Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2014-2016Georgia Southern
Jay Ellison
DL • 6'1" • Hamilton, GA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Jay Ellison shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.6 disruption score.
Impact Production
26
Developing production for a defensive lineman
lowelite
Reliability
23
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
38
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · Georgia Southern
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Georgia Southern
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Western Michigan
Player Story
Jay Ellison built his college career from 2014 through 2016 as a defensive lineman from Hamilton, GA wearing No. 99, spending time with Georgia Southern. The clearest part of Jay Ellison's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Wyoming
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
Jay Ellison, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · Georgia Southern. Jay Ellison shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.6 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 19
- TFL
- 2.5
Quick Answers
Jay Ellison quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Georgia Southern · DL
- Career Tackles
- 19
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 10 games
- Best season
- 2015 Regular Season · Georgia Southern
- Top game
- Western Michigan
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Northwest · Wyoming
- High school pipeline
- Northwest · 10 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 99 · Class 2016
- 2016 Tackles rank
- 19 tackles · DL 299th (top 43%) · Sun Belt 174th (top 36%) · National 2,044th (top 37%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Georgia Southern | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Georgia Southern | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 53.3 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Georgia Southern | 9 | 19 | 2.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 41.4 |
Related Context
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Jay Ellison played DL for Georgia Southern. Across 3 tracked seasons, Jay Ellison recorded 19 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Georgia Southern.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2015 Regular Season
Georgia Southern paired 1 primary output with 20 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 11.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2016 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Western Michigan
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Regular Season · Georgia Southern
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
0.3
Efficiency
11.6
Usage
5.1
Consistency
11.1
Best Game by takeover score
Western Michigan
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Savannah St: 1. South Alabama: 0. Western Michigan: 1. Georgia Tech: 0. New Mexico State: 0. App State: 0. Ole Miss: 0. Louisiana: 0.5. Troy: 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. Savannah St: 2 by 18.3. South Alabama: 1 by 4.2. Western Michigan: 2 by 18.3. Georgia Tech: 2 by 8.3. New Mexico State: 1 by 4.2. App State: 3 by 12.5. Ole Miss: 3 by 12.5. Louisiana: 3 by 17.5. Troy: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
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Wins0.3 · Games = 4 · -0.0 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 5 · +0.0 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Western Michigan
Best efficiency game
18.3 vs Western Michigan
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/3 | vs Troy | W 28-24 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 11/11 | vs Louisiana | L 26-33 | 3 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/5 | @ Ole Miss | L 27-37 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 10/27 | vs App State | L 10-34 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/23 | @ New Mexico State | W 22-19 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/15 | @ Georgia Tech | L 24-35 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/24 | @ Western Michigan | L 31-49 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/10 | @ South Alabama | W 24-9 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/3 | vs Savannah St | W 54-0 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Jay Ellison story
Jay Ellison built his college career from 2014 through 2016 as a defensive lineman from Hamilton, GA wearing No. 99, spending time with Georgia Southern. The clearest part of Jay Ellison's career was his defensive production: 19 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, and 1 interception across 10 career games in the available record. That gives Jay Ellison's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Georgia Southern
2014-2016
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201420152016
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Georgia Southern | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2015 Regular Season | Georgia Southern | 1 | 20 | — | 1 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Georgia Southern | 2.5 | 11.6 | 5.1 | 1.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Western Michigan
Week 4 · L 31-49
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
72.8 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 72.8 takeover score.
#2
@ Idaho
Week 4 · W 44-20 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#3
vs Savannah St
Week 1 · W 54-0
1
Havoc Plays
51.7 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 51.7 takeover score.
#4
vs Louisiana
Week 11 · L 26-33 · Conference game
0.5
Havoc Plays
39.4 takeover
Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 39.4 takeover score.
#5
@ Ole Miss
Week 10 · L 27-37
0
Havoc Plays
9.7 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 9.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2015 Regular Season · Georgia Southern
1 primary output · 20 efficiency · — usage
53.3
#2
2016 Regular Season · Georgia Southern
41.4
2.5 primary · 11.6 efficiency · 5.1 usage
#3
2014 Regular Season · Georgia Southern
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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