Player Dossier

2022-2025

Virginia Tech

Christian Ellis

S • 6'0" • 202 lbs • Jacksonville, FL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Christian Ellis shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 23.1 disruption score.

Usage / Role

15%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

60

Solid production for a safety

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Reliability

62

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

57

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · New Mexico

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
New Mexico • Virginia Tech
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Arizona

Player Story

Christian Ellis built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a safety from Jacksonville, FL wearing No. 8, spending time with New Mexico and Virginia Tech. The clearest part of Christian Ellis' career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2022 · Rating 0.8444

Ed White · Jacksonville, FL

Committed To
New Mexico
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2022

Christian Ellis, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · New Mexico. Christian Ellis shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 23.1 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
161
TFL
4.5
Sacks
8
QB hurries
2
Passes defended
11
Touchdowns
1

Quick Answers

Christian Ellis quick answers

Latest team and position
Virginia Tech · S
Career Tackles
161
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 28 games
Best season
2024 Regular Season · New Mexico
Top game
Arizona
Recruit profile
3-star · Ed White · New Mexico
High school pipeline
Vanden · 4 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 8 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
7 tackles · S 371st (top 66%) · ACC 407th (top 52%) · National 3,267th (top 53%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2022 Regular SeasonNew Mexico23-0--038.2
2023 Regular SeasonNew Mexico1258-0-4022.3
2024 Regular SeasonNew Mexico11933.5824168.9
2025 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech3710-3035.9

Related Context

Christian Ellis played S for New Mexico and Virginia Tech. Across 4 tracked seasons, Christian Ellis recorded 161 tackles and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2024 with New Mexico.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

New Mexico paired 18.5 primary output with 46.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 23.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across New Mexico, Virginia Tech.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Old Dominion

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 66.7th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Regular Season · Virginia Tech

Games

3

Havoc Plays / G

1.3

Efficiency

23.1

Usage

7.3

Consistency

38.3

Best Game by takeover score

Old Dominion

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Vanderbilt: 0. Old Dominion: 1. NC State: 3

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Vanderbilt: 1 by 4.2. Old Dominion: 4 by 26.7. NC State: 2 by 38.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins3 · Games = 1 · +2.5 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 2 · -2.5 vs Wins

Game Log

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

3 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Old Dominion

Best efficiency game

38.3 vs NC State

Result
Sat 9/27@ NC StateSplash gameW 23-2122003
Sat 9/13vs Old DominionL 26-4543100
Sat 9/6vs VanderbiltL 20-4410000

Player Story

Christian Ellis story

Christian Ellis built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a safety from Jacksonville, FL wearing No. 8, spending time with New Mexico and Virginia Tech. The clearest part of Christian Ellis' career was his defensive production: 161 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, 8 sacks, and 1 interception across 28 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2024 with New Mexico. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Christian Ellis' production has multiple signals. With 28 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across New Mexico and Virginia Tech.

The arc is straightforward: Christian 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

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

  1. 1

    New Mexico

    2022-2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Virginia Tech

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2022202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonNew Mexico06.31
2023 Regular SeasonNew Mexico423.544
2024 Regular SeasonNew Mexico18.546.714.114.5
2025 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech423.17.3-14.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Arizona

Week 1 · L 39-61

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.

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Havoc Plays

94.4 takeover

10 disruption/tackle impact with 94.4 takeover score.

#2

vs San José State

Week 7 · L 24-52 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

68.1 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 68.1 takeover score.

#3

@ Massachusetts

Week 4 · W 34-31

1

Havoc Plays

66.1 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 66.1 takeover score.

#4

vs Utah State

Week 13 · L 41-44 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

59.5 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 59.5 takeover score.

#5

@ Utah State

Week 8 · W 50-45 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

56.7 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 56.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Regular Season · New Mexico

18.5 primary output · 46.7 efficiency · 14.1 usage

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#2

2022 Regular Season · New Mexico

38.2

0 primary · 6.3 efficiency · 1 usage

#3

2025 Regular Season · Virginia Tech

35.9

4 primary · 23.1 efficiency · 7.3 usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

4

Splash games

4

10+ tackle games