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He recruited Jadeveon Clowney and Stephon Gilmore to South Carolina FWIW.

Nice, thanks for the info JC

Also what kind of recruiter is he?

Yes! That is what i thought.. but that is cool..

Good football coach. Old school kind of DC. He wants physical practices. That was really the one area he and Spurrier didn't always see eye to eye. Wasn't a big deal but Ellis would chirp from time to time that they weren't hitting enough.
But he's a good DC. He coached linebackers at Carolina. His scheme:4-2-5 utilizing a hybrid that we called the "Spur". You'll call it a talon or a claw or some other catchy name but it's a essentially that oversized safety that can play close to the line in run support or drop back in coverage. He's not the most aggressive guy. You'll see some cushion from the DB's. He doesn't blitz a lot either. But he fielded 3 straight top 15 defenses at Carolina.
Recruiting...good one. As our "assistant head coach" he was limited on the trail and had a small territory but as JC said he landed Stephