Defensive tackle, USC, 2003–07
Sedrick Ellis
Lettered 2004–07 (school media guide)
- Born
- Jul 9, 1985, in Chino, California
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Sedrick Ellis played defensive tackle at USC (2003–07). He was a consensus All‑American in 2007. The New Orleans Saints took Ellis in the first round, No. 7 overall in the 2008 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Honors
- 2006, 2007Pac-12 Morris Trophy
- 2006, 2007First-team All-Pac-10
- 2007Consensus All‑American
- 2007Pac-12 Pat Tillman Defensive Player of the Year
Team titles: National champions, 2003 and 2004; Pac-10 champions, 2003, 2006 and 2007
All-America: consensus 2007; College Football News 2006
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
Season by season, from Wikipedia
| Season | Games | Tackles | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | GS | Tot | Solo | Ast | TFL | Sacks | |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 13 | 13 | 50 | 28 | 22 | 8 | 4.5 |
| 2006 | 10 | 10 | 34 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 4.5 |
| 2007 | 14 | 13 | 58 | 29 | 29 | 12.5 | 8.5 |
| Career | 49 | 36 | 144 | 74 | 70 | 28.5 | 17.5 |
From the college statistics table in Ellis’s Wikipedia article (Sedrick Ellis, CC BY-SA), season by season as the article gives them, bowls included where it counts them. Our own records come from box scores, which start in 2004 (tackles in 2016, kickoff returns in 2009).
The teams in those years
No defensive lines in our box scores: before 2016 they record only interceptions for defenders. His defense from other sources is below.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | PBU | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 13 | 28 | 22 | 50 | 7.5 | 4.5 | 3 | 1 |
| 2006 | 10 | 18 | 16 | 34 | 8 | 4.5 | 3 | 1 |
| 2007 | 13 | 29 | 29 | 58 | 12.5 | 8.5 | 7 | – |
| On file | 75 | 67 | 142 | 28 | 17.5 | 13 | – | |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2008 | Combine or pro day 2008 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′0½″ | |
| Weight | 309 lb | |
| Arm length | 33″ | |
| Hand size | 9″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 5.32 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.85 s | |
| Vertical jump | 26½″ | |
| Broad jump | 8′9″ | |
| Bench press | 34 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 7.78 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.73 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).
In the NFL
5 seasons, 67 games with a stat; latest team: New Orleans Saints.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | New Orleans Saints | 13 | 27 | 4 | 0 |
| 2009 | New Orleans Saints | 10 | 24 | 2 | 0 |
| 2010 | New Orleans Saints | 16 | 34 | 6 | 0 |
| 2011 | New Orleans Saints | 13 | 29 | 0.5 | 0 |
| 2012 | New Orleans Saints | 15 | 36 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 67 | 150 | 12.5 | 0 | |
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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