Justice Ellison

Former running back at Indiana. 2024: 848 rushing yards, 10 rushing TD, 13 catches.

RB · Indiana · Sr. · #6

5′9″ · 211 lb · Ashburn, VA

CFB Index 64 · #51 of 310 RBsHigh confidenceIndiana 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 2606 nationally · Signed with Wake Forest

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former running back at Indiana. 2024: 848 rushing yards, 10 rushing TD, 13 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Wake Forest in 2020.
Transferred from Wake Forest to Indiana in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Indiana, 2,755 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 114 yds at Florida State.Florida State · W 31-212022

20204 games

Signed with Wake Forest3-star out of Flint Hill School

202213 games

The role got bigger.

All-ACCthird

202413 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#2606 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

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ALL-ACC

All-ACC mention (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

2 coaches

2020–2023

Tom Allen

Indiana

2024

Curt Cignetti

Indiana

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Tom Allen → Curt Cignetti. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Wake Forest4-5HC: Dave Clawson · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2021Wake Forest11-3HC: Dave Clawson · Balanced, fast tempo

2022Wake Forest8-5HC: Dave Clawson · Balanced

2023Wake Forest4-8HC: Dave Clawson · Run-leaning

2024Indiana11-2HC: Curt Cignetti · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

64Quality starter #51 of 310?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: success rate (84th percentile). Strength: fumbles lost (87th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Success rate#73 / 442 · 84th pct

53.7%

TD rate#132 / 442 · 70th pct

6.3%

EPA / carry#182 / 442 · 59th pct

0.21

Yards / carry#200 / 442 · 55th pct

5.3

Explosive rate#205 / 442 · 54th pct

7.0%

Box-score rates (8)

Fumbles lost#1 / 204 · 87th pct

Rush TDs#44 / 335 · 85th pct

Rush yards#64 / 335 · 81st pct

848

Carries#68 / 335 · 80th pct

159

Yards / carry#115 / 335 · 63rd pct

5.3

Receptions#140 / 330 · 55th pct

Long run#160 / 335 · 52nd pct

Rec yards#160 / 330 · 51st pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

16th → 59th percentile

Success rate

57th → 84th percentile

Explosive rate

61st → 54th percentile

Yards / carry

31st → 55th percentile

TD rate

4th → 70th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Situational

Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)

Yardage DNA

158 carries

13%

Stuffed (≤0)

32%

Grind (1–3)

39%

Chunk (4–9)

15%

Explosive (10+)

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home8g	75.2	6.8	1.0
Road5g	49.2	4.0	0.4

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	63.7	6.2	0.9
Weeks 8+6g	67.0	5.1	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Curt Cignetti

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

64 · #51 of 310 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #51 at the position.

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	--
2020	Wake Forest	29	111	3.8	1	--
Career		585	2,755	4.7	25	--

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	--
2020	Wake Forest	1	3	3.0	0	--
Career		37	253	6.8	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.

With K. Rourke — 206 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 44.3 · -28 rush yds (5 car) · J. Evans — 41 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 52 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 2 · Western Illinois · 3&1 · Q3 · EPA +4.42Justice Ellison run for 47 yds for a TD (Nicolas Radicic KICK)
Week 8 · Nebraska · 3&1 · Q1 · EPA +3.44Justice Ellison run for 43 yds to the NEB 23 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Western Illinois · 1&25 · Q1 · EPA +2.67Justice Ellison run for 26 yds to the WIU 19 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Maryland · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.60Justice Ellison run for 19 yds for a TD (Nicolas Radicic KICK)
Week 9 · Washington · 3&6 · Q4 · EPA +2.55Justice Ellison run for 11 yds to the WASH 48 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Nebraska · 2&2 · Q2 · EPA +2.52Justice Ellison run for 31 yds for a TD (Nicolas Radicic KICK)
Week 1 · Florida International · 4&4 · Q3 · EPA +2.39Kurtis Rourke pass complete to Justice Ellison for 19 yds to the FIU 17 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Washington · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.19Justice Ellison run for 12 yds to the IU 49 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Notre Dame · 4&1 · Q4 · EPA +2.00Justice Ellison run for 4 yds to the ND 37 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Ohio State · 3&10 · Q4 · EPA +1.90Justice Ellison run for 11 yds to the OSU 24 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 31-7vs Florida International	10	68	6.8	0	14
Wk 2	W 77-3vs Western Illinois	9	117	13.0	2	47
Wk 3	W 42-13@ UCLA	10	47	4.7	1	11
Wk 4	W 52-14vs Charlotte	9	58	6.4	1	17
Wk 5	W 42-28vs Maryland	12	51	4.3	1	19
Wk 6	W 41-24@ Northwestern	14	68	4.9	1	17
Wk 8	W 56-7vs Nebraska	9	105	11.7	2	43
Wk 9	W 31-17vs Washington	29	123	4.2	1	12	Season-high 123 yds
Wk 10	W 47-10@ Michigan State	9	32	3.6	0	9
Wk 11	W 20-15vs Michigan	9	17	1.9	0	4
Wk 13	L 15-38@ Ohio State	17	62	3.6	0	11
Wk 14	W 66-0vs Purdue	11	63	5.7	1	15
Bowl	L 17-27@ Notre Dame	11	37	3.4	0	15
Total		159	848	5.7	10	47