Furman University

High School: 2017 graduate of Shades Valley (6A) High School...football coach was David Partridge...heralded two-way performer who played linebacker and running back...named to Alabama’s All-Classification Super All-State Team at the athlete position and was a second team all-state pick as an athlete by the Alabama Sportswriters Association...tallied 142 tackles and four sacks, and in his first season at running back rushed for 1,330 yards and 20 touchdowns...ran for 230 yards and five touchdowns and racked up 10 tackles and two sacks in a 49-28 win over Parker...rushed for 207 yards and compiled 12 tackles versus Pinson Valley...ran for 140 yards and three scores, and registered 15 tackles versus Blackman.

Personal: Full name is Reynard Nathanael Ellis...born July 31, 1999, in Birmingham, Alabama...son of Richard and Daniella Ellis...has four sisters — Ronita, Rachael, and DeAnna, and DeShondra — and two brothers: Richard and Dominic.