC 9 games, 21 catches, 239 yards, 3 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | at | W 49–36 | 3 | 34 | 1 | 22 | – |
| Sep 18 | at | W 32–21 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 23 | – |
| Sep 25 | at | W 50–16 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 29 | – |
| Oct 16 | vs. | W 48–14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | – |
| Oct 30 | vs. | L 32–53 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 17 | – |
| Nov 13 | at | W 24–21 | 3 | 32 | 1 | 23 | – |
| Nov 20 | at | L 7–36 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | – |
| Nov 27 | vs. | L 16–20 | 5 | 38 | 0 | 14 | – |
| Dec 4 | at | W 28–14 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 16 | – |
2009 USC 4 games, 6 catches, 41 yards, 1 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5 | vs. | W 56–3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | – |
| Oct 17 | at | W 34–27 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 12 | – |
| Nov 7 | at | W 14–9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | – |
| Dec 5 | vs. | L 17–21 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 5 | – |
2008 USC 3 games, 4 catches, 58 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1 | vs. | W 56–0 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 21 | – |
| Nov 8 | vs. | W 17–3 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 25 | – |
| Dec 6 | at | W 28–7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2012 | Combine or pro day 2012 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′4⅞″ | |
| Weight | 251 lb | |
| Arm length | 32¾″ | |
| Hand size | 10¼″ | |
| Wingspan | 79″W | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.88 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.71 s | |
| Vertical jump | 31½″ | |
| Broad jump | 9′1″ | |
| 3-cone drill | 7.16 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.39 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
8 seasons, 93 games with a stat; latest team: New York Giants.
| Season | Team | G | Rec | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Minnesota Vikings | 12 | 7 | 65 | 0 |
| 2013 | Minnesota Vikings | 7 | 5 | 61 | 1 |
| 2014 | Minnesota Vikings | 14 | 19 | 208 | 1 |
| 2015 | Minnesota Vikings | 12 | 11 | 124 | 1 |
| 2016 | Minnesota Vikings | 11 | 9 | 57 | 0 |
| 2017 | New York Giants | 14 | 24 | 235 | 2 |
| 2018 | New York Giants | 13 | 25 | 272 | 1 |
| 2019 | New York Giants | 10 | 18 | 167 | 1 |
| NFL career | 93 | 118 | 1,189 | 7 | |
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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