Player Dossier

2020-2023

Toledo

Sawiaha Ellis

LB • 6'1" • 235 lbs • Hamilton, OH, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Sawiaha Ellis shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 5.6 disruption score.

Usage / Role

2%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

9

Developing production for a linebacker

lowelite

Reliability

10

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

19

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Toledo

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Toledo
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Massachusetts
3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2020 · Rating 0.8193

Fairfield · Fairfield, OH

Committed To
Toledo
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2020

Sawiaha Ellis, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Toledo. Sawiaha Ellis shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 5.6 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
9

Quick Answers

Sawiaha Ellis quick answers

Latest team and position
Toledo · LB
Career Tackles
9
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 5 games
Best season
2022 Regular Season · Toledo
Top game
Massachusetts
Recruit profile
3-star · Fairfield · Toledo
High school pipeline
Fairfield · 17 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 43 · Sophomore
2023 Tackles rank
4 tackles · LB 938th (top 77%) · Mid-American 333rd (top 63%) · National 3,676th (top 62%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2020 Regular SeasonToledo00-0--0-
2021 Regular SeasonToledo00-0--0-
2022 Regular SeasonToledo25-0--040.3
2023 Regular SeasonToledo34-0--038

Related Context

Sawiaha Ellis played LB for Toledo. Across 4 tracked seasons, Sawiaha Ellis recorded 9 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Toledo.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season

Toledo paired 0 primary output with 10.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 5.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2023 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Texas Southern

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2023 Regular Season · Toledo

Games

3

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

5.6

Usage

1

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Texas Southern

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Game-by-Game Trend

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123

Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Texas Southern: 0. Ball State: 0. Eastern Michigan: 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. Texas Southern: 2 by 8.3. Ball State: 1 by 4.2. Eastern Michigan: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

First Half0 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs First Half

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

3 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Texas Southern

Best efficiency game

8.3 vs Texas Southern

Result
Thu 11/9vs Eastern MichiganW 49-2311000
Sat 10/14@ Ball StateW 13-610000
Sat 9/9vs Texas SouthernW 71-320000

Career Arc

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

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    Toledo

    2020-2023

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2020202120222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonToledo0
2021 Regular SeasonToledo00
2022 Regular SeasonToledo010.51.30
2023 Regular SeasonToledo05.610

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Massachusetts

Week 2 · W 55-10

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0

Havoc Plays

10.8 takeover

0 disruption/tackle impact with 10.8 takeover score.

#2

vs Texas Southern

Week 2 · W 71-3

0

Havoc Plays

6.7 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.7 takeover score.

#3

vs Eastern Michigan

Week 11 · W 49-23 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

3.6 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.6 takeover score.

#4

@ Ball State

Week 7 · W 13-6 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

3.6 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.6 takeover score.

#5

@ Buffalo

Week 8 · L 27-34 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

3.1 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Regular Season · Toledo

0 primary output · 10.5 efficiency · 1.3 usage

40.3

#2

2023 Regular Season · Toledo

38

0 primary · 5.6 efficiency · 1 usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · Toledo

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games