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Ellis Healthy, Hungry

Senior Proves He's One Of State's Top Players

Posted: October 18, 2012 at 4:25 a.m.

Brooks Ellis, a Fayetteville senior linebacker and an Arkansas commit, is healthy once again after missing two games this season with a dislocated kneecap. Ellis, the top linebacker prospect in the state, is also contributing this season as a tight end.
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Brooks Ellis, a Fayetteville senior linebacker and an Arkansas commit, is healthy once again after missing two games this season with a dislocated kneecap. Ellis, the top linebacker prospect in the state, is also contributing this season as a tight end.

Brooks Ellis didn’t need to do much more on the football field this season to establish himself as perhaps the top high school linebacker in the state.

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Brooks Ellis

SCHOOL: Fayetteville

CLASS: Senior

POSITION: Linebacker/Tight End

HEIGHT: 6-3

WEIGHT: 220

NOTABLE: Committed to play at University of Arkansas along with teammates Austin Allen and Alex Brignoni on May 21. ... Led team in tackles and sacks as a junior despite missing two games to injury. ... Also missed two games this season with a dislocated kneecap, but returned in Week 5 vs. Springdale High. ... Chose Arkansas over Stanford, Illinois and Vanderbilt.

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