Senior defensive lineman on TCU's 2022 roster.
6′2″ · 290 lb · Miramar, FL
Recruiting
DT recruit
No. 1204 nationally · Signed with TCU
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive lineman on TCU's roster.
George Ellis III
Wins his gap play after play. George Ellis III has been at TCU through two head coaches in five seasons. One game to point at: 3 tackles against Kansas — Week 6, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at TCU — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Gary Patterson → Sonny Dykes. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (15th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Sonny Dykes
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2022
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 59-17vs Tarleton State | 3 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 42-34@ SMU | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 55-24vs Oklahoma | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 38-31@ Kansas | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 43-40vs Oklahoma State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 38-28vs Kansas State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 34-24vs Texas Tech | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 29-28@ Baylor | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 62-14vs Iowa State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 14 | 7 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
14 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2 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.
Player DNA
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Devin Danielson’s 2022 season.
Matches Devin on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Devin Danielson's graduate season at Pittsburgh (2022).
Matches Devin on
Player DNA