Sedrick Ellis

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Sedrick Ellis
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Ellis in the 2012 NFL season.
No. 98
Position: Defensive tackle
Personal information
Born: (1985-07-09) July 9, 1985 (age 38)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Height:6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:307 lb (139 kg)
Career information
High school: Chino (CA)
College: USC (2003–2007)
NFL Draft: 2008  / Round: 1 / Pick: 7
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Total tackles:173
Sacks:12.5
Forced fumbles:2
Fumble recoveries:1
Player stats at NFL.com

Sedrick Dwayne Ellis (born July 9, 1985) is a former American football defensive tackle. He played college football for the University of Southern California (USC), and earned unanimous All-American honors. He was drafted by the New Orleans Saints seventh overall in the 2008 NFL Draft.

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Early years

Ellis was born in Chino, California. Ellis prepped at Chino High School. He was involved with teams that went to back to back CIF title games 2000, 2001. Ellis, along with teammate Chris McFoy, who was on these Chino teams, played in the NFL. While in high school Ellis played defensive tackle and fullback in goal line situations.

College career

Ellis attended the University of Southern California, where he played for coach Pete Carroll's USC Trojans football team from 2003 to 2007. As an underclassman, he learned under All-American Mike Patterson [1] Ellis finished his redshirt junior season at USC during the 2006 season. He was first team coaches and Rivals.com All-Pac-10 conference, first-team College Football News All-American and won the Morris Trophy. Ellis was a major force in USC's victory over then-No. 3 Michigan in the 2007 Rose Bowl, recording a season-high seven tackles, a sack and a pass deflection. Following the performance, Ellis considered making the jump to the NFL in the 2007 NFL Draft but decided to come back for his senior season and would go pro in 2008; part of his decision to stay was tied to classmate and highly touted defensive lineman Lawrence Jackson.

Bench pressing more than 500 pounds, he was the strongest player on the Trojans roster and was named one of the "Pac-10's Top 10 Players" by Sports Illustrated going into the 2007 season. [2] At the end of the 2007 season, Ellis was voted the Pacific-10 Conference Defensive Player of the Year by league coaches, and was selected to the all-conference first team. [3]

Ellis was recognized as a unanimous first-team All-American, having received first-team honors from the Associated Press, American Football Coaches Association, Football Writers Association of America, Walter Camp Football Foundation and The Sporting News, SI.com, Rivals.com. [4] [5]

Ellis on the sidelines while playing for Southern California 091507-USCNeb-SedrickEllis.jpg
Ellis on the sidelines while playing for Southern California

Although Ellis was the strongest person on the 2007 Trojans and only the third player under Pete Carroll's Trojan tenure to lift over 500 lb (230 kg), he had only started lifting weights since he was 15 (10 years as of 2010) because his father would not allow him to lift at a younger age. [6] In addition to benching a team-best 510 lb (230 kg), at the 2007 spring pro day Ellis hoisted 225 lb 42 times. [1] Because of his strength, the Trojans had to purchase a set of 200-pound dumbbells for their weight room just to accommodate him (the previous high were 160s); Ellis would do sets of eight reps on the incline bench with the 200s. [7]

Career statistics

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesDefense
GPGSCmbSoloAstTfLSckPDIntFFFRQBHBlkTD
2003 USC 1000000.00000000
2004 USC 11020200.00000200
2005 USC 131350282284.53011600
2006 USC 101034171784.53002710
2007 USC 141358292912.58.57012900
Career4836144747028.517.5130252410

Professional career

Pre-draft

Pre-draft measurables
HeightWeight 40-yard dash 10-yard split20-yard split 20-yard shuttle Three-cone drill Vertical jump Broad jump Bench press
6 ft 0+1⁄2 in
(1.84 m)		305 lb
(138 kg)		5.05 s1.84 s3.07 s4.74 s7.79 s32+1⁄2 in
(0.83 m)		8 ft 8 in
(2.64 m)		36 reps
Weight, Vertical, and Bench from USC Pro Day. All others from NFL Combine. [8]

Bench Press: 440 lb (200 kg); Squat: 560 lb (250 kg) [8]

New Orleans Saints

Ellis was drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the first round with the seventh overall pick in the 2008 NFL Draft. The Saints original draft spot was 10th, but they traded up with the New England Patriots. [9] The teams swapped first round picks, the Saints gave up their third round selection (78th) and the Pats gave back their fifth round selection (164th). [10] The Patriots used the tenth pick to select linebacker Jerod Mayo.

