Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2006-2009Florida International
John Ellis
FB • 5'11" • Pensacola, FL, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
John Ellis leans balanced backfield option traits and 39.6 efficiency.
Impact Production
10
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
6
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
23
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2006 Regular Season · Florida International
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Florida International
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Florida Atlantic
John Ellis, FB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2006 Regular Season · Florida International. John Ellis leans balanced backfield option traits and 39.6 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 131
- Rushing yards
- 70
- Receiving yards
- 61
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
John Ellis quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Florida International · FB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 131
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 21 games
- Best season
- 2006 Regular Season · Florida International
- Top game
- Florida Atlantic
- Latest roster
- No. 27 · Class 2009
- 2009 Scrimmage yards rank
- 28 scrimmage yards · FB 56th (top 60%) · Sun Belt 129th (top 79%) · National 1,626th (top 78%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 Regular Season | Florida International | 8 | 58 | 42 | 16 | 1 | 50.7 |
| 2007 Regular Season | Florida International | 9 | 41 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 41 |
| 2008 Regular Season | Florida International | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 36.2 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Florida International | 3 | 28 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 28.5 |
Related Context
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John Ellis played FB for Florida International. Across 4 tracked seasons, John Ellis recorded 70 rushing yards, 61 receiving yards, and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2006 with Florida International.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2006 Regular Season
Florida International paired 58 primary output with 46.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2007 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 35.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2009 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Middle Tennessee
Loss with 11 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2007 Regular Season · Florida International
Games
9
Scrimmage Yards / G
4.6
Efficiency
35.9
Usage
3.4
Consistency
47.8
Best Game by takeover score
Middle Tennessee
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Penn State: 0. Maryland: 6. Miami: 8. Kansas: -4. Middle Tennessee: 11. Troy: 3. UL Monroe: 11. Arkansas: 2. Louisiana: 4
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Penn State: 2 by 0. Maryland: 1 by 50. Miami: 2 by 22.9. Kansas: 3 by 0. Middle Tennessee: 1 by 91.7. Troy: 1 by 25. UL Monroe: 1 by 91.7. Arkansas: 2 by 8.3. Louisiana: 1 by 33.3
Split Comparison
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First Half4.2 · Games = 5 · -0.8 vs Second Half
Second Half5 · Games = 4 · +0.8 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Middle Tennessee
Best efficiency game
91.7 vs UL Monroe
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/18 | vs Louisiana | L 28-38 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Sat 10/27 | @ Arkansas | L 10-58 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Sat 10/20 | @ UL Monroe | L 14-28 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 11 | 11 |
| Sat 10/6 | vs Troy | L 16-34 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Sat 9/29 | @ Middle Tennessee | L 6-47 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 11 | 11 |
| Sat 9/22 | @ Kansas | L 3-55 | — | — | — | — | 3 | -4 | -1.3 |
| Sat 9/15 | @ Miami | L 9-23 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 |
| Sat 9/8 | vs Maryland | L 10-26 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| Sat 9/1 | @ Penn State | L 0-59 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 |
Career Arc
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Florida International
2006-2009
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2006200720082009
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 Regular Season | Florida International | 58 | 46.9 | 3.4 | — |
| 2007 Regular Season | Florida International | 41 | 35.9 | 3.4 | -17 |
| 2008 Regular Season | Florida International | 4 | 33.3 | 1.6 | -37 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Florida International | 28 | 39.6 | 2.7 | 24 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Florida Atlantic
Week 14 · L 21-28 · Conference game
Loss with 25 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
25
Scrimmage Yards
68.3 takeover
25 scrimmage yards and 1.7 usage.
#2
@ Middle Tennessee
Week 5 · L 6-47 · Conference game
11
Scrimmage Yards
66.3 takeover
Loss with 11 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
11 scrimmage yards and 2.5 usage.
#3
@ UL Monroe
Week 8 · L 14-28 · Conference game
11
Scrimmage Yards
65.7 takeover
Loss with 11 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
11 scrimmage yards and 1.9 usage.
#4
@ North Texas
Week 6 · L 22-25 · Conference game
18
Scrimmage Yards
62.9 takeover
Loss with 18 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
18 scrimmage yards and 4.8 usage.
#5
vs Bowling Green
Week 3 · L 28-33
16
Scrimmage Yards
62 takeover
Loss with 16 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
16 scrimmage yards and 4.8 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2006 Regular Season · Florida International
58 primary output · 46.9 efficiency · 3.4 usage
50.7
#2
2007 Regular Season · Florida International
41
41 primary · 35.9 efficiency · 3.4 usage
#3
2008 Regular Season · Florida International
36.2
4 primary · 33.3 efficiency · 1.6 usage
Milestones
0
100+ rush yards
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150+ scrimmage yards
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2+ TD games
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