CLEMSON FOOTBALL

RB Ellington to be Rocking and Rolling


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According to Blue Ribbon via ESPN:

Redshirt junior Andre Ellington Andre Ellington

Running Back

#23 5-10, 190

Moncks Corner, SC

View Full Profile (5-11, 190) lacks C.J. SpillerC.J. Spiller

Running Back

#28 5-11, 195

Lake Butler, FL

View Full Profile 's top-end speed, but you won't get much argument around the program for which is the better ball carrier, especially at comparable stages in their careers.

Ellington proved just as prolific, if not explosive, rushing for 686 yards and 10 touchdowns in eight games before suffering basically a season-ending foot injury.

Clemson waited a month before Ellington had surgery to repair a torn toe ligament, and he wasn't to be cleared to return to football until fall practice. While the prognosis is for Ellington to regain his full capabilities, only time will tell.

But no one stands to thrive more in Morris' misdirection system than the shifty Ellington, who excels as a zone-blocking runner because of his vision, decisiveness and burst through the tiniest of seams. "He's going to be rocking and rolling," Swinney said.

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