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Matthew Ellis
24 Matthew Ellis
  • Height:
    5-10
  • Weight:
    195
  • Year:
    So.
  • Hometown:
    Grand Rapids
  • High School:
    Grand Rapids Christian
  • Position:
    RB
  • gp
    10
  • yds
    1075
  • yds/g
    107.5
  • td
    12

Recent Games

Date Opponent Result
Oct 6 at Adrian W, 50-22
Oct 13 Trine (Ind.) L, 50-49
Oct 20 at Hope L, 35-30
Oct 27 Kalamazoo W, 21-17
Nov 3 Alma W, 37-34
Nov 10 at Albion L, 35-19
  Total Conference
Rushes 160 108
Yards 1075 680
Yards per game 107.5 97.1
Yards per rush 6.7 6.3
Touchdowns 12 8
Fumbles 2 2
Fumbles lost 1 1

Game Log - Passing

Date Opponent Score comp att pct yds y/a td int sac yds
Sep 1 at Heidelberg (Ohio) L, 21-17 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 8 Concordia-Chicago (Ill.) W, 52-25 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 15 at Benedictine (Ill.) W, 42-16 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 29 Finlandia W, 72-7 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 6 at Adrian W, 50-22 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 13 Trine (Ind.) L, 50-49 0 1 .0% 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Oct 20 at Hope L, 35-30 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 27 Kalamazoo W, 21-17 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 3 Alma W, 37-34 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 10 at Albion L, 35-19 - - - - - - - - -

Game Log - Rushing

Date Opponent Score rush yds y/a lng td fum lost
Sep 1 at Heidelberg (Ohio) L, 21-17 19 105 5.5 17 0 - -
Sep 8 Concordia-Chicago (Ill.) W, 52-25 20 181 9.1 27 2 - -
Sep 15 at Benedictine (Ill.) W, 42-16 13 109 8.4 32 2 - -
Sep 29 Finlandia W, 72-7 4 17 4.3 7 1 - -
Oct 6 at Adrian W, 50-22 18 129 7.2 16 2 1 1
Oct 13 Trine (Ind.) L, 50-49 31 172 5.5 25 0 - -
Oct 20 at Hope L, 35-30 12 92 7.7 36 3 - -
Oct 27 Kalamazoo W, 21-17 11 54 4.9 13 0 - -
Nov 3 Alma W, 37-34 18 136 7.6 36 1 1 0
Nov 10 at Albion L, 35-19 14 80 5.7 15 1 - -

Game Log - Receiving

Date Opponent Score rec yds y/r lng td fum lost
Sep 1 at Heidelberg (Ohio) L, 21-17 1 4 4.0 4 0 - -
Sep 8 Concordia-Chicago (Ill.) W, 52-25 1 24 24.0 24 0 - -
Sep 15 at Benedictine (Ill.) W, 42-16 - - - - - - -
Sep 29 Finlandia W, 72-7 1 37 37.0 37 1 - -
Oct 6 at Adrian W, 50-22 1 29 29.0 29 1 1 1
Oct 13 Trine (Ind.) L, 50-49 3 18 6.0 19 0 - -
Oct 20 at Hope L, 35-30 - - - - - - -
Oct 27 Kalamazoo W, 21-17 1 13 13.0 13 0 - -
Nov 3 Alma W, 37-34 5 61 12.2 17 0 1 0
Nov 10 at Albion L, 35-19 4 42 10.5 17 0 - -

Game Log - Kicking

Date Opponent Score fgm fga lng xpm xpa pts
Sep 1 at Heidelberg (Ohio) L, 21-17 - - - - - 0
Sep 8 Concordia-Chicago (Ill.) W, 52-25 - - - - - 0
Sep 15 at Benedictine (Ill.) W, 42-16 - - - - - 0
Sep 29 Finlandia W, 72-7 - - - - - 0
Oct 6 at Adrian W, 50-22 - - - - - 0
Oct 13 Trine (Ind.) L, 50-49 - - - - - 0
Oct 20 at Hope L, 35-30 - - - - - 0
Oct 27 Kalamazoo W, 21-17 - - - - - 0
Nov 3 Alma W, 37-34 - - - - - 0
Nov 10 at Albion L, 35-19 - - - - - 0

