Tony Ellison

Senior wide receiver for Arizona. 2018: 29 catches, 525 receiving yards, 6 TD.

WR · Arizona · Sr. · #9

5′11″ · 188 lb · Granite Bay, CA

Arizona 2018 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

APB recruit

No. 832 nationally · Signed with Arizona

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Arizona. 2018: 29 catches, 525 receiving yards, 6 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Arizona in 2014.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Arizona, 1,155 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

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

2014

Signed with Arizona3-star out of Granite Bay

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#832 national

CFB

College

Arizona

2015–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2015–2018

2 coaches

2015–2017

Rich Rodriguez

Arizona

2018

Kevin Sumlin

Arizona

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Rich Rodriguez → Kevin Sumlin. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2015Arizona7-6HC: Rich Rodriguez · Balanced, fast tempo

2016Arizona3-9HC: Rich Rodriguez · Run-heavy

2017Arizona7-6HC: Rich Rodriguez · Run-heavy

2018Arizona5-7HC: Kevin Sumlin · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / catch (92nd percentile). Strength: rec tds (81st percentile). Concern: rush yards (4th percentile).

Box-score rates (7)

Yards / catch#43 / 550 · 92nd pct

18.1

Rec TDs#89 / 550 · 81st pct

Long catch#198 / 550 · 63rd pct

Rec yards#202 / 550 · 63rd pct

525

Receptions#287 / 550 · 47th pct

Rush TDs#64 / 277 · 39th pct

Rush yards#267 / 277 · 4th pct

-7

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	2.9	49.1	16.9	0.7
Road3g	3.0	60.3	20.1	0.3

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	3.4	62.2	17.7	0.6
Weeks 8+5g	2.4	42.8	17.9	0.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Brent Brennan

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Arizona	29	525	18.1	6	--
2017	Arizona	37	598	16.2	5	--
2016	Arizona	2	19	9.5	0	--
2015	Arizona	1	13	13.0	0	--
Career		69	1,155	16.7	11	--

Season	Team
2018	Arizona	1	-7	--	--	--
2017	Arizona	3	36	--	5	--
2016	Arizona	--	--	46	--	--
2015	Arizona	--	--	--	--	--
Career		4	29	46	5	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2018

W 62–31

vs Southern Utah

4 rec · 111 yds · 1 TD

Dominant 31-point win at home against Southern Utah.

With K. Tate — 349 yds · 5 TD · 0 INT · 19 rush yds (4 car) · J. Taylor — 54 rush yds (8 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 23-28vs BYU	4	45	11.3	1	15
Wk 2	L 18-45@ Houston	4	85	21.3	0	46
Wk 3	W 62-31vs Southern Utah	4	111	27.8	1	55	Season-high 111 yds
Wk 5	L 20-24vs USC	2	29	14.5	0	16
Wk 6	W 24-17vs California	3	41	13.7	1	31
Wk 8	L 30-31@ UCLA	2	42	21.0	0	38
Wk 9	W 44-15vs Oregon	2	19	9.5	0	11
Wk 10	W 42-34vs Colorado	2	49	24.5	0	45
Wk 12	L 28-69@ Washington State	3	54	18.0	1	37
Wk 13	L 40-41vs Arizona State	3	50	16.7	2	28	2 TD catches
Total		29	525	17.8	6	55

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