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Ken Ellis

Kenneth Alfonzo Ellis

Position: DB
Height: 5-10    Weight: 190 lbs.
Born: September 27, 1947 in Woodbine, GA
College: Southern

Career AV: 62 (825th overall since 1950)

2-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the 4th round (93rd overall) of the 1970 NFL Draft.

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Kick & Punt Returns

Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd AV
1970 23 GNB LCB 48 13 13 7 27 0 8 3.9 22 451 0 48 20.5 478 8
1971 24 GNB LCB 48 14 14 22 107 0 30 4.9 1 22 0 22 22.0 129 8
1972+ 25 GNB RCB 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 1
HOU 40 1 0 0 0
MIA 48 12 0 0 1
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 69
6 yrs GNB 83 83 63 426 1 80 6.8 36 802 0 84 22.3 1228 66
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

Defense & Fumbles

Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
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 48 13 13 3 69 0 60 3 2 5 0
1971 24 GNB LCB 48 14 14 6 10 0 5
1972+ 25 GNB RCB 48 14 14 4 106 1 40 2 2 0 0
1973* 26 GNB RCB 48 14 14 3 53 1 47 1 0 0 0
1974* 27 GNB RCB 48 14 14 3 56 1 38 1 0 0 0
1975 28 GNB RCB 48 14 14 1 0 0 0 0 2 6 0
1976 29 2TM 13 0 2 40 0 40 0 1 0 0
MIA 48 12 0 2 40 0 40 0 1 0 0
1977 30 CLE 48 9 0 1 0 0 0
1979 32 2TM 10 0 1 1 0 0
DET 20 7 0 1 1 0 0
Career 115 83 22 334 3 60 9 8 11 0
6 yrs GNB 83 83 20 294 3 60 7 6 11 0
1 yr CLE 9 0 1 0 0 0
1 yr DET 7 0 1 1 0 0
1 yr MIA 12 0 2 40 0 40 0 1 0 0

Scoring Summary

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1971 24 GNB LCB 48 14 14 1 1 6
1972+ 25 GNB RCB 48 14 14 1 1 2 12
1973* 26 GNB RCB 48 14 14 1 1 6
1974* 27 GNB RCB 48 14 14 1 1 6
Career 115 83 1 3 1 5 30

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Pro Bowls

1973
1974

First-Team All-Pro

1972

Non-Offensive TDs

1971 NFL 1 (9)
1972 NFL 2 (4)
1974 NFL 1 (9)
Career 5 (102)

Long Kick Return

1973 NFL 84 (9)

Punt Return Yds

1972 NFL 215 (5)

Punt Return TD

1972 NFL 1 (1/89)

Career 1 (143)

Long Punt Return

1972 NFL 80 (2)

Yds/Punt Return

1972 NFL 15.4 (1/41)

Interceptions

1971 NFL 6 (9)

Intercept. Ret. Yds

1972 NFL 106 (10)

Intercept. Ret. TD

1972 NFL 1 (4)
1973 NFL 1 (3)
1974 NFL 1 (4)
Career 3 (107)

Long Intercep. Return

1970 NFL 60 (7)

Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank Season/Rank in Top 100 All-Time Seasons)

All-Pro Teams

1972Associated Press: 1st Team All-Conf.
 UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Writers: 2nd Team All-NFL
1973Associated Press: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Pro Football Weekly: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-Conf.
 UPI: 1st Team All-Conf.
 Pro Football Writers: 2nd Team All-NFL
1974UPI: 2nd Team All-Conf.