Sedrick Ellis
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 Ellis on the sidelines while playing for Southern California |
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| New Orleans Saints — No. 98 | |
| Defensive tackle | |
| Date of birth: May 9, 1985 | |
| Place of birth: Chino, California | |
| Height: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | Weight: 307 lb (139 kg) |
| National Football League debut | |
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| No regular season or postseason appearances | |
| Career history | |
| College: Southern California | |
| NFL Draft: 2008 / Round: 1 / Pick: 7 | |
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| Current status: Unsigned Draft Pick | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Stats at NFL.com | |
Sedrick Ellis (born May 9, 1985 in Chino, California) is an American football defensive tackle for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Saints seventh overall in the 2008 NFL Draft. He played college football at Southern California.
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[edit] Early years
Ellis prepped at Chino, CA High School. Although, he attended Chino High, Sedrick and his family resides in Pomona, CA in the Westmont area.
[edit] College career
[edit] 2006 season
As an underclassman, Ellis learned under first team All-American Mike Patterson[1] Ellis finished his redshirt junior season at the University of Southern California during the 2006-2007 season. He was first team coaches and rivals.com All-Pac-10 conference, First-team College Football News All-America team and won the Morris Trophy. Ellis had been considering making the jump to the National Football League 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 fellow classmate and highly touted defensive lineman Lawrence Jackson.
[edit] 2007 season
Ellis was a CBS Sportsline, Sporting News, Lindy's and Street and Smiths preseason All-American for 2007. He was also on the Bednarik Award, Lombardi Trophy, Lott Trophy and Outland Trophy watch lists for 2007. Bench pressing more than 500 pounds, he is 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 selected to the All-Conference first team.[3]
Ellis was selected to the majority of All-America First-teams, including those by the Associated Press, SI.com, Rivals.com, AFCA, Walter Camp Football Foundation, FWAA and Sporting News.[4][5]
[edit] Statistics
| Year | G | GS | TAC | T/L | Sacks | DFL | FR |
| 2004 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 13 | 13 | 50 | 8 | 4.5 | 3 | 0 |
| 2006 | 10 | 10 | 34 | 8 | 4.5 | 4 | 2 |
| 2007 | 13 | 13 | 58 | 12.5 | 8.5 | 7 | 2 |
| Totals | 47 | 36 | 144 | 28.5 | 17.5 | 14 | 4 |
Key: G - Games played; GS - Games started; TAC - Total Tackles; T/L - Tackles for loss; Sacks - Quarterback sacks; DFL - Deflected passes; FR - Fumbles Recovered
[edit] Measurables
[edit] NFL Combine
Height: 6'0-1/2" Weight: 298 lb (135 kg)
40-yard time: 5.05; 20-yard time: 3.07; 10-yard time: 1.84
Verticle jump: 30"; Broad jump: 8'8"; Short shuttle: 4.74; 3-cone drill: 7.79
225-pound bench press: 34 reps
[edit] USC Pro Day
Height: 6'0-1/2" Weight: 305 lb (138 kg)
40-yard time: 5.02
Verticle jump: 32.5"
Bench Press: 440 lb (200 kg); Squat: 560 lb (250 kg)
225-pound bench press: 36 reps
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[edit] Professional career
[edit] New Orleans Saints
Ellis was drafted by the New Orleans Saints seventh overall in the 2008 NFL Draft.
[edit] Personal
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 (6 years as of 2007) because his father would not allow him to lift at a younger age.[7] 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.[8] Ellis has a pet Rottweiler named Junior.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Bud Withers, USC's Ellis will be dominating presence, Seattle Times, September 26, 2007.
- ^ Pac-10's Top 10 Players: 4 Sedrick Ellis, DT, Sr. | USC, SI.com, Accessed August 21, 2007.
- ^ Pac-10 Football Awards and All-Conference Team Announced, Pacific 10 Conference, December 3, 2007.
- ^ Ralph D. Russo, McFadden, Tebow Lead AP All-America Team, Associated Press, December 11, 2007.
- ^ SI.com's All-Americas, SI.com, December 11, 2007.
- ^ Kansas City Star.com
- ^ Mark Saxon, Ellis a monster in the middle of USC defense, The Orange County Register, August 18, 2007.
- ^ Bruce Feldman, Trojans' defense respects but doesn't fear Illini attack, ESPN the Magazine, December 31, 2007.
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