Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2014-2018Arizona
Tony Ellison
WR • 5'11" • 188 lbs • Granite Bay, CA, USA
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
Tony Ellison reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a receiver
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
86
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Arizona
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Arizona
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Southern Utah
Player 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...
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- Committed To
- Arizona
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2014
Tony Ellison, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Arizona. Tony Ellison reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 1,155
- Receptions
- 69
- Touchdowns
- 12
Quick Answers
Tony Ellison quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Arizona · WR
- Career Receiving Yards
- 1,155
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 27 games
- Best season
- 2017 Postseason · Arizona
- Top game
- Southern Utah
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Granite Bay · Arizona
- High school pipeline
- Granite Bay · 16 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 9 · Senior
- 2018 Receiving yards rank
- 525 receiving yards · WR 203rd (top 20%) · Pac-12 26th (top 14%) · National 219th (top 11%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Arizona | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Arizona | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 52.1 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Arizona | 3 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 29.8 |
| 2017 Postseason | Arizona | 13 | 4 | 102 | 2 | 82.1 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Arizona | 13 | 33 | 496 | 4 | 82.1 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Arizona | 10 | 29 | 525 | 6 | 76.2 |
Related Context
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Tony Ellison played WR for Arizona. Across 5 tracked seasons, Tony Ellison recorded 29 rushing yards, 1,155 receiving yards, and 4 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Arizona.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Postseason
Arizona paired 598 primary output with 80.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Postseason role shape
target-driven usage with 80.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2018 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Purdue
Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Postseason · Arizona
Games
13
Receiving Yards / G
46
Efficiency
80.5
Usage
25.6
Consistency
62.4
Best Game by takeover score
Purdue
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Purdue: 102. Northern Arizona: 79. Houston: 25. UTEP: 0. Utah: 78. Colorado: 60. UCLA: 59. California: 28. Washington State: 66. USC: 36. Oregon State: 0. Oregon: 52. Arizona State: 13
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 versus efficiency scatter chart. Purdue: 4 by 100. Northern Arizona: 5 by 100. Houston: 3 by 55.6. Utah: 6 by 86.7. Colorado: 1 by 100. UCLA: 2 by 100. California: 3 by 62.2. Washington State: 2 by 100. USC: 3 by 80. Oregon: 6 by 57.8. Arizona State: 2 by 43.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins41.7 · Games = 7 · -9.3 vs Losses
Losses51 · Games = 6 · +9.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
13 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Purdue
Best efficiency game
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| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 12/28 | @ Purdue100 receiving yards · 2+ TD | L 35-38 | — | 4 | 102 | 25.5 | 25.50 | 2 | 40 |
| Sat 11/25 | @ Arizona State | L 30-42 | — | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 6.50 | 0 | 12 |
| Sun 11/19 | @ Oregon | L 28-48 | — | 6 | 52 | 8 | 8.70 | 1 | 15 |
| Sun 11/12 | vs Oregon State | W 49-28 | — | — | — | 27 | — | — | — |
| Sun 11/5 | @ USC | L 35-49 | — | 3 | 36 | 10.3 | 12 | 0 | 18 |
| Sun 10/29 | vs Washington State | W 58-37 | — | 2 | 66 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 41 |
| Sun 10/22 | @ California | W 45-44 | — | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 9.30 | 0 | 13 |
| Sun 10/15 | vs UCLA | W 47-30 | — | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 29.50 | 0 | 44 |
| Sun 10/8 | @ Colorado | W 45-42 | — | 1 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 0 | 60 |
| Sat 9/23 | vs Utah | L 24-30 | — | 6 | 78 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 30 |
| Sat 9/16 | @ UTEP | W 63-16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sun 9/10 | vs Houston | L 16-19 | — | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 8.30 | 0 | 13 |
| Sun 9/3 | vs Northern Arizona | W 62-24 | — | 5 | 79 | 15.8 | 15.80 | 1 | 43 |
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
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Arizona
2014-2018
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201420152016201720172018
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Arizona | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2015 Regular Season | Arizona | 13 | 86.7 | 5.9 | 13 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Arizona | 19 | 63.3 | 12.5 | 6 |
| 2017 Postseason | Arizona | 598 | 80.5 | 25.6 | 579 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Arizona | 598 | 80.5 | 25.6 | 0 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Arizona | 525 | 92.6 | 16.2 | -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
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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
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100+ receiving yards
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8+ catch outings
2
2+ TD games
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