Initially, New Orleans attempted to trade up for LSU DT Glenn Dorsey, whom they had valued higher than Ellis. They had purportedly offered a deal to the Kansas City Chiefs which included their first- and second-round picks and their first-round pick in the 2009 NFL Draft [11] but the Chiefs decided to draft Dorsey instead.

In New Orleans, Ellis was reunited with Saints defensive line coach Ed Orgeron, who was his assistant coach at USC for his freshman year and responsible for recruiting him. Extended negotiations over contract details, not uncommon with high draft picks, led the defensive tackle to miss six days and 12 practices of training camp until a contract was agreed to on July 29. His initial five-year contract is worth a maximum value of $49 million, with $19.5 million in guarantees; however portions are based on hard-to-reach incentives that may bring the realized value of the agreement lower. [12]

2008 season

Ellis started and played 13 regular season games in his rookie season for the Saints, who finished 8-8. Sedrick recorded 30 tackles (20 solo) and 4 sacks.

2009 season

Ellis started and played 10 regular season games in his second season with the Saints, who finished 13-3 and went on to win Super Bowl XLIV. He recorded 34 tackles (26 solo) and 2 sacks in the regular season. Ellis started at Defensive Tackle for the Saints in the Super Bowl, recording three tackles.

2010 season

Ellis started and played in all 16 regular season games for the Saints for the first time in his NFL career, recording 44 tackles (30 solo), which marked a career high. Ellis also led all Saints defenders with 6 sacks on the year. New Orleans finished 11-5, good for 2nd place in the NFC South. Ellis started at defensive tackle in the Saints' Wild Card playoff loss to the Seattle Seahawks, recording 3 total tackles.

2011 season

Ellis started all but one game during the Saints 13-3 run in 2011 that resulted in another NFC South title. He had 32 tackles (including playoffs) and four passes defended.

2012 season

Ellis started and played in all 16 regular season games, recording 36 tackles (23 solo).

Chicago Bears

On June 11, 2013, Ellis signed a one-year contract with the Chicago Bears, [13] a team that had a top five defense in yards and point-per-game allowed the year prior.

On July 25, 2013, Ellis did not report to training camp and advised the Bears of his intention to retire from the NFL. [14]

NFL career statistics

YearTeamGPTacklesFumblesInterceptions
CmbSoloAstSckFFFRYdsIntYdsAvgLngTDPD
2008 NO 133020104.0000000.0005
2009 NO 10342682.0017000.0002
2010 NO 164430146.0200000.0002
2011 NO 15299200.5000000.0004
2012 NO 163613230.0000000.0001
Career [15] 70173987512.5210000.00014

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References

  1. 1 2 Bud Withers, USC's Ellis will be dominating presence, Seattle Times, September 26, 2007.
  2. ↑ Pac-10's Top 10 Players: 4 Sedrick Ellis, DT, Sr. | USC, SI.com, Accessed August 21, 2007.
  3. ↑ Pac-10 Football Awards and All-Conference Team Announced Archived 2009-02-12 at the Wayback Machine , Pacific 10 Conference, December 3, 2007.
  4. ↑ Ralph D. Russo, McFadden, Tebow Lead AP All-America Team, Associated Press, December 11, 2007. Archived December 14, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ SI.com's All-Americas, SI.com, December 11, 2007.
  6. ↑ Mark Saxon, Ellis a monster in the middle of USC defense Archived 2013-02-05 at archive.today , The Orange County Register, August 18, 2007.
  7. ↑ Bruce Feldman, Trojans' defense respects but doesn't fear Illini attack, ESPN the Magazine, December 31, 2007.
  8. 1 2 Kansas City Star.com
  9. ↑ "2008 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-05-11.
  10. ↑ Triplett, Mike (April 26, 2008). "Saints trade up, draft Ellis". The Times-Piscayune Greater New Orleans. Archived from the original on April 19, 2016. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
  11. ↑ 2theadvocate.com | Sheldon Mickles | Mickles: Orgeron reunited with Ellis — Baton Rouge, LA
  12. ↑ Mike Triplett, Saints, Ellis agree to five-year deal Archived 2009-04-22 at the Wayback Machine , The Times-Picayune, July 29, 2008, Accessed July 31, 2008.
  13. ↑ "Bears add DT Sedrick Ellis". ESPN . June 11, 2013. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
  14. ↑ "Bears sign Anderson with Ellis retiring". Yahoo! Sports. Associated Press. 2013-07-25. Retrieved 2013-07-25.
  15. ↑ "Sedrick Ellis Stats". ESPN Internet Ventures. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
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