Last confirmed: Rice, 2017. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′1″ · 235 lb · Houston, TX · Strake Jesuit
Emmanuel Ellerbee: LB · Rice · #58.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Emmanuel Ellerbee
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. He arrived as a 2-star recruit and has two seasons of production at Rice behind him. One game to point at: 17 tackles against Southern Miss — Week 11, 2017.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
120 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 6.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-62vs No. 14 Stanford | 10 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 31-14@ UTEP | 9 | 2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 3-38@ Houston | 15 | 9 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 7-13vs Florida International | 8 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 10-42@ Pittsburgh | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 12-49vs Army | 12 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 7-20@ UTSA | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 28-42vs Louisiana Tech | 13 | 10 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 21-52@ UAB | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 34-43vs Southern Miss | 17 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 17 tackles |
| Wk 12 | L 21-24@ Old Dominion | 11 | 7 | 1.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 14-30vs North Texas | 8 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 120 | 68 | 6.5 | 1.5 | — | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
120tackles this seasonTFL rate
5%6 TFLSack rate
1%2 sacksPD rate
2%2 pass breakups120 tackles · 6.5 for loss · 1.5 sacks.
2 seasons under David Bailiff — 4-20 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 11.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road6g | 8.7 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 9.3 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 10.7 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
David Bailiff
Pass share
33.7%
245 pass / 482 run
Plays / game
60.6
12 games
Team sack rate
10.2%
275 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2017
120 tackles in 12 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS linebacker who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Rice, 231 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
1 coachPlayed his entire career under David Bailiff.
