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2008: Ellison appears to be in line for significant playing time at tight end as a redshirt freshman in 2008. 2007: Ellison redshirted as a freshman tight end in 2007, his first year at USC. HIGH SCHOOL: His 2006 honors included 2006 Super Prep All-Farwest, Prep Star All-West, Long Beach Press-Telegram Best of the Rest and San Jose Mercury News All-Area first team as a senior linebacker and tight end at St. Francis High in Mountain View (Calif.). He had 49 tackles, 2 sacks and 1 interception on defense and 31 receptions for 394 yards (12.7 avg.) with 2 TDs on offense in 2006. As a junior in 2005, he made 27 tackles and 4 sacks, plus caught 26 passes for 301 yards (11.6 avg.) with 5 TDs. PERSONAL: He's an international relations major at USC with a B average (2.97 GPA). His father, Riki (Gray) Ellison, lettered at linebacker for 4 seasons (1978-80, 1982) at USC, where he was a member of the 1978 national championship team and earned All-Conference honors in 1979, then played in the NFL with the San Francisco 49ers (1983-89), where he appeared in the 1985 and 1989 Super Bowls, and Los Angeles Raiders (1990-92). His sister, Wesley, played water polo at Michigan for 4 years (2004-07). |
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