Usage / Role
6%
Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2021SMU
Preston Ellison
LB • 6'2" • 211 lbs • Odessa, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Preston Ellison shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.
Impact Production
28
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
25
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
33
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · SMU
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- SMU
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: North Texas
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- Committed To
- SMU
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2018
Preston Ellison, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · SMU. Preston Ellison shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 5
- TFL
- 1
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Preston Ellison quick answers
- Latest team and position
- SMU · LB
- Career Tackles
- 5
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 7 games
- Best season
- 2020 Regular Season · SMU
- Top game
- North Texas
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Permian · SMU
- High school pipeline
- Permian · 12 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 41 · Senior
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | SMU | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2018 Regular Season | SMU | 4 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.1 |
| 2019 Regular Season | SMU | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2020 Regular Season | SMU | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 49 |
| 2021 Regular Season | SMU | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
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Preston Ellison played LB for SMU. Across 5 tracked seasons, Preston Ellison recorded 5 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with SMU.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season
SMU paired 2 primary output with 9.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2020 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 9.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2021 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: North Texas
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2020 Regular Season · SMU
Games
3
Havoc Plays / G
0.7
Efficiency
9.5
Usage
2.5
Consistency
65.3
Best Game by takeover score
North Texas
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. North Texas: 1. Stephen F. Austin: 1. Temple: 0
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. North Texas: 1 by 14.2. Stephen F. Austin: 0 by 10. Temple: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
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First Half1 · Games = 2 · +1 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 1 · -1 vs First Half
Game Log
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3 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
North Texas
Best efficiency game
14.2 vs North Texas
Career Arc
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SMU
2017-2021
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20172018201920202021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | SMU | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2018 Regular Season | SMU | 0 | 3.2 | 0.6 | 0 |
| 2019 Regular Season | SMU | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | SMU | 2 | 9.5 | 2.5 | 2 |
| 2021 Regular Season | SMU | 0 | — | — | -2 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ North Texas
Week 3 · W 65-35
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
57.2 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 57.2 takeover score.
#2
vs Stephen F. Austin
Week 4 · W 50-7
1
Havoc Plays
36.7 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 36.7 takeover score.
#3
vs Houston
Week 10 · W 45-31 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
4.2 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 4.2 takeover score.
#4
vs Cincinnati
Week 9 · L 20-26 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
3.6 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.6 takeover score.
#5
@ Temple
Week 10 · W 47-23 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
3.3 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Regular Season · SMU
2 primary output · 9.5 efficiency · 2.5 usage
49
#2
2018 Regular Season · SMU
36.1
0 primary · 3.2 efficiency · 0.6 usage
#3
2017 Regular Season · SMU
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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