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68 Ellis McKennie

  • Position Offensive Lineman
  • Height 6-4
  • Weight 310
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown McSherrytown, Pa.
  • Highschool McDonogh School

Biography

McKENNIE'S HONOR ROLL

  • 2019 Honorable Mention All-Big Ten (Media) 
  • 2019 Team Captain
  • 3x Academic All-Big Ten (2017, 2018 & 2019)
  • Elected to the University Senate for the 2019-20 school year

As a Senior (2019): Appeared in all 12 games with 10 starts ... Team Captain ... Selected by the media as Honorable Mention All-Big Ten ... Became the first offensive lineman to start at four different positions (right guard, center, left tackle & right tackle) in a season since at least 1997 ... Started the season opener (Howard, 8/31) at left tackle, the Penn State (9/27) and Indiana (10/19) games at right guard, the contest at Purdue (10/12) at right tackle and the last five games of the year and the Rutgers (10/5) game at center ... Blocked for a running back tandem in Javon Leake and Anthony McFarland Jr., which were one of only two duos on power five teams in the country to both have seven rushing touchdowns ... Parted way for Javon Leake, who averaged 7.2 yards per carry, the fourth-highest total of the country ... Contributed to an offense that had three games scoring over 45 points ... Protected Josh Jackson, who had the most touchdown passes by a Maryland quarterback in a first half of a game since 1977 ... Blocked for the second-most points in Maryland history with 79 vs Howard (8/31).

As a Junior (2018): Appeared in 12 games with three starts at right tackle (Temple, 9/15; Rutgers, 10/13; at #15 Penn State, 11/24) ... Helped block for the 17th best rushing offense in the country and third best in the Big Ten, averaging 230.2 yards per game ... blocked for a team that tallied six games with over 200 rushing yards ... helped four different running backs record 100-yard games - most in program history ... contributed to freshman running back Anthony McFarland setting freshmen rushing records of season yards (1,022), single game yards (298) and 100-yard games (four) .. part of line that blocked the way for team to rush for 444 yards at Bowling Green (9/8) - the team’s most since 1999 against Virginia (445).

As a Sophomore (2017): Appeared in six games as a reserve lineman ... was awarded the team's Public Service Award for his service in the community.


As a Redshirt Freshman (2016): Appeared in all 13 games as a reserve lineman.


As a Freshman (2015): Did not see game action.

At McDonogh School: Helped lead team to back-to-back MIAA Championships during his junior and senior years … selected first-team All-Met by the Washington Post and was a consensus first-team all-state selection … selected to represent Maryland in the Big 33 Game … rated as the second-best guard in Maryland by Scout and the 34th in the nation at his position by Rivals ... a consensus three-star recruit … an eight-time Honor Roll student … received the Ludlum Michaux Leadership Award…also competed in the shot put on the track & field team … coached by Dom D’Amico.

Personal: Graduated with a degree in Government and Politics ... working towards Masters in Public Policy ... interning with Senator Ben Cardin. 

 

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Historical Player Information

  • 68

    2015Freshman

    Offensive Lineman
    6'3" 315 lbs
    68
  • 68

    2016Redshirt Freshman

    Offensive Lineman
    6'3" 305 lbs
    68
  • 68

    2017Sophomore

    Offensive Lineman
    6'3" 305 lbs
    68
  • 68

    2018Junior

    Offensive Lineman
    6'3" 307 lbs
    68
  • 68

    2019Senior

    Offensive Lineman
    6'4" 310 lbs
    68