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Player Dossier
2014-2017Rice
Emmanuel Ellerbee
LB • 6'1" • 235 lbs • Houston, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Emmanuel Ellerbee shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 47.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
81
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
85
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Rice
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Rice
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: North Texas
Player Story
Emmanuel Ellerbee built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a linebacker from Houston, TX wearing No. 58, spending time with Rice. The clearest part of Emmanuel Ellerbee's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Rice
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2014
Emmanuel Ellerbee, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Rice. Emmanuel Ellerbee shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 47.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 231
- TFL
- 14.5
- Sacks
- 5
- QB hurries
- 4
- Passes defended
- 3
Quick Answers
Emmanuel Ellerbee quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Rice · LB
- Career Tackles
- 231
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 23 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · Rice
- Top game
- North Texas
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Strake Jesuit · Rice
- High school pipeline
- Pearl-Cohn · 29 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 58 · Class 2017
- 2017 Tackles rank
- 120 tackles · LB 14th (top 2%) · Conference USA 3rd (top 1%) · National 19th (top 1%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Rice | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Rice | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Rice | 11 | 111 | 8 | 3.5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.5 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Rice | 12 | 120 | 6.5 | 1.5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 58.3 |
Related Context
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Emmanuel Ellerbee played LB for Rice. Across 4 tracked seasons, Emmanuel Ellerbee recorded 231 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Rice.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
Rice paired 16.5 primary output with 54.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 47.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2017 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: UTEP
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Regular Season · Rice
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
0.9
Efficiency
47.7
Usage
10.8
Consistency
29.3
Best Game by takeover score
UTEP
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Stanford: 2.5. UTEP: 3. Houston: 0.5. Florida International: 2. Pittsburgh: 0. Army: 0. UTSA: 0. Louisiana Tech: 0.5. UAB: 0. Southern Miss: 0. Old Dominion: 2. North Texas: 0.5
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Stanford: 10 by 66.7. UTEP: 9 by 67.5. Houston: 15 by 55. Florida International: 8 by 53.3. Pittsburgh: 2 by 8.3. Army: 12 by 50. UTSA: 7 by 29.2. Louisiana Tech: 13 by 55. UAB: 8 by 33.3. Southern Miss: 17 by 50. Old Dominion: 11 by 65.8. North Texas: 8 by 38.3
Split Comparison
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Wins3 · Games = 1 · +2.3 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 11 · -2.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
UTEP
Best efficiency game
67.5 vs UTEP
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/25 | vs North Texas | L 14-30 | 8 | 5 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/18 | @ Old Dominion10+ tackles · Splash game | L 21-24 | 11 | 7 | — | 1.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/11 | vs Southern Miss10+ tackles | L 34-43 | 17 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/4 | @ UAB | L 21-52 | 8 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/28 | vs Louisiana Tech10+ tackles | L 28-42 | 13 | 10 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/21 | @ UTSA | L 7-20 | 7 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/7 | vs Army10+ tackles | L 12-49 | 12 | 9 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/30 | @ Pittsburgh | L 10-42 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/23 | vs Florida InternationalSplash game | L 7-13 | 8 | 6 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 9/17 | @ Houston10+ tackles | L 3-38 | 15 | 9 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/10 | @ UTEPSplash game | W 31-14 | 9 | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 8/27 | vs Stanford10+ tackles · Splash game | L 7-62 | 10 | 4 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
Player Story
Emmanuel Ellerbee story
Emmanuel Ellerbee built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a linebacker from Houston, TX wearing No. 58, spending time with Rice. The clearest part of Emmanuel Ellerbee's career was his defensive production: 231 tackles, 14.5 tackles for loss, 5 sacks, and 1 interception across 23 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with Rice. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Emmanuel Ellerbee's production has multiple signals. With 23 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Rice.
The arc is straightforward: Emmanuel Ellerbee moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Rice
2014-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2014201520162017
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Rice | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2015 Regular Season | Rice | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Rice | 16.5 | 54.9 | 16.3 | 16.5 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Rice | 11 | 47.7 | 10.8 | -5.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs North Texas
Week 4 · L 35-42 · Conference game
Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5
Havoc Plays
93.6 takeover
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 93.6 takeover score.
#2
@ UTEP
Week 2 · W 31-14 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
89.2 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 89.2 takeover score.
#3
@ Southern Miss
Week 5 · L 28-44 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
85.8 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 85.8 takeover score.
#4
vs Stanford
Week 1 · L 7-62
2.5
Havoc Plays
83.3 takeover
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 83.3 takeover score.
#5
@ Old Dominion
Week 12 · L 21-24 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
77.5 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · Rice
16.5 primary output · 54.9 efficiency · 16.3 usage
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#2
2017 Regular Season · Rice
58.3
11 primary · 47.7 efficiency · 10.8 usage
#3
2014 Regular Season · Rice
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
11
Impact games
9
Splash games
13
10+ tackle games
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