Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2008-2011USC
Rhett Ellison
TE • 6'5" • Portola Valley, CA, USA
Reliable chain-moverPossession profile
Rhett Ellison reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
22
Developing production for a tight end
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
41
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2010 Regular Season · USC
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- USC
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Minnesota
Player Story
Rhett Ellison built his college career from 2008 through 2011 as a tight end from Portola Valley, CA wearing No. 40, spending time with USC. The clearest part of Rhett Ellison's career was his receiving role: 53...
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- Committed To
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- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2012
- Selection
- Round 4 · Pick 33
- Overall
- No. 128
- NFL Team
- Minnesota Vikings
Rhett Ellison, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2010 Regular Season · USC. Rhett Ellison reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 471
- Receptions
- 53
- Touchdowns
- 6
Quick Answers
Rhett Ellison quick answers
- Latest team and position
- USC · TE
- Career Receiving Yards
- 471
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 26 games
- Best season
- 2010 Regular Season · USC
- Top game
- Minnesota
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary
- High school pipeline
- Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary · 0 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2012 · Round 4 · Pick 33 · Minnesota Vikings
- Latest roster
- No. 40 · Class 2011
- 2011 Receiving yards rank
- 133 receiving yards · TE 99th (top 33%) · Pac-12 85th (top 47%) · National 729th (top 43%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Regular Season | USC | 3 | 4 | 58 | 0 | 45.5 |
| 2009 Regular Season | USC | 4 | 6 | 41 | 1 | 34.7 |
| 2010 Regular Season | USC | 9 | 21 | 239 | 3 | 70.9 |
| 2011 Regular Season | USC | 10 | 22 | 133 | 2 | 43.3 |
Related Context
Keep exploring Rhett Ellison
Rhett Ellison played TE for USC. Across 4 tracked seasons, Rhett Ellison recorded -5 rushing yards, 471 receiving yards, and 6 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2010 with USC.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2010 Regular Season
USC paired 239 primary output with 71.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2011 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 34.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2011 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Syracuse
Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2011 Regular Season · USC
Games
10
Receiving Yards / G
13.3
Efficiency
34.4
Usage
8
Consistency
56.7
Best Game by takeover score
Syracuse
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Minnesota: 22. Syracuse: 31. Arizona State: 1. Arizona: 2. California: 4. Notre Dame: 2. Stanford: 22. Colorado: 10. Oregon: 23. UCLA: 16
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. Minnesota: 3 by 48.9. Syracuse: 5 by 41.3. Arizona State: 1 by 6.7. Arizona: 1 by 13.3. California: 1 by 26.7. Notre Dame: 1 by 13.3. Stanford: 2 by 73.3. Colorado: 2 by 33.3. Oregon: 3 by 51.1. UCLA: 3 by 35.6
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins13.8 · Games = 8 · +2.3 vs Losses
Losses11.5 · Games = 2 · -2.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Syracuse
Best efficiency game
73.3 vs Stanford
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/27 | vs UCLA | W 50-0 | — | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 5.30 | 1 | 9 |
| Sun 11/20 | @ Oregon | W 38-35 | — | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 7.70 | 0 | 9 |
| Sat 11/5 | @ Colorado | W 42-17 | — | 2 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| Sun 10/30 | vs Stanford | L 48-56 | — | 2 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 14 |
| Sat 10/22 | @ Notre Dame | W 31-17 | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Fri 10/14 | @ California | W 30-9 | — | 1 | 4 | -0.5 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Sat 10/1 | vs Arizona | W 48-41 | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Sun 9/25 | @ Arizona State | L 22-43 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sun 9/18 | vs Syracuse | W 38-17 | — | 5 | 31 | 6.2 | 6.20 | 1 | 12 |
| Sat 9/3 | vs Minnesota | W 19-17 | — | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 7.30 | 0 | 12 |
Player Story
Rhett Ellison story
Rhett Ellison built his college career from 2008 through 2011 as a tight end from Portola Valley, CA wearing No. 40, spending time with USC. The clearest part of Rhett Ellison's career was his receiving role: 53 catches, 471 receiving yards, and 6 touchdowns across 26 career games in the available record. That gives Rhett Ellison's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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USC
2008-2011
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2008200920102011
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Regular Season | USC | 58 | 66.7 | 7.9 | — |
| 2009 Regular Season | USC | 41 | 40.8 | 10 | -17 |
| 2010 Regular Season | USC | 239 | 71.9 | 11.4 | 198 |
| 2011 Regular Season | USC | 133 | 34.4 | 8 | -106 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Minnesota
Week 3 · W 32-21
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
45
Receiving Yards
86.2 takeover
45 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
vs Washington
Week 10 · W 56-0 · Conference game
33
Receiving Yards
80.6 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
33 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
@ Notre Dame
Week 7 · W 34-27
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Receiving Yards
70.6 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
23 receiving yards with a 76.7 efficiency score.
#4
vs Notre Dame
Week 13 · L 16-20
38
Receiving Yards
70.3 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
38 receiving yards with a 50.7 efficiency score.
#5
vs Syracuse
Week 3 · W 38-17
31
Receiving Yards
67.7 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
31 receiving yards with a 41.3 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2010 Regular Season · USC
239 primary output · 71.9 efficiency · 11.4 usage
70.9
#2
2008 Regular Season · USC
45.5
58 primary · 66.7 efficiency · 7.9 usage
#3
2011 Regular Season · USC
43.3
133 primary · 34.4 efficiency · 8 usage
Milestones
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100+ receiving yards
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8+ catch outings
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2+ TD games
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