Player Dossier

2014-2016

Georgia 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.

Usage / Role

21%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

26

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

23

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

38

Limited ceiling signals so far

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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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Recruit Profile

Class 2021 · Rating 0.8159

Northwest · Justin, TX

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

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2014 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern00-0--0-
2015 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern10-0--053.3
2016 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern9192.50--041.4

Related Context

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 12/3vs TroyW 28-2421000
Fri 11/11vs LouisianaL 26-33310.5000
Sat 11/5@ Ole MissL 27-3731000
Thu 10/27vs App StateL 10-3432000
Sun 10/23@ New Mexico StateW 22-1910000
Sat 10/15@ Georgia TechL 24-3521000
Sat 9/24@ Western MichiganL 31-4921100
Sat 9/10@ South AlabamaW 24-910000
Sat 9/3vs Savannah StW 54-021100

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
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2014 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern0
2015 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern1201
2016 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern2.511.65.11.5

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

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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

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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

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games