Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 13-20vs Tarleton State | 6 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 2 | L 7-56@ Nebraska | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 10 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#6
Sanders Ellis
Junior linebacker for Bowling Green. 2026: 2 games with a box-score line.
6′2″ · 250 lb · Nashville, TN · Station Camp HS
Transferred Purdue → Bowling Green for 2026
The numbers
10
tackles · 2026
0.5 TFL
2 games into 2026 so far -- Best game: 6 tackles, 0.5 TFL, vs Tarleton State
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 linebacker for Bowling Green. 2026: 2 games with a box-score line.
- Signed with Tennessee State in 2024.
- Transferred from Purdue to Bowling Green in 2026.
Sanders Ellis
Two head coaches in two seasons, at two different programs. The receipt on tape: 6 tackles, 0.5 TFL against Tarleton State, Week 1, 2026.
10 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
2024
- Signed with Tennessee Stateout of Station Camp
20254 games
- Entered the portal
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
—
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
—
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Bowling Green
2025Purdue
2026Bowling Green
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2025Purdue2-10HC: Barry Odom · Balanced
2026Bowling Green0-2HC: Eddie George · Run-heavy, slow tempo
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (10th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 splits
Through 2 games: 5.0 TKL/g, 0.2 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Eddie George
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Bowling Green | 10 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2025 | Purdue | 7 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 17 | 8 | 1.5 | 0.5 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log
Background
Bowling Green Career Highlights 2026 Athlon Sports Preseason All-MAC Third Team 2026 | Junior Joined BGSU in January Purdue West Lafayette, Ind. Appeared in 11 games for the Boilermakers in 2025 Made six tackles and a 0.5 sack Had a season-best three tackles and 0.5 sack in season opener against...
The linebacker corps · Bowling Green
- #3Dorian Pringle27 tackles · 2025
- #10Andrew Hines III22 tackles · 2025
- #44AJ Odom8 tackles · 2025
- #6Sanders Ellis7 tackles · 2025
- #36Jabari Mitchell2 tackles · 2025
6 more on the roster · Bowling Green team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology