Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2021Indiana
David Ellis
RB • 6'1" • 204 lbs • Clinton Township, MI, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
David Ellis leans balanced backfield option traits and 34.7 efficiency.
Impact Production
3
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
11
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
15
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · Indiana
1919202021
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Indiana
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Penn State
Player Story
David Ellis built his college career from 2019 through 2021 as a running back from Clinton Township, MI wearing No. 10, spending time with Indiana. The clearest part of David Ellis' career was his receiving role: 28...
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- Committed To
- Indiana
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2019
David Ellis, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · Indiana. David Ellis leans balanced backfield option traits and 34.7 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 427
- Rushing yards
- 126
- Receiving yards
- 301
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
David Ellis quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Indiana · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 427
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 5 entries · 21 games
- Best season
- 2020 Postseason · Indiana
- Top game
- Penn State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Chippewa Valley · Indiana
- High school pipeline
- Chippewa Valley · 11 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 10 · Senior
- 2021 Scrimmage yards rank
- 10 scrimmage yards · RB 629th (top 93%) · Big Ten 252nd (top 88%) · National 2,267th (top 89%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Postseason | Indiana | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51.4 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Indiana | 13 | 226 | 53 | 173 | 1 | 51.4 |
| 2020 Postseason | Indiana | 5 | 35 | 16 | 19 | 0 | 56 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Indiana | 5 | 156 | 45 | 111 | 1 | 56 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Indiana | 3 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 0 | 25.2 |
Related Context
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David Ellis played RB for Indiana. Across 3 tracked seasons, David Ellis recorded 126 rushing yards, 301 receiving yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Indiana.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Postseason
Indiana paired 191 primary output with 46.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 34.7 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: Western Kentucky
Win with 8 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2021 Regular Season · Indiana
Games
3
Scrimmage Yards / G
3.3
Efficiency
34.7
Usage
2.2
Consistency
55.6
Best Game by takeover score
Western Kentucky
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Idaho: 4. Cincinnati: -2. Western Kentucky: 8
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. Idaho: 2 by 20.8. Cincinnati: 1 by 0. Western Kentucky: 1 by 83.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins6 · Games = 2 · +8 vs Losses
Losses-2 · Games = 1 · -8 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
3 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Western Kentucky
Best efficiency game
83.3 vs Western Kentucky
Player Story
David Ellis story
David Ellis built his college career from 2019 through 2021 as a running back from Clinton Township, MI wearing No. 10, spending time with Indiana. The clearest part of David Ellis' career was his receiving role: 28 catches, 301 receiving yards, 1 touchdown, and 126 rushing yards across 21 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2019 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 126 rushing yards, 1 tackle, and 629 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 21 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Indiana.
The arc is straightforward: David Ellis 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
2019-2021
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20192019202020202021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Postseason | Indiana | 226 | 70.4 | 3.1 | — |
| 2019 Regular Season | Indiana | 226 | 70.4 | 3.1 | 0 |
| 2020 Postseason | Indiana | 191 | 46.7 | 10.4 | -35 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Indiana | 191 | 46.7 | 10.4 | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Indiana | 10 | 34.7 | 2.2 | -181 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Penn State
Week 12 · L 27-34 · Conference game
Loss with 85 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
85
Scrimmage Yards
77.4 takeover
85 scrimmage yards and 11.3 usage.
#2
@ Ohio State
Week 12 · L 35-42 · Conference game
81
Scrimmage Yards
65.5 takeover
Loss with 81 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
81 scrimmage yards and 11.9 usage.
#3
@ Western Kentucky
Week 4 · W 33-31
8
Scrimmage Yards
62.4 takeover
Win with 8 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
8 scrimmage yards and 1.4 usage.
#4
vs Michigan
Week 13 · L 14-39 · Conference game
36
Scrimmage Yards
52.7 takeover
Loss with 36 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
36 scrimmage yards and 5.5 usage.
#5
@ Wisconsin
Week 14 · W 14-6 · Conference game
37
Scrimmage Yards
46.9 takeover
Win with 37 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
37 scrimmage yards and 15.9 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Postseason · Indiana
191 primary output · 46.7 efficiency · 10.4 usage
56
#2
2020 Regular Season · Indiana
56
191 primary · 46.7 efficiency · 10.4 usage
#3
2019 Postseason · Indiana
51.4
226 primary · 70.4 efficiency · 3.1 usage
Milestones
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100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
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2+ TD games
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