Gary Ellerson
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| Position: | Running back | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | July 17, 1963 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Albany, Georgia | ||||||||
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| High school: | Albany (GA) Monroe | ||||||||
| College: | Wisconsin | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1985 / Round: 7 / Pick: 182 | ||||||||
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| Rushing attempts-yards: | 169-688 |
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| Receptions-yards: | 19-193 |
| Touchdowns: | 9 |
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Gary Tobius Ellerson (born July 17, 1963, in Albany, Georgia) is a former American football player with the University of Wisconsin–Madison, the Green Bay Packers and the Detroit Lions. He currently works as a sports-talk radio host on WSSP in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as part of The Big Show with Ramie Makhlouf and Steve Fifer.
Ellerson attended Monroe High School from 1977 to 1981. He played football, was on the track team, and was in band. He received an Honorable Mention on the All Region Team in 1979-80 with 30 catches for 520 yards and 4 touchdowns. In 1980–81, he played on the Georgia All State First Team, All-Region First Team, and Georgia High School All-Star Game, and led AAAA in receiving yards at 42 catches for 820 yards and 9 touchdowns in 10 games.
In 2003, Ellerson was inducted into the Albany Georgia Sports Hall of Fame.
Ellerson was recruited by Alabama, Auburn, Florida State, Georgia, Miami, Tennessee, and Wisconsin. He chose the University of Wisconsin-Madison and enrolled in fall 1981. He played football there until 1984. From 1982 to 1983, his team led the Big Ten in kick-off return yardage and in 1982 he returned 19 kick-offs for 454 yards, averaging almost 24 yards per return. In 1983, he rushed for 820 yards on 161 carries and scored 12 rushing touchdowns. During his time in Madison, Ellerson and the Badgers played in two bowl games: a 7-point loss to Tennessee in the 1981 Garden State Bowl and an 11-point win in the 1982 Independence Bowl over Kansas State.
Ellerson started his professional career as a running back in 1984 with the Memphis Showboats of the United States Football League, where he was a teammate of Reggie White. He re-entered the NFL Draft in 1985 and was taken in the 7th round by the Packers. He spent the 1985 and 1986 seasons in Green Bay before being released during training camp of the 1987 season. He then signed with the Lions a short time later. Ellerson played in 8 games with the Lions in 1987, before a knee injury effectively ended his career.
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