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Jersey Number 19
Daivon Ellison
- Position:
- Defensive Back
- Height:
- 5-8
- Weight:
- 177
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Linden, N.J.
- High School:
- Don Bosco Prep
Bio
Career Overview: Recorded 105 tackles (67 solo) and six passes defended, including five breakups, in 29 games at safety and on special teams from 2015-17 ... One of 15 true freshmen to play for the Orange in 2015 ... Three letters.
Junior Year (2017): Appeared in nine games, mainly as a member of the kickoff coverage unit ... Recorded eight tackles, tying for the team lead with six stops on special teams ... Recorded two tackles at NC State (9/30), versus Pittsburgh (10/7) and at Miami (10/21).
Sophomore Year (2016): Played in all 12 games ... Started nine games at free safety in place of the injured Antwan Cordy ... Fifth among ACC defensive backs and third on the Orange in tackles per game (7.5) ... Led SU with 57 solo tackles, and his 90 total tackles were the most for an Orange defensive back since Phillip Thomas carded 92 in 2010 ... Five 10+ tackle games ... Tied or led SU in tackles three times (vs. USF, vs. Virginia Tech, vs. Florida State) ... Team-high four pass breakups and tied for the SU lead with five passes defended ... Defensive game captain twice (at Connecticut, at Boston College) ... Against Louisville (9/9), intercepted his first career pass and returned it 50 yards ... Made his first career start versus USF (9/17) and led the Orange with 11 tackles and a forced fumble ... Shared ACC Defensive Back of the Week honors with Louisville’s Josh Harvey-Clemons for the performance ... Served as the team’s defensive captain and logged a career-high 14 tackles the next week at Connecticut (9/24) ... Made eight tackles against Notre Dame (10/1) ... Posted a team-best 11 tackles (10 solo) and broke up a pass versus Virginia Tech (10/15) ... At Boston College (10/22), served as defensive game captain for the second time and finished with six tackles and one pass breakup ... Had 13 tackles and a pass breakup at Clemson (11/5) ... Credited with 10 tackles and a pass breakup versus NC State (11/12) ... Team-high eight tackles against Florida State (11/19).
Freshman Year (2015): Played in eight games, mostly on special teams, and finished tied for second on the squad with four special teams tackles ... In his college debut against Rhode Island (9/4), made two tackles and broke up a pass ... Recorded one tackle and forced the first fumble of his career on a kickoff versus Pittsburgh (10/24) ... Tied his season high with two tackles at Louisville (11/7).
High School: Earned 2014 all-metro, all-county and all-league honors for head coach Greg Toal … 2013 second-team all-state choice … Team captain as a senior.
Personal: Daivon Khirey Ellison … Born in January 1997 in Petersburg, Va. … Son of Lolita Slater-Harris and Richard Harris … One brother, one sister ... Enrolled in the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics.
Junior Year (2017): Appeared in nine games, mainly as a member of the kickoff coverage unit ... Recorded eight tackles, tying for the team lead with six stops on special teams ... Recorded two tackles at NC State (9/30), versus Pittsburgh (10/7) and at Miami (10/21).
Sophomore Year (2016): Played in all 12 games ... Started nine games at free safety in place of the injured Antwan Cordy ... Fifth among ACC defensive backs and third on the Orange in tackles per game (7.5) ... Led SU with 57 solo tackles, and his 90 total tackles were the most for an Orange defensive back since Phillip Thomas carded 92 in 2010 ... Five 10+ tackle games ... Tied or led SU in tackles three times (vs. USF, vs. Virginia Tech, vs. Florida State) ... Team-high four pass breakups and tied for the SU lead with five passes defended ... Defensive game captain twice (at Connecticut, at Boston College) ... Against Louisville (9/9), intercepted his first career pass and returned it 50 yards ... Made his first career start versus USF (9/17) and led the Orange with 11 tackles and a forced fumble ... Shared ACC Defensive Back of the Week honors with Louisville’s Josh Harvey-Clemons for the performance ... Served as the team’s defensive captain and logged a career-high 14 tackles the next week at Connecticut (9/24) ... Made eight tackles against Notre Dame (10/1) ... Posted a team-best 11 tackles (10 solo) and broke up a pass versus Virginia Tech (10/15) ... At Boston College (10/22), served as defensive game captain for the second time and finished with six tackles and one pass breakup ... Had 13 tackles and a pass breakup at Clemson (11/5) ... Credited with 10 tackles and a pass breakup versus NC State (11/12) ... Team-high eight tackles against Florida State (11/19).
Freshman Year (2015): Played in eight games, mostly on special teams, and finished tied for second on the squad with four special teams tackles ... In his college debut against Rhode Island (9/4), made two tackles and broke up a pass ... Recorded one tackle and forced the first fumble of his career on a kickoff versus Pittsburgh (10/24) ... Tied his season high with two tackles at Louisville (11/7).
High School: Earned 2014 all-metro, all-county and all-league honors for head coach Greg Toal … 2013 second-team all-state choice … Team captain as a senior.
Personal: Daivon Khirey Ellison … Born in January 1997 in Petersburg, Va. … Son of Lolita Slater-Harris and Richard Harris … One brother, one sister ... Enrolled in the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics.
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