Player Career

Tony Ellison Career Story

Career story, signature performances, transfer context, and season arc are grouped for biography-style searches.

Player Story

Tony Ellison story

Tony Ellison built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a wide receiver from Granite Bay, CA wearing No. 9, spending time with Arizona. The clearest part of Tony Ellison's career was his receiving role: 69 catches, 1,155 receiving yards, 11 touchdowns, and 29 rushing yards across 27 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2017 with Arizona. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 29 rushing yards, 4 tackles, and 51 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 27 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Arizona.

The arc is straightforward: Tony Ellison 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

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Arizona

    2014-2018

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201420152016201720172018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2014 Regular SeasonArizona0
2015 Regular SeasonArizona1386.75.913
2016 Regular SeasonArizona1963.312.56
2017 PostseasonArizona59880.525.6579
2017 Regular SeasonArizona59880.525.60
2018 Regular SeasonArizona52592.616.2-73

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Southern Utah

Week 3 · W 62-31

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

111

Receiving Yards

96.3 takeover

111 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

@ Purdue

Week 1 · L 35-38 · Postseason

102

Receiving Yards

92.8 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

102 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

vs Northern Arizona

Week 1 · W 62-24

79

Receiving Yards

92.5 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

79 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

vs Utah

Week 4 · L 24-30 · Conference game

78

Receiving Yards

82.2 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

78 receiving yards with a 86.7 efficiency score.

#5

vs UCLA

Week 7 · W 47-30 · Conference game

59

Receiving Yards

77.3 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

59 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Postseason · Arizona

598 primary output · 80.5 efficiency · 25.6 usage

82.1

#2

2017 Regular Season · Arizona

82.1

598 primary · 80.5 efficiency · 25.6 usage

#3

2018 Regular Season · Arizona

76.2

525 primary · 92.6 efficiency · 16.2 usage

Milestones

2

100+ receiving yards

0

8+ catch outings

2

2+ TD games