#51

Brooks Ellis

Linebacker for Arkansas. 2016: 83 tackles, 7 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

LB · Arkansas · #51

6′2″ · Fayetteville, AR

Arkansas 2016 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

ILB recruit

No. 485 nationally · Signed with Arkansas

Statement game13 tackles · 3 TFLat TCU (FBS) · W 41-38

Top 1% tackles game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2016 linebacker for Arkansas. 2016: 83 tackles, 7 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Arkansas in 2013.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Arkansas, 83 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

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

2013

Signed with Arkansas3-star out of Fayetteville

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#485 national

CFB

College

Arkansas

2014–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2016

1 coach

2014–2016

Bret Bielema

Arkansas

Played his entire career under Bret Bielema.

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Bret Bielema — 22-17 over that span.

2014Arkansas7-6HC: Bret Bielema · Run-heavy

2015Arkansas8-5HC: Bret Bielema · Run-leaning

2016Arkansas7-6HC: Bret Bielema · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (94th percentile). Strength: qb hurries (88th percentile). Concern: interceptions (28th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Tackles#168 / 2668 · 94th pct

QB hurries#245 / 2668 · 88th pct

Passes defended#276 / 2668 · 88th pct

Tackles for loss#365 / 2668 · 85th pct

7.0

Solo tackles#443 / 2668 · 83rd pct

Sacks#763 / 2668 · 64th pct

1.0

Forced fumbles#77 / 736 · 45th pct

Interceptions#334 / 763 · 28th 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

2016 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	6.6	0.3	0.0	0.4
Road6g	6.2	0.8	0.2	0.3

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-78g	7.0	0.5	0.0	0.5
Weeks 8+5g	5.4	0.6	0.2	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Ryan Silverfield

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

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	Arkansas	83	38	7.0	1.0	5	1	--
2015	Arkansas	--	--	--	--	--	1	--
2014	Arkansas	--	--	--	--	--	2	--
Career		83	38	7.0	1.0	5	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2016

W 31–10

vs Florida

5 TOT · 2 SOLO · 0 TFL

Dominant 21-point win at home against Florida.

With T. Baker — 40 AVG · 51 LONG · 6 NO · A. Allen — 243 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 49.5 · -11 rush yds (4 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week