Kevin Ellison

Quarterback for Georgia Southern. 2016: 871 passing yards, 8 TD, 3 INT.

QB · Georgia Southern · #4

6′0″ · Cornelia, GA

Georgia Southern 2016 alumnus

The story

2016 quarterback for Georgia Southern. 2016: 871 passing yards, 8 TD, 3 INT.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Georgia Southern, 2,469 passing yards — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Georgia Southern

2014–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2016

2 coaches

2014–2015

Willie Fritz

Georgia Southern

2016

Tyson Summers

Georgia Southern

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Willie Fritz → Tyson Summers. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2014Georgia Southern9-3HC: Willie Fritz · Run-heavy

2015Georgia Southern9-4HC: Willie Fritz · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2016Georgia Southern5-7HC: Tyson Summers · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rush yards (93rd percentile). Strength: interceptions (86th percentile). Concern: pass yards (16th percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Rush yards#13 / 167 · 93rd pct

678

Interceptions#19 / 167 · 86th pct

Rush TDs#29 / 167 · 81st pct

Yards / att#39 / 167 · 77th pct

8.2

Completion %#40 / 167 · 76th pct

62.3%

Fumbles lost#69 / 163 · 45th pct

Pass TDs#117 / 167 · 25th pct

Pass yards#141 / 167 · 16th pct

871

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home4g	56.2	0.5	7.2	0.2
Road7g	92.3	0.9	8.5	0.3

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-76g	76.2	0.5	8.1	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	82.8	1.0	8.0	0.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Clay Helton

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	Georgia Southern	66	106	62.3%	871	8.2	8	3	150.5	--	--	--
2015	Georgia Southern	40	89	44.9%	597	6.7	4	5	104.9	--	--	--
2014	Georgia Southern	71	128	55.5%	1,001	7.8	5	3	129.4	--	--	--
Career		177	323	54.8%	2,469	7.6	17	11	129.6	--	--	--

Season	Team
2016	Georgia Southern	139	678	4.9	7	--
2015	Georgia Southern	114	712	6.2	8	--
2014	Georgia Southern	172	1,096	6.4	12	--
Career		425	2,486	5.8	27	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 14 · 2016

W 28–24

vs Troy

127 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 96.6 · 115 rush yds (10 car) · 2 TD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 4 at home.

With M. Flynn — 42 AVG · 49 LONG · 5 NO · B. Johnson III — 7 rec · 129 yds · 2 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2016 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	W 54-0vs Savannah State	5/5	70	0	0	14.0	93.4
Wk 2	W 24-9@ South Alabama	1/1	10	0	0	10.0	60.8
Wk 3	W 23-21vs UL Monroe	1/3	7	0	0	2.3	23.9
Wk 4	L 31-49@ Western Michigan	5/9	65	1	0	7.2	52.2
Wk 6	L 26-27@ Arkansas State	14/22	203	1	0	9.2	53.5	Season-high 203 yds
Wk 7	L 24-35@ Georgia Tech	10/17	102	1	0	6.0	63.0
Wk 8	W 22-19@ New Mexico State	7/8	101	2	1	12.6	66.5
Wk 9	L 10-34vs App State	3/6	21	0	1	3.5	2.7
Wk 10	L 27-37@ Ole Miss	7/16	134	1	1	8.4	40.8
Wk 12	L 24-30@ Georgia State	3/5	31	0	0	6.2	78.2
Wk 14	W 28-24vs Troy	10/14	127	2	0	9.1	96.6
Total		66/106	871	8	3	8.0	57.4

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