Player Dossier

2021-2023

Western Kentucky

Tom Ellard

P • 5'10" • 170 lbs • Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Impact contributor

Tom Ellard shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.

Usage / Role

Role sample still building

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Impact Production

Production sample still building

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

87

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2022 Postseason · Western Kentucky

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Western Kentucky
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: South Alabama

Player Story

Tom Ellard built his college career from 2021 through 2023 as a punter from Melbourne, VIC wearing No. 47, spending time with Western Kentucky. The clearest part of Tom Ellard's career was his field-position work: 90...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2022 · Rating 0.8126

ProKick Australia · Australia, AUST

Committed To
Western Kentucky
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2022

Tom Ellard, P. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Postseason · Western Kentucky. Tom Ellard shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.

Quick Answers

Tom Ellard quick answers

Latest team and position
Western Kentucky · P
Career Touchdowns
0
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 22 games
Best season
2022 Postseason · Western Kentucky
Top game
South Alabama
Recruit profile
3-star · ProKick Australia · Western Kentucky
High school pipeline
ProKick Australia · 49 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 47 · Sophomore

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTDPrimaryOverall
2021 Regular SeasonWestern Kentucky000-
2022 PostseasonWestern Kentucky1300100
2022 Regular SeasonWestern Kentucky1300100
2023 Regular SeasonWestern Kentucky900100

Related Context

Tom Ellard played P for Western Kentucky. Across 3 tracked seasons, Tom Ellard recorded 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Western Kentucky.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Postseason

Western Kentucky paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with — 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: UTEP

Win with a strong all-around stat line. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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Season Explorer

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2023 Regular Season · Western Kentucky

Games

9

Primary Metric / G

0

Efficiency

Usage

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

UTEP

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. South Florida: 0. Houston Christian: 0. Ohio State: 0. Troy: 0. Middle Tennessee: 0. Louisiana Tech: 0. Jacksonville State: 0. Liberty: 0. UTEP: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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Wins0 · Games = 5 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 4 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

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

9 games

Featured metric

Touchdowns

Top game by takeover score

UTEP

Best efficiency game

— vs UTEP

Result
Sun 11/5@ UTEPW 21-13
Tue 10/24vs LibertyL 29-42
Tue 10/17@ Jacksonville StateL 17-20
Fri 10/6@ Louisiana TechW 35-28
Thu 9/28vs Middle TennesseeW 31-10
Sat 9/23@ TroyL 24-27
Sat 9/16@ Ohio StateL 10-63
Sat 9/9vs Houston ChristianW 52-22
Sat 9/2vs South FloridaW 41-24

Player Story

Tom Ellard story

Tom Ellard built his college career from 2021 through 2023 as a punter from Melbourne, VIC wearing No. 47, spending time with Western Kentucky. The clearest part of Tom Ellard's career was his field-position work: 90 punts, 3,748 punting yards, and 34 punts inside the 20 across 22 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2023 with Western Kentucky. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Special-teams careers depend on repeatable opportunity, not just one highlight. His career also includes 1 tackle, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 22 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Western Kentucky.

The arc is straightforward: Tom Ellard 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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    Western Kentucky

    2021-2023

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonWestern Kentucky0
2022 PostseasonWestern Kentucky00
2022 Regular SeasonWestern Kentucky00
2023 Regular SeasonWestern Kentucky00

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ South Alabama

Week 1 · W 44-23 · Postseason

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

0 primary-metric impact.

#2

@ Florida Atlantic

Week 13 · W 32-31 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#3

@ Auburn

Week 12 · L 17-41

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#4

@ Charlotte

Week 10 · W 59-7 · Conference game

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Touchdowns

0 takeover

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#5

vs North Texas

Week 9 · L 13-40 · Conference game

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Touchdowns

0 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Postseason · Western Kentucky

0 primary output · efficiency · usage

100

#2

2022 Regular Season · Western Kentucky

100

0 primary · efficiency · usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · Western Kentucky

100

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games