Emmanuel Ellerbee
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Houston, Texas, U.S.
_(cropped).jpg) Ellerbee with the Houston Roughnecks in 2023 | |||||
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| Position | Linebacker | ||||
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| Born | November 20, 1996 Houston, Texas, U.S. | ||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||
| Listed weight | 235 lb (107 kg) | ||||
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| High school | Strake Jesuit (Houston, Texas) | ||||
| College | Rice | ||||
| NFL draft | 2018: undrafted | ||||
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Emmanuel Ellerbee (born November 20, 1996) is an American former football linebacker. He played college football at Rice and was signed by the Atlanta Falcons as an undrafted free agent in 2018.
Ellerbee was born and raised in Houston, Texas and attended high school at Strake Jesuit College Preparatory. He was a second-team All-District and an honorable mention All-State selection at linebacker for Strake.[1] A Houston-area top 100 football recruit, Ellerbee committed to play football for Rice University after being recruited by Princeton, Harvard, and Texas State.[2]
College career
Ellerbee played four seasons for the Owls, accumulating 273 tackles, 16.5 tackles for loss, five sacks, and five fumble recoveries over the course of his career.[1] Ellerbee was named first-team All-Conference USA for his junior and senior seasons and recorded 238 tackles over that span.[3]
College statistics
Rice Owls | |||||||||||||
| Year | Team | GP | TT | Solo | Ast | TFL | Sack | PDef | INT | FF | FR | BK | TD |
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| 2014 | Rice | 13 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | Rice | 12 | 26 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | Rice | 11 | 118 | 70 | 48 | 8 | 31⁄2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | Rice | 12 | 120 | 68 | 52 | 61⁄2 | 11⁄2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 48 | 273 | 158 | 115 | 16½ | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |