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Position: | Assistant defensive line coach | ||||||||||||
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Born: | Wendell, North Carolina, U.S. | August 14, 1975||||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | ||||||||||||
Weight: | 265 lb (120 kg) | ||||||||||||
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High school: | East Wake (Wendell, North Carolina) | ||||||||||||
College: | North Carolina | ||||||||||||
NFL draft: | 1998 / Round: 1 / Pick: 8 | ||||||||||||
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Gregory Lemont Ellis (born August 14, 1975) is an American football coach and former player. He was the head football coach at Southwestern Assemblies of God University—now known as Nelson University—from 2022 to 2023. Ellis played professionally as a defensive end for 12 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the North Carolina Tar Heels, and was recognized as an All-American. He was selected in the first round of the 1998 NFL draft by the Dallas Cowboys and played for the Cowboys for 11 seasons, from 1998 to 2008. He also played a season, in 2009, for the Oakland Raiders. Ellis was the head football coach at Texas College in Tyler, Texas from 2020 to 2021.
Ellis has also produced for television and film, including as the executive producer of the 2015 sports film Carter High.[1][2]