Kenneth Alfonzo Ellis
Position: DB
Height: 5-10 Weight: 190 lbs.
Born: September 27, 1947 in Woodbine, GA
College: Southern (school history)
Drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the 4th round (93rd overall) of the 1970 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 63 (816th overall since 1950)
2-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
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| All-Time Rank: #720. Max McGee… #721. Joe Nash… #722. Greg Townsend… #723. KEN ELLIS… #724. Robert Porcher… #725. Gerald Riggs… #726. Mark A. Carrier… |
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | AV | ||
| 1970 | 23 | GNB | LCB/KR | 48 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 27 | 0 | 8 | 3.9 | 22 | 451 | 0 | 48 | 20.5 | 478 | 8 |
| 1971 | 24 | GNB | PR/LCB | 48 | 14 | 14 | 22 | 107 | 0 | 30 | 4.9 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 22.0 | 129 | 9 |
| 1972+ | 25 | GNB | RCB/PR | 48 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 215 | 1 | 80 | 15.4 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 225 | 20 |
| 1973* | 26 | GNB | RCB | 48 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 47 | 0 | 23 | 4.3 | 12 | 319 | 0 | 84 | 26.6 | 366 | 10 |
| 1974* | 27 | GNB | RCB | 48 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 1.0 | 3 | 12 | |||||
| 1975 | 28 | GNB | RCB | 48 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 27 | 0 | 12 | 4.5 | 27 | 8 | |||||
| 1976 | 29 | 2TM | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| MIA | 48 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| HOU | 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1977 | 30 | CLE | 48 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 80 | 0 | 30 | 16.0 | 80 | 1 | ||||||
| 1979 | 32 | 2TM | 10 | 0 | 8 | 43 | 0 | 15 | 5.4 | 43 | 1 | |||||||
| RAM | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| DET | 20 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 43 | 0 | 15 | 5.4 | 43 | 1 | ||||||||
| Career | 115 | 83 | 71 | 469 | 1 | 80 | 6.6 | 41 | 882 | 0 | 84 | 21.5 | 1351 | 71 | ||||
| 6 yrs | GNB | 83 | 83 | 63 | 426 | 1 | 80 | 6.8 | 36 | 802 | 0 | 84 | 22.3 | 1228 | 67 | |||
| 1 yr | CLE | 9 | 0 | 5 | 80 | 0 | 30 | 16.0 | 80 | 1 | ||||||||
| 1 yr | DET | 7 | 0 | 8 | 43 | 0 | 15 | 5.4 | 43 | 1 | ||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty |
| 1970 | 23 | GNB | LCB/KR | 48 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 69 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| 1971 | 24 | GNB | PR/LCB | 48 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1972+ | 25 | GNB | RCB/PR | 48 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 106 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1973* | 26 | GNB | RCB | 48 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 53 | 1 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1974* | 27 | GNB | RCB | 48 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 56 | 1 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1975 | 28 | GNB | RCB | 48 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| 1976 | 29 | 2TM | 13 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| MIA | 48 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 1977 | 30 | CLE | 48 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1979 | 32 | 2TM | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| DET | 20 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Career | 115 | 83 | 22 | 334 | 3 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 0 | ||||||||
| 6 yrs | GNB | 83 | 83 | 20 | 294 | 3 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 0 | |||||||
| 1 yr | CLE | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 yr | DET | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 yr | MIA | 12 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
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| Year | Team | Level | Voters |
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| 1972 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | Associated Press |
| 1972 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | UPI |
| 1972 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Associated Press |
| 1972 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | Pro Football Writers |
| 1973 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | Associated Press |
| 1973 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | Pro Football Weekly |
| 1973 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | Sporting News |
| 1973 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | UPI |
| 1973 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | Pro Football Writers |
| 1974 | 2nd Team | All-Conf. | UPI |