Game Log - Punting

Date Opponent Score punt yds avg long in20 fc tb blk
Sep 1 at Heidelberg (Ohio) L, 21-17 - - - - - - - -
Sep 8 Concordia-Chicago (Ill.) W, 52-25 - - - - - - - -
Sep 15 at Benedictine (Ill.) W, 42-16 - - - - - - - -
Sep 29 Finlandia W, 72-7 - - - - - - - -
Oct 6 at Adrian W, 50-22 - - - - - - - -
Oct 13 Trine (Ind.) L, 50-49 - - - - - - - -
Oct 20 at Hope L, 35-30 - - - - - - - -
Oct 27 Kalamazoo W, 21-17 - - - - - - - -
Nov 3 Alma W, 37-34 - - - - - - - -
Nov 10 at Albion L, 35-19 - - - - - - - -

Game Log - Returns

Date Opponent Score kr yds avg lng td pr yds avg lng td
Sep 1 at Heidelberg (Ohio) L, 21-17 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 8 Concordia-Chicago (Ill.) W, 52-25 - - - - - 1 12 12.0 0 0
Sep 15 at Benedictine (Ill.) W, 42-16 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 29 Finlandia W, 72-7 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 6 at Adrian W, 50-22 - - - - - 1 10 10.0 0 0
Oct 13 Trine (Ind.) L, 50-49 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 20 at Hope L, 35-30 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 27 Kalamazoo W, 21-17 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 3 Alma W, 37-34 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 10 at Albion L, 35-19 - - - - - - - - - -

Game Log - All-Purpose

Date Opponent Score gp rush rcv pr kr yds
Sep 1 at Heidelberg (Ohio) L, 21-17 1 105 4 - - 109
Sep 8 Concordia-Chicago (Ill.) W, 52-25 1 181 24 12 - 217
Sep 15 at Benedictine (Ill.) W, 42-16 1 109 - - - 109
Sep 29 Finlandia W, 72-7 1 17 37 - - 54
Oct 6 at Adrian W, 50-22 1 129 29 10 - 168
Oct 13 Trine (Ind.) L, 50-49 1 172 18 - - 190
Oct 20 at Hope L, 35-30 1 92 - - - 92
Oct 27 Kalamazoo W, 21-17 1 54 13 - - 67
Nov 3 Alma W, 37-34 1 136 61 - - 197
Nov 10 at Albion L, 35-19 1 80 42 - - 122

Game Log - Scoring

Date Opponent Score pts rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm saf misc 2pt
Sep 1 at Heidelberg (Ohio) L, 21-17 0 0 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 8 Concordia-Chicago (Ill.) W, 52-25 12 2 0 - 0 - - - - - 0 -
Sep 15 at Benedictine (Ill.) W, 42-16 12 2 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 29 Finlandia W, 72-7 12 1 1 - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 6 at Adrian W, 50-22 18 2 1 - 0 - - - - - 0 -
Oct 13 Trine (Ind.) L, 50-49 0 0 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 20 at Hope L, 35-30 18 3 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 27 Kalamazoo W, 21-17 0 0 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Nov 3 Alma W, 37-34 6 1 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Nov 10 at Albion L, 35-19 6 1 0 - - - - - - - 0 -

Game Log - Defense

Date Opponent Score tack ast tot sack lost tfl yds ff fr td int yds td brup blk saf
Sep 1 at Heidelberg (Ohio) L, 21-17 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 8 Concordia-Chicago (Ill.) W, 52-25 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - 1 -
Sep 15 at Benedictine (Ill.) W, 42-16 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 29 Finlandia W, 72-7 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 6 at Adrian W, 50-22 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - 1 -
Oct 13 Trine (Ind.) L, 50-49 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 20 at Hope L, 35-30 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 27 Kalamazoo W, 21-17 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 3 Alma W, 37-34 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 10 at Albion L, 35-19 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -

Career Stats - Passing

  gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
2017-18 10 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2018-19 10 0 1 .0% 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
Total 20 0 1 .0% 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0

Career Stats - Rushing

  gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
2017-18 10 31 210 21.0 6.8 1 19 2 1
2018-19 10 160 1075 107.5 6.7 12 36 2 1
Total 20 191 1285 64.3 6.7 13 36 4 2

Career Stats - Receiving

  gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
2017-18 10 6 0.6 104 10.4 17.3 1 45
2018-19 10 17 1.7 228 22.8 13.4 2 37
Total 20 23 1.1 332 16.6 14.4 3 45

Career Stats - Kicking

  gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
2017-18 10 - - - - 0 0 - 0
2018-19 10 - - - - - - - 0
Total 20 - - - - 0 0 - 0

Career Stats - Punting

  gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
2017-18 10 - - - - - - - -
2018-19 10 - - - - - - - -
Total 20 - - - - - - - -

