Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2011-2013South Carolina
Bruce Ellington
WR • 5'9" • Moncks Corner, SC, USA
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
Bruce Ellington reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a receiver
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
94
Blue-chip, NFL-level ceiling
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2013 Postseason · South Carolina
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- South Carolina
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Arkansas
Player Story
Bruce Ellington built his college career from 2011 through 2013 as a wide receiver from Moncks Corner, SC wearing No. 23, spending time with South Carolina. The clearest part of Bruce Ellington's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Texas A&M
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2014
- Selection
- Round 4 · Pick 6
- Overall
- No. 106
- NFL Team
- San Francisco 49ers
Bruce Ellington, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2013 Postseason · South Carolina. Bruce Ellington reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 1,586
- Receptions
- 106
- Touchdowns
- 18
Quick Answers
Bruce Ellington quick answers
- Latest team and position
- South Carolina · WR
- Career Receiving Yards
- 1,586
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 6 entries · 36 games
- Best season
- 2013 Postseason · South Carolina
- Top game
- Arkansas
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Erasmus Hall · Texas A&M
- High school pipeline
- Erasmus Hall · 19 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- NFL Draft
- 2014 · Round 4 · Pick 6 · San Francisco 49ers
- Latest roster
- No. 23 · Class 2013
- 2013 Receiving yards rank
- 775 receiving yards · WR 90th (top 10%) · SEC 11th (top 5%) · National 93rd (top 6%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Postseason | South Carolina | 12 | - | 0 | 0 | 41.5 |
| 2011 Regular Season | South Carolina | 12 | 17 | 211 | 2 | 41.5 |
| 2012 Postseason | South Carolina | 12 | 2 | 36 | 1 | 70.6 |
| 2012 Regular Season | South Carolina | 12 | 38 | 564 | 6 | 70.6 |
| 2013 Postseason | South Carolina | 12 | 6 | 140 | 3 | 76.9 |
| 2013 Regular Season | South Carolina | 12 | 43 | 635 | 6 | 76.9 |
Related Context
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Bruce Ellington played WR for South Carolina. Across 3 tracked seasons, Bruce Ellington recorded 36 passing yards, 148 rushing yards, and 1,586 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2013 with South Carolina.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2013 Postseason
South Carolina paired 775 primary output with 86.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2013 Postseason role shape
target-driven usage with 86.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2013 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Wisconsin
Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Explorer
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2013 Postseason · South Carolina
Games
12
Receiving Yards / G
64.6
Efficiency
86.4
Usage
19.5
Consistency
56.1
Best Game by takeover score
Wisconsin
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Wisconsin: 140. North Carolina: 17. Georgia: 13. Vanderbilt: 111. UCF: 88. Kentucky: 7. Arkansas: 96. Missouri: 136. Mississippi State: 6. Florida: 67. Coastal Carolina: 43. Clemson: 51
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. Wisconsin: 6 by 100. North Carolina: 1 by 100. Georgia: 1 by 86.7. Vanderbilt: 8 by 92.5. UCF: 4 by 100. Kentucky: 1 by 46.7. Arkansas: 6 by 100. Missouri: 10 by 90.7. Mississippi State: 1 by 40. Florida: 4 by 100. Coastal Carolina: 3 by 95.6. Clemson: 4 by 85
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins69.3 · Games = 11 · +56.3 vs Losses
Losses13 · Games = 1 · -56.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Wisconsin
Best efficiency game
100 vs Wisconsin
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 1/1 | vs Wisconsin100 receiving yards · 2+ TD | W 34-24 | — | 6 | 140 | 23.3 | 23.30 | 2 | 39 |
| Sun 12/1 | vs Clemson | W 31-17 | — | 4 | 51 | 11.6 | 12.80 | 0 | 29 |
| Sat 11/23 | vs Coastal Carolina | W 70-10 | — | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 14.30 | 0 | 17 |
| Sun 11/17 | vs Florida | W 19-14 | — | 4 | 67 | 14.4 | 16.80 | 1 | 32 |
| Sat 11/2 | vs Mississippi State | W 34-16 | — | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Sat 10/26 | @ Missouri100 receiving yards · High volume | W 27-24 | — | 10 | 136 | 13.6 | 13.60 | 2 | 23 |
| Sat 10/12 | @ Arkansas2+ TD | W 52-7 | — | 6 | 96 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 53 |
| Sat 10/5 | vs Kentucky | W 35-28 | — | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Sat 9/28 | @ UCF | W 28-25 | — | 4 | 88 | 18 | 22 | 0 | 27 |
| Sat 9/14 | vs Vanderbilt100 receiving yards · High volume | W 35-25 | — | 8 | 111 | 13.9 | 13.90 | 1 | 39 |
| Sat 9/7 | @ Georgia | L 30-41 | — | 1 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| Thu 8/29 | vs North Carolina | W 27-10 | — | 1 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 17 |
Player Story
Bruce Ellington story
Bruce Ellington built his college career from 2011 through 2013 as a wide receiver from Moncks Corner, SC wearing No. 23, spending time with South Carolina. The clearest part of Bruce Ellington's career was his receiving role: 106 catches, 1,586 receiving yards, 16 touchdowns, and 148 rushing yards across 36 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2013 with South Carolina. 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 36 passing yards, 148 rushing yards, and 993 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 36 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across South Carolina.
The arc is straightforward: Bruce Ellington 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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South Carolina
2011-2013
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Postseason | South Carolina | 211 | 62.7 | 15.3 | — |
| 2011 Regular Season | South Carolina | 211 | 62.7 | 15.3 | 0 |
| 2012 Postseason | South Carolina | 600 | 88.9 | 20.3 | 389 |
| 2012 Regular Season | South Carolina | 600 | 88.9 | 20.3 | 0 |
| 2013 Postseason | South Carolina | 775 | 86.4 | 19.5 | 175 |
| 2013 Regular Season | South Carolina | 775 | 86.4 | 19.5 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Arkansas
Week 11 · W 38-20 · Conference game
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
104
Receiving Yards
100 takeover
104 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
vs UAB
Week 3 · W 49-6
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Receiving Yards
98.1 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
98 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
vs Wisconsin
Week 1 · W 34-24 · Postseason
140
Receiving Yards
95.7 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
140 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
vs Auburn
Week 5 · L 13-16 · Conference game
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Receiving Yards
94.8 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
60 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#5
vs Tennessee
Week 9 · W 38-35 · Conference game
101
Receiving Yards
94.7 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
101 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2013 Postseason · South Carolina
775 primary output · 86.4 efficiency · 19.5 usage
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#2
2013 Regular Season · South Carolina
76.9
775 primary · 86.4 efficiency · 19.5 usage
#3
2012 Postseason · South Carolina
70.6
600 primary · 88.9 efficiency · 20.3 usage
Milestones
5
100+ receiving yards
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8+ catch outings
4
2+ TD games
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