Sedrick Ellis NFL Draft Bio

Sedrick Ellis NFL Draft Bio

Sedrick Ellis (called Sed Ellis) (born May 9, 1985) is an American football defensive lineman, specializing as a nose tackle.

College Southern California
Conference Pac-10
Sport Football
Position DT
Jersey # 49
Class Senior
Career 2003 – present
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight 305 pounds (138.3 kg)
Nationality United States
Born May 9, 1985 (1985-05-09) (age 22)
Chino, California
High school Chino High School

Awards
2007 AP, SI.com, AFCA, Walter Camp Football Foundation, FWAA and Sporting News All-America First-Team
2007 Pac-10 Defensive player of the year
2006 collegefootballnews.com All-American First-Team
2006 ESPN, rivals, scout and Pac-10 coaches All-Pac-10 First Team
2006 Morris Trophy

College career

2006 season
As an underclassman, Ellis learned under first team All-American Mike Patterson Ellis finished his redshirt junior season at the University of Southern California during the 2006-2007 season. He was first team coaches and rivals.com All-Pac-10 conference, First-team College Football News All-America team and won the Morris Trophy. Ellis had been considering making the jump to the National Football League in the 2007 NFL Draft but decided to come back for his senior season and would go pro in 2008; part of his decision to stay was tied to fellow classmate and highly touted defensive lineman Lawrence Jackson.

2007 season
Ellis was a CBS Sportsline, Sporting News, Lindy's and Street and Smiths preseason All-American for 2007. He is also on the Bednarik Award, Lombardi Trophy, Lott Trophy and Outland Trophy watch lists for 2007. Bench pressing more than 500 pounds, he is the strongest player on the Trojans roster and was named one of the "Pac-10's Top 10 Players" by Sports Illustrated going into the 2007 season. At the end of the 2007 season, Ellis was voted the Pacific 10 Conference Defensive Player of the Year by league coaches, and selected to the All-Conference first team.

Ellis was selected to the majority of All-America First-teams, including those by the Associated Press, SI.com, Rivals.com, AFCA, Walter Camp Football Foundation, FWAA and Sporting News. Ellis was invited to the 2008 Senior Bowl and is expected to be one of the first picks in the 2008 NFL Draft.

High school career
Ellis prepped at Chino, CA High School. Although, he attended Chino High, Sedrick and his family resides in Pomona, CA in the Westmont area.

Personal
Although Ellis was the strongest person on the 2007 Trojans and only the third player under Pete Carroll's Trojan tenure to lift over 500 lb, he had only started lifting weights since he was 15 (6 years as of 2007) because his father would not allow him to lift at a younger age. In addition to benching a team-best 510 lb, at the 2007 spring pro day Ellis hoisted 225 lb 42 times. Because of his strength, the Trojans had to purchase a set of 200-pound dumbbells for their weight room just to accommodate him (the previous high were 160s); Ellis would do sets of eight reps on the incline bench with the 200s. Ellis has a pet Rottweiler named Junior.

Draft Year: 2008

Sedrick Ellis NFL Prospect Stats

Pre-Rank	Prospect Name	Position Played	Height	Weight
9	Sedrick Ellis	Defensive Tackle	6-2	305
Round	Selected	Team	School	Hometown
1	7	New Orleans Saints	USC	Chino, California

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