Rhett Ellison

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Rhett Ellison

Ellison in 2012

No. 40 Minnesota Vikings

Tight End

Personal information

Date of birth: January 10, 1988

Place of birth: Portola Valley, California

Height: 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)

Weight: 250 lb (113 kg)

Career information

High school: Mountain View (CA) Saint Francis

College: USC

NFL Draft: 2012 / Round: 4 / Pick: 128

Debuted in 2012 for the Minnesota Vikings

Career history

Minnesota Vikings (2012-present)

Career highlights and awards

First-team All-Pac-12 (2011)

Career NFL statistics as of 2013

Receptions	12
Receiving Yards	126
Touchdowns	1

Rhett Marshall Ellison (born October 3, 1988) is an American football tight end for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League. He played college football for the University of Southern California (USC) Trojans. While at USC he played both fullback and tight end. He is the son of former NFL and USC linebacker Riki Ellison.^[1]

College career

Ellison played high school football at Saint Francis High School in Mountain View, California, where he received some honors playing linebacker and tight end. Both major recruiting rating agencies of the time, Rivals.com and Scout.com rated him as a three star (out of five) recruit and in the 20s among other high school tight ends in his high school senior class.^[2]^[3] He was recruited by several BCS conference programs and, beside USC, received athletic scholarship offers from Arizona State, Cal, Oregon and Virginia Tech. He committed to USC on February 6, 2007, the day before National Signing Day, a part of a recruiting class that ranked in the top two in the country in 2007.^[2]^[4]^[5]

He redshirted the 2007 season, his freshman year with the Trojans.

NFL Draft

Ellison was taken in the fourth round of the 2012 NFL Draft, 128th pick overall, by the Minnesota Vikings. He was not expecting to be drafted, and as such was on a river excursion and not watching the draft when the Vikings called him to let him know he was about to be selected; the surprise was such that he cried in joy.^[1] Trojan teammate and 4th pick overall Matt Kalil was also selected by the Vikings in the first round. He is the second player of Maori heritage to play for the Vikings since David Dixon. 2013 November, 24 Ellison made his first career touchdown catch against the Green Bay Packers.

Personal life

He is of Ngāi Tahu descent and is related to the first captain of the All Blacks, Thomas Ellison, and current New Zealand rugby union players Jacob Ellison and Tamati Ellison.^[6]^[7]

NFL Combine

Pre-draft measurables
Ht	Wt	Arm length	Hand size	40-yd dash	10-yd split	20-yd split	20-ss	3-cone	Vert	Broad	BP
6 ft 5 in	251 lb	32 3/4 in	10 1/4 in	4.88 s					31 1/2 in	109 ft 0 in
All values from NFL Combine

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Gary Klein, USC football: Rhett Ellison happy to join Vikings, Los Angeles Times, April 29, 2012, accessed April 30, 2012.
↑ 2.0 2.1 Recruiting Profile: RHETT ELLISON, Rivals.com, accessed April 30, 2012.
↑ Rhett Ellison, Scout.com, accessed April 30, 2012.
↑ McKnight pushes USC to the top, Scout.com/ESPN.com, March 7, 2007, Accessed May 30, 2008.
↑ 2007 Team Ranking, Rivals.com, February 12, 2007, Accessed May 30, 2008.
↑ Kiwi Ellison drafted by Minnesota Vikings New Zealand Herald, 4 May 2012
↑ St Andrew's old boy Ellison picked in NFL Draft stuff.co.nz, 4 May 2012

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Persondata
Name	Ellison, Rhett
Alternative names
Short description	American football player
Date of birth	January 10, 1988
Place of birth	Portola Valley, California
Date of death
Place of death

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