Career Stats - Returns

  kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
2017-18 - - - - - - - - - -
2018-19 - - - - - 2 22 11.0 0 0
Total - - - - - 2 22 11.0 0 0

Career Stats - All-Purpose

  gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
2017-18 10 210 104 - - 314 31.4
2018-19 10 1075 228 22 - 1325 132.5
Total 20 1285 332 22 - 1639 82.0

Career Stats - Scoring

  pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
2017-18 14 1.4 1 1 - - - - 0 - 1 0
2018-19 84 8.4 12 2 - 0 - - - - - 0
Total 98 4.9 13 3 - 0 - - 0 - 1 0

Career Stats - Defense

  gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
2017-18 10 6 1 7.0 .7 - - 0.0 - 1 - - - - - -
2018-19 10 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - 2
Total 20 6 1 7.0 .3 - - 0.0 - 1 - - - - - 2

Splits Stats - Passing

  gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
Event                      
Total 10 0 1 .0% 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
Conference 7 0 1 .0% 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Location                      
Home 5 0 1 .0% 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
Away 5 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Neutral - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Result                      
Wins 6 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Losses 4 0 1 .0% 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
Month                      
September 4 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
October 4 0 1 .0% 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
November 2 - - - - - - - - - 0.0

Splits Stats - Rushing

  gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
Event                  
Total 10 160 1075 107.5 6.7 12 36 2 1
Conference 7 108 680 97.1 6.3 8 36 2 1
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 5 84 560 112.0 6.7 4 36 1 0
Away 5 76 515 103.0 6.8 8 36 1 1
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result                  
Wins 6 84 626 104.3 7.5 8 36 2 1
Losses 4 76 449 112.3 5.9 4 36 - -
Month                  
September 4 56 412 103.0 7.4 5 32 - -
October 4 72 447 111.8 6.2 5 36 1 1
November 2 32 216 108.0 6.8 2 36 1 0

Splits Stats - Receiving

  gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
Event                
Total 10 17 1.7 228 22.8 13.4 2 37
Conference 7 15 2.1 200 28.6 13.3 2 37
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 5 11 2.2 153 30.6 13.9 1 37
Away 5 6 1.2 75 15.0 12.5 1 29
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result                
Wins 6 9 1.5 164 27.3 18.2 2 37
Losses 4 8 2.0 64 16.0 8.0 0 19
Month                
September 4 3 0.8 65 16.3 21.7 1 37
October 4 5 1.3 60 15.0 12.0 1 29
November 2 9 4.5 103 51.5 11.4 0 17

Splits Stats - Kicking

  gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
Event                  
Total 10 - - - - - - - 0
Conference 7 - - - - - - - 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - 0
Location                  
Home 5 - - - - - - - 0
Away 5 - - - - - - - 0
Neutral - - - - - - - - 0
Result                  
Wins 6 - - - - - - - 0
Losses 4 - - - - - - - 0
Month                  
September 4 - - - - - - - 0
October 4 - - - - - - - 0
November 2 - - - - - - - 0

Splits Stats - Punting

  gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
Event                  
Total 10 - - - - - - - -
Conference 7 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 5 - - - - - - - -
Away 5 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result                  
Wins 6 - - - - - - - -
Losses 4 - - - - - - - -
Month                  
September 4 - - - - - - - -
October 4 - - - - - - - -
November 2 - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Returns

  kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
Event                    
Total - - - - - 2 22 11.0 0 0
Conference - - - - - 1 10 10.0 0 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - -
Location                    
Home - - - - - 1 12 12.0 0 0
Away - - - - - 1 10 10.0 0 0
Neutral - - - - - - - - - -
Result                    
Wins - - - - - 2 22 11.0 0 0
Losses - - - - - - - - - -
Month                    
September - - - - - 1 12 12.0 0 0
October - - - - - 1 10 10.0 0 0
November - - - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - All-Purpose

  gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
Event              
Total 10 1075 228 22 - 1325 132.5
Conference 7 680 200 10 - 890 127.1
Exhibition - - - - - 0 -
Location              
Home 5 560 153 12 - 725 145.0
Away 5 515 75 10 - 600 120.0
Neutral - - - - - 0 -
Result              
Wins 6 626 164 22 - 812 135.3
Losses 4 449 64 - - 513 128.3
Month              
September 4 412 65 12 - 489 122.3
October 4 447 60 10 - 517 129.3
November 2 216 103 - - 319 159.5

