Usage / Role
46%
Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2017Indiana
Morgan Ellison
RB • 6'1" • 228 lbs • Pickerington, OH, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Morgan Ellison leans balanced backfield option traits and 46.3 efficiency.
Impact Production
59
Solid production for a back
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Reliability
37
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
80
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Indiana
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Indiana
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Georgia Southern
Player Story
Morgan Ellison built his college career from 2016 through 2017 as a running back from Pickerington, OH wearing No. 4, spending time with Indiana. The clearest part of Morgan Ellison's career was his backfield work:...
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- Committed To
- Florida
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2024
Morgan Ellison, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Indiana. Morgan Ellison leans balanced backfield option traits and 46.3 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 764
- Rushing yards
- 704
- Receiving yards
- 60
- Touchdowns
- 6
Quick Answers
Morgan Ellison quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Indiana · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 764
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 11 games
- Best season
- 2017 Regular Season · Indiana
- Top game
- Georgia Southern
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · South Gwinnett · Florida
- High school pipeline
- South Gwinnett · 24 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 4 · Sophomore
- 2017 Scrimmage yards rank
- 764 scrimmage yards · RB 118th (top 20%) · Big Ten 19th (top 8%) · National 232nd (top 10%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Indiana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2017 Regular Season | Indiana | 11 | 764 | 704 | 60 | 6 | 65.1 |
Related Context
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Morgan Ellison played RB for Indiana. Across 2 tracked seasons, Morgan Ellison recorded 704 rushing yards, 60 receiving yards, and 6 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Indiana.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season
Indiana paired 764 primary output with 46.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 46.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2017 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Georgia Southern
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Regular Season · Indiana
Games
11
Scrimmage Yards / G
69.5
Efficiency
46.3
Usage
22.8
Consistency
49
Best Game by takeover score
Georgia Southern
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Ohio State: 28. Virginia: 51. Georgia Southern: 194. Penn State: 53. Charleston Southern: 48. Michigan: 68. Michigan State: 62. Wisconsin: 19. Illinois: 79. Rutgers: 146. Purdue: 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. Ohio State: 8 by 36. Virginia: 13 by 40.8. Georgia Southern: 26 by 77.6. Penn State: 9 by 61.3. Charleston Southern: 16 by 31.3. Michigan: 14 by 50.6. Michigan State: 19 by 30.9. Wisconsin: 7 by 29. Illinois: 15 by 45.5. Rutgers: 16 by 88. Purdue: 9 by 18.5
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins103.6 · Games = 5 · +62.6 vs Losses
Losses41 · Games = 6 · -62.6 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Georgia Southern
Best efficiency game
88 vs Rutgers
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/25 | @ Purdue | L 24-31 | 9 | 16 | 1.80 | 0 | — | — | 1.8 |
| Sat 11/18 | vs Rutgers100 rush yards · 2+ TD | W 41-0 | 15 | 149 | 9.90 | 2 | 1 | -3 | 9.1 |
| Sat 11/11 | @ Illinois | W 24-14 | 13 | 49 | 3.80 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 5.3 |
| Sat 11/4 | vs Wisconsin | L 17-45 | 6 | 17 | 2.80 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.7 |
| Sat 10/21 | @ Michigan State | L 9-17 | 17 | 47 | 2.80 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 3.3 |
| Sat 10/14 | vs Michigan | L 20-27 | 14 | 68 | 4.90 | 1 | — | — | 4.9 |
| Sat 10/7 | vs Charleston Southern | W 27-0 | 16 | 48 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 3 |
| Sat 9/30 | @ Penn State | L 14-45 | 9 | 53 | 5.90 | 0 | — | — | 5.9 |
| Sat 9/23 | vs Georgia Southern100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 52-17 | 25 | 186 | 7.40 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7.5 |
| Sat 9/9 | @ Virginia | W 34-17 | 12 | 47 | 3.90 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3.9 |
| Fri 9/1 | vs Ohio State | L 21-49 | 7 | 24 | 3.40 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3.5 |
Player Story
Morgan Ellison story
Morgan Ellison built his college career from 2016 through 2017 as a running back from Pickerington, OH wearing No. 4, spending time with Indiana. The clearest part of Morgan Ellison's career was his backfield work: 704 rushing yards, 143 carries, 6 rushing touchdowns, and 60 receiving yards across 11 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2017 with Indiana. 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 60 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 11 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Indiana.
The arc is straightforward: Morgan 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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Indiana
2016-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20162017
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Indiana | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | Indiana | 764 | 46.3 | 22.8 | 764 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Georgia Southern
Week 4 · W 52-17
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
194
Scrimmage Yards
92.5 takeover
194 scrimmage yards and 44.8 usage.
#2
vs Rutgers
Week 12 · W 41-0 · Conference game
146
Scrimmage Yards
77.9 takeover
Win with 146 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
146 scrimmage yards and 24.6 usage.
#3
vs Michigan
Week 7 · L 20-27 · Conference game
68
Scrimmage Yards
55.2 takeover
Loss with 68 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
68 scrimmage yards and 28 usage.
#4
@ Michigan State
Week 8 · L 9-17 · Conference game
62
Scrimmage Yards
52.7 takeover
Loss with 62 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
62 scrimmage yards and 33.3 usage.
#5
@ Illinois
Week 11 · W 24-14 · Conference game
79
Scrimmage Yards
48.1 takeover
Win with 79 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
79 scrimmage yards and 20.3 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Regular Season · Indiana
764 primary output · 46.3 efficiency · 22.8 usage
65.1
#2
2016 Regular Season · Indiana
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
2
100+ rush yards
1
150+ scrimmage yards
2
2+ TD games
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