Justice Ellison
Justice Ellison
Hits the crease and outruns the angle. Two head coaches in four seasons, at two different programs. The receipt: 123 rush yds, 2 rec yds against Washington — Week 9, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
How it ended
Four seasons at Indiana, 2,644 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
Career Arc
Coaching Lineage · 2021–2024
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Tom Allen → Curt Cignetti. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Curt Cignetti
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Indiana | 159 | 848 | 5.3 | 10 | -- |
| 2023 | Wake Forest | 120 | 548 | 4.6 | 1 | -- |
| 2022 | Wake Forest | 170 | 707 | 4.2 | 6 | -- |
| 2021 | Wake Forest | 107 | 541 | 5.1 | 7 | -- |
| Career | 556 | 2,644 | 4.8 | 24 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Indiana | 13 | 90 | 6.9 | 0 | -- |
| 2023 | Wake Forest | 10 | 61 | 6.1 | 0 | -- |
| 2022 | Wake Forest | 6 | 62 | 10.3 | 0 | -- |
| 2021 | Wake Forest | 7 | 37 | 5.3 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 36 | 250 | 6.9 | 1 | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2024
W 20–15
vs Michigan
17 rush yds (9 car)
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 5 at home.
How he plays
Play style
Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Speed Merchant
Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Brandon Thomas’s 2021 season.
Matches Brandon on
Differs from Brandon on
Through 5 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Joshua Samuel’s path through Austin Peay.
Joshua Samuel
Demetric Felton
Garrett Groshek
Matches Joshua on
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Jamious Griffin's graduate season at Oregon State (2024).
Matches Jamious on
Differs from Jamious on
Heisman trajectory
Final Heisman Position · 2024
#35
Heisman watch (#35) · finalist probability 0%.
Development
Development Trajectory · rushing yards
2021–2024+57%
Up 57% from first season to most-recent.