Andruw Ellis
Northern Illinois Huskies
53
Depth

Andruw Ellis

Northern Illinois HuskiesRebuilding
FSDefenseDepth
2nd String / Backup

Is Andruw Ellis starting?

Andruw Ellis is listed 2nd string at FS for Northern Illinois Huskies.

Redshirt freshman · #30 · 6'0", 196 lbs

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Depth at FS · Northern Illinois Huskies

  1. 11453Malik ArmstrongStarter
  2. 23053Andruw EllisYou

Northern Illinois Starting Lineup

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Up next for Northern Illinois

Northern Illinois plays San José State away on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 04:00 PM ET.

The Story

The Story

A 3-star recruit out of Roxana, ranked #1,738 nationally coming out of high school.

Recruit3★ · #1,738 Natl
Roxana, IL
Jersey
#30
Class
RS FR
Height
6'0"
Weight
196 lbs

Andruw Ellis is currently behind Malik Armstrong at FS on the Northern Illinois depth chart, a Mountain West team rated 62 overall this season.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8500
National Rank
#1738
High School
Roxana
Hometown
Roxana, IL

Why this rating?

On a 62-rated defense; 50th-percentile recruit (no FBS production stats) → 53 after depth penalty. Capped to the teammate ahead of them on the depth chart.

Team defense (SP+)
62
Rating basis
Recruiting pedigree
Recruiting pedigree
Top 50% recruit
Depth-chart adjustment
+7 for role; −6 depth penalty

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Nov 1LUNLVTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 31-24

Oct 24LHAWTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 56-21

Oct 17LWYOTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
4
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 41-23

Oct 10LAFATKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 28-7

Sep 26LGASTTKL 0
TKL
0
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 35-14

Sep 20LARIZTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 42-17

Sep 12LILSTTKL 0
TKL
0
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
1
PD
0

Final L 28-24

Sep 5LIOWATKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 40-0

Andruw Ellis's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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