Splits Stats - Scoring

  pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
Event                        
Total 84 8.4 12 2 - 0 - - - - - 0
Conference 60 8.6 8 2 - 0 - - - - - 0
Exhibition 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Location                        
Home 30 6.0 4 1 - 0 - - - - - 0
Away 54 10.8 8 1 - 0 - - - - - 0
Neutral 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Result                        
Wins 60 10.0 8 2 - 0 - - - - - 0
Losses 24 6.0 4 0 - - - - - - - 0
Month                        
September 36 9.0 5 1 - 0 - - - - - 0
October 36 9.0 5 1 - 0 - - - - - 0
November 12 6.0 2 0 - - - - - - - 0

Splits Stats - Defense

  gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
Event                                
Total 10 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - 2
Conference 7 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - 1
Exhibition - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Location                                
Home 5 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - 1
Away 5 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - 1
Neutral - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Result                                
Wins 6 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - 2
Losses 4 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Month                                
September 4 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - 1
October 4 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - 1
November 2 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -

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Ellis earns Google Cloud Academic All-America® Second Team honors

Olivet College sophomore running back Matthew Ellis has earned 2018 Google Cloud Academic All-America® Football Second Team honors, as...

December 13, 2018

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Ellis and Monroe selected to Google Cloud Academic All-District VI football team

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November 15, 2018

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November 13, 2018

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Football team falls to Albion, 35-19, in season-finale

The Olivet College football team fell to Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) rival Albion College, 35-19, in the season-finale...

November 10, 2018

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GAMEDAY: Football team travels to play Albion in season-finale

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November 9, 2018

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Football team defeats Alma, 37-34, on Senior Day

Lane Porter threw a 39-yard touchdown pass to Jacob Jodway with 1:33 left, and sophomore Devin Pascavage intercepted an Alma College pass with 23...

November 3, 2018

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GAMEDAY: Football team hosts Alma on Senior Day

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November 2, 2018

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Football team rallies to beat Kalamazoo, 21-17

Senior Jamaul Martin rushed for 196 yards to help the Olivet College football team come back to beat Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association...

October 27, 2018

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GAMEDAY: Football team hosts MIAA co-leader Kalamazoo

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October 26, 2018

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Football team rallies but falls short against Hope, 35-30

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October 20, 2018

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GAMEDAY: Football team goes on the road to play Hope

The Olivet College football team hosts looks to bounce back from a heartbreaking 50-49 loss last Saturday when it goes on the road to play Hope...

October 19, 2018

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Football team loses close game to Trine, 50-49

The Olivet College football team fell to Trine (Ind.) University, 50-49, this afternoon at the Cutler Athletic Complex in Olivet. The Thunder...

October 13, 2018

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GAMEDAY: Football team hosts defending MIAA champion Trine

The Olivet College football team hosts defending Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) champion Trine (Ind.) University Saturday,...

October 12, 2018

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GAMEDAY: Football team on the road to play Adrian

The Olivet College football team travels to play Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) rival Adrian College. Kick-off at Docking...

October 6, 2018

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Football team rumbles to 50-22 win at Adrian

The Olivet College football team led 43-6 at halftime to beat Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association foe Adrian College, 50-22, today at...

October 6, 2018

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Football team routs Finlandia, 72-7, in MIAA-opener

Eight different players scored a touchdown, and the Olivet College football team started Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) play...

September 29, 2018

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GAMEDAY: Football team opens MIAA play against Finlandia

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September 28, 2018

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Football team rolls past Benedictine, 42-16

The Olivet College football team scored five offensive touchdowns and a special teams touchdown to defeat Benedictine (Ill.) University, 42-16,...

September 15, 2018

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GAMEDAY: Football team hosts Concordia Chicago in home-opener

The Olivet College football team hosts Concordia University Chicago (Ill.) for its home-opener. Kick-off at the Cutler Athletic Complex is 1 p.m.

September 8, 2018

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Football team defeats Concordia Chicago, 52-25, in home-opener

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September 8, 2018

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GAMEDAY: Football team opens 2018 season with night game at Heidelberg

The Olivet College football team opens the 2018 season tonight under the lights against Heidelberg (Ohio) University. Kick-off from Hoerneman...

September 1, 2018

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Football team loses heartbreaker at Heidelberg, 21-17

The Olivet College football team allowed two fourth quarter touchdowns to lose a heartbreaker to Heidelberg (Ohio) University, 21-17, tonight...

September 1, 2018

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Olivet College picked fourth in MIAA preseason football poll

The Olivet College football team received 26 total points to be picked fourth in the 2018 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA)...

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