2020 - All-Sun Belt Conference First Team (Pro Football Focus)
2020 - All-Sun Belt Conference Fourth Team (Phil Steele)
2019 - All-Sun Belt Conference Honorable Mention
2020-21: Played in nine games, starting eight … Tallied 59 tackles, including 6.5 for loss and 1.5 sacks, along with an interception and two pass break ups … A first-team All-Sun Belt Conference selection by Pro Football Focus … Named fourth-team all-conference by Phil Steele … Saw action on 440 snaps (392 on defense, 48 on special teams) … Tallied 59 tackles, including 6.5 for loss and 1.5 sacks, along with two pass break ups, an interception and two quarterback hurries … Had three tackles in the opener against Campbell … Tallied three tackles and an interception at Louisiana … Had five tackles at ULM … Tallied seven stops against UMass … Had seven tackles, including two for loss, and a pass break up against Coastal Carolina … Recorded seven stops, including one for loss and half a sack, against South Alabama … Posted five tackles, including one for loss, and two quarterback hurries against Troy … Posted four tackles, including 1.5 for loss and a sack, and a pass break up against Texas State … Tallied 18 tackles, including one for loss, at Army West Point … Made the Dean’s List in the fall.
2019-20: Played in and started all 13 games, seeing action on 748 total plays (708 defensive) … An honorable mention All-Sun Belt Conference selection …Led the team with 86 tackles, including 10.5 for loss and 2.0 sacks … Also had two fumble recoveries, a blocked field goal and three pass break ups … Got the start in the opener at No. 6 LSU, playing 63 defensive snaps … Had seven total tackles against the Tigers … Tied for the team lead with seven tackles against Maine … Also had a fumble recovery … Tallied seven tackles, including 3.0 for loss and a sack, and a pass break up at Minnesota … Sliced in to block a field goal in the fourth quarter which was returned 77 yards by Monquavion Brinson for a touchdown … Had five tackles against Louisiana … Led the team with six stops, including half a tackle for loss, at South Alabama … Posted nine stops against Coastal Carolina … Had six tackles, including two for loss, against New Mexico State … Had seven tackles, including one for loss, against No. 20 Appalachian State … Had five tackles and a fumble recovery against Troy … Had eight tackles, including one for loss, and a pass breakup against ULM … Led the team with nine tackles, including a sack, at Arkansas State … Had one stop against Georgia State … Had eight tackles, including 2.0 for loss, against Liberty in the Cure Bowl.
2018-19: Had to sit out per NCAA transfer rules … Used the season as a redshirt year.
2017-18: Played in 12 games, starting 10 as a true freshman at Furman … Totaled 92 tackles – five for loss – two sacks and an interception in 12 games, making the Southern Conference all-freshman team … Had 16 tackles, including 1.5 for loss and a sack, against Colgate … Tallied 13 tackles against Wofford and 10 against Western Carolina …Had seven or more tackles in each of the final seven games of the season.
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2017 graduate of Shades Valley (6A) High School, where he was coached by David Partridge … A heralded two-way performer who played linebacker and running back … Named to Alabama’s All-Classification Super All-State Team at the athlete position and was a second-team all-state pick as an athlete by the Alabama Sportswriters Association … Tallied 142 tackles, including four sacks, and in his first season at running back rushed for 1,330 yards and 20 touchdowns … Ran for 230 yards and five touchdowns and racked up 10 tackles and two sacks in a 49-28 win over Parker … Rushed for 207 yards and compiled 12 tackles versus Pinson Valley … Ran for 140 yards and three scores, and registered 15 tackles versus Blackman.
PERSONAL: Born Reynard Nathanael Ellis on July 31 in Birmingham, AL … Son of Richard and Daniella Ellis … Has four sisters, Ronita, Rachael, DeAnna and DeShondra, and two brothers, Richard and Dominic.
MAJOR: Interdisciplinary Studies
