#25

Reynard Ellis

Senior linebacker for UAB. 2022: 44 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks.

LB · UAB · Sr. · #25

6′0″ · 240 lb · Birmingham, AL

CFB Index 42 · #345 of 548 LBsHigh confidenceUAB 2022 alumnus

The story

4 linebacker for UAB. 2022: 44 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at UAB, 188 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2021

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

—

No recruit profile

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2022

2 coaches

2019–2020

Bill Clark

UAB

2022

Bryant Vincent

UAB

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Bill Clark → Bryant Vincent. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Georgia Southern7-6HC: Chad Lunsford · Run-heavy

2020Georgia Southern8-5HC: Chad Lunsford · Run-heavy

2022UAB7-6HC: Bryant Vincent · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

42Rotational starter #345 of 548?

High confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: qb hurries (24th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Solo tackles#697 / 2755 · 74th pct

Tackles#714 / 2755 · 74th pct

Sacks#711 / 2755 · 72nd pct

1.5

Passes defended#744 / 2755 · 66th pct

Tackles for loss#868 / 2755 · 66th pct

3.5

QB hurries#1444 / 2755 · 24th pct

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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.3	0.2	0.1	0.0
Road5g	4.8	0.4	0.2	0.4

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.8	0.3	0.2	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	5.4	0.3	0.1	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Alex Mortensen

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

42 · #345 of 548 LBs

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	UAB	44	26	3.5	1.5	2	--	--
2020	Georgia Southern	59	28	6.5	1.5	2	1	--
2019	Georgia Southern	85	54	10.5	2.0	3	--	--
Career		188	108	20.5	5.0	7	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2022

W 59–0

vs Alabama A&M

4 SOLO · 6 TOT · 9 LONG

Dominant 59-point win at home against Alabama A&M.

With D. Hopkins — 191 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 56.7 · -6 rush yds (2 car) · 1 TD · J. Brown Jr. — 114 rush yds (10 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 59-0vs Alabama A&M	6	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 14-21@ Liberty	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 35-21vs Georgia Southern	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 24-28@ Rice	2	1	0.5	0.5	—	0
Wk 6	W 41-14vs Middle Tennessee	5	3	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 17-24@ Florida Atlantic	0	0	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 10	L 38-44vs UTSA	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 41-21vs North Texas	3	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 10-41@ LSU	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 37-27@ Louisiana Tech	18	11	1.5	0.5	—	1	Season-high 18 tackles
Bowl	W 24-20vs Miami (OH)	1	0	0.5	0.5	—	0
Total		44	26	3.5	1.5	—	2

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Reynard Ellis

2021

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Balanced Linebacker

Players who play like Reynard Ellis