Kevin Ellison

Kevin Marcus Ellison (born January 8, 1987 in Inglewood, California) is a Free Agent American football safety who last played for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League. He was drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the sixth round of the 2009 NFL Draft. He played college football at Southern California. Ellison attended Redondo Union High School, where he starred as a running back and linebacker. He achieved many honors and awards including Los Angeles Times All-South Bay/Westside Player of the Year, South Bay Daily Breeze All-Area Player of the Year, All-Bay League MVP, and many others. He finished his high school career with a school record 3,718 rushing yards on 578 carries and 297 tackles. Ellison graduated a semester early from high school and enrolled at USC in the spring of 2005. During his freshman season he spent most of his time as a back up safety and on special teams, and was selected to The Sporting News Pac-10 All-Freshman first team. In 2006 he became the team's starting strong safety, finishing with 64 tackles, one interception, and 1.5 sacks. He made the 2006 Collegefootballnews.com Sophomore All-American second team and was an All-Pac-10 honorable