Rhett Ellison
Ellison with the Minnesota Vikings
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| No. 85 New York Giants | |||||||||
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| Position: | Tight end/Fullback | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | October 3, 1988 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Portola Valley, California | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 250 lb (113 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Mountain View (CA) Saint Francis | ||||||||
| College: | USC | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 2012 / Round: 4 / Pick: 128 | ||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||
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| Career NFL statistics as of Week 17, 2016 | |||||||||
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| Receptions: | 51 |
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| Receiving yards: | 515 |
| Receiving touchdowns: | 3 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Rhett Marshall Ellison (born October 3, 1988) is an American football tight end and fullback for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at USC and was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in the fourth round of the 2012 NFL Draft.
Ellison played high school football at Saint Francis High School in Mountain View, California. As a junior in 2005, he made 27 tackles and 4 sacks, plus caught 26 passes for 301 yards (11.6 avg.) with 5 touchdowns. As a senior, he had 49 tackles, 2 sacks and 1 interception on defense and 31 receptions for 394 yards (12.7 avg.) with 2 touchdowns on offense. His 2006 season honors included 2006 Super Prep All-Farwest, Prep Star All-West, Long Beach Press-Telegram Best of the Rest, San Francisco Chronicle All-Metro honorable mention and San Jose Mercury News All-Area first team playing linebacker and tight end.
Both major recruiting rating agencies of the time, Rivals.com and Scout.com, rated Ellison as a three star (out of five) recruit and in the top 20 among other tight ends in his class. He was recruited by several BCS conference programs and, beside USC, received athletic scholarship offers from Arizona State, Cal, Oregon and Virginia Tech. He committed to USC on February 6, 2007, the day before National Signing Day, a part of a recruiting class that ranked in the top two in the country in 2007.
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