TULANE: A two-year letterwinner who has played in 18 career games with five starts... career numbers include 45 tackles (24 solo), two stops for lost yardage, one sack, one quarterback hurry and one pass breakup... enters fall drills as the No. 2 Middle linebacker.

2006: Played in 11 games with four starts... missed the Mississippi State game due to injury... registered 39 tackles (20 solo), two stops for lost yardage, one hurry and one PBU... notched 11 tackles in the season opener at Houston... recorded five stops each at UTEP and Tulsa... came up with three tackles, including one for lost yardage and one sack vs. UCF.

2005: Saw action in seven games at linebacker, tallying six tackles (four solo)... earned his first career start at middle linebacker against Rice (11/12) and responded with five tackles (four solo)... also had one tackle against Southeastern Louisiana (10/1).

HIGH SCHOOL: Three-year starter and two-time all-division selection for St. Stanislaus... earned All-South Mississippi honors from the Biloxi Sun-Herald as a senior... named to the 8-4A All-Region team in 2003 and 2004 and was a first team South All-State choice as a senior... the Sun-Herald ranked him 25th on its list of the state's Top 50 recruits, and he was No. 5 among prospects in South Mississippi... also listed in the Top 25 prospects by the Jackson Clarion-Ledger... as a senior, recorded 118 tackles, including 21 for loss, in 11 games... also rushed for 260 yards on 49 carries and scored three rushing TDs for the Class 4A Rock-a-Chaws... caught seven passes for 80 yards and a pair of scores... helped his prep team to a 9-2 record and the 8-4A title in 2004 with a perfect 6-0 mark in region play... team won the district and advanced to the second round of the playoffs... for his career, totaled 268 tackles with 42 tackles for loss, three fumbles forced and four recovered, 10 hurries, five sacks and one interception... prep team made the playoffs every year of his career... qualified for the Beta Honor Roll.

PERSONAL: Majoring in humanities... born on Christmas Day, 1986, in Gulfport, Miss.... one of five children of John and Kim Ellis.

Ellis' Career Defensive Stats

Year	G-GS	UT-AT-TT	TFL	Sacks	FF/FR	QH	PD	INT
2005	7-1	4-2-6	0-0	0-0	0/0	0	0	0-0
2006	11-4	20-19-39	2-12	1-7	0/0	1	1	0-0
Career	18-5	24-21-45	2-12	1-7	0/0	1	1	0-0