Gerry Ellis
Garry Lynn Ellis
Born: November 12, 1957
Columbia, MO USA
Position: RB
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 221
College: Missouri
High School: Hickman (Columbia, MO)
Career: 1980-1986
Drafted: 1980 in Round 7, #192 overall by the Los Angeles Rams
Gerry Ellis played from 1980 to 1986 during his career with the Green Bay Packers. Ellis ran for 3,826 yards in his career on 836 attempts, scoring 25 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 267 passes for 2,514 yards and 10 receiving touchdowns..
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 91.7 |
| 1983 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 31 | 6.2 | 1 | 20.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 61.3 |
| 1984 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 17 | 4.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 44.8 |
| 1985 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 12 | 4 | 33.3 | 71 | 5.9 | 1 | 8.3 | 1 | 8.3 | 23 | 1 | 3 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 126 | 545 | 4.3 | 22 | 5 |
| 1981 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 196 | 860 | 4.4 | 29 | 4 |
| 1982 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 62 | 228 | 3.7 | 29 | 1 |
| 1983 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 141 | 696 | 4.9 | 71 | 4 |
| 1984 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 123 | 581 | 4.7 | 50 | 4 |
| 1985 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 104 | 571 | 5.5 | 39 | 5 |
| 1986 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 84 | 345 | 4.1 | 24 | 2 |
| Totals | 836 | 3826 | 4.6 | 71 | 25 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 48 | 496 | 10.3 | 69 | 3 |
| 1981 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 65 | 499 | 7.7 | 46 | 3 |
| 1982 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 18 | 140 | 7.8 | 20 | 0 |
| 1983 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 52 | 603 | 11.6 | 56 | 2 |
| 1984 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 36 | 312 | 8.7 | 22 | 2 |
| 1985 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 24 | 206 | 8.6 | 35 | 0 |
| 1986 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 24 | 258 | 10.8 | 29 | 0 |
| Totals | 267 | 2514 | 9.4 | 69 | 10 |
Kick Returns:
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1981 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1982 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1983 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1984 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1985 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1986 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 33 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1980 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||
| 1981 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||
| 1982 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| 1983 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| 1984 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| 1985 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
| 1986 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Totals | 25 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 210 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | NFL | Green Bay Packers | 15 | 13 |
| 1981 | NFL | Green Bay Packers | 16 | 16 |
| 1982 | NFL | Green Bay Packers | 9 | 8 |
| 1983 | NFL | Green Bay Packers | 15 | 14 |
| 1984 | NFL | Green Bay Packers | 16 | 16 |
| 1985 | NFL | Green Bay Packers | 16 | 8 |
| 1986 | NFL | Green Bay Packers | 16 | 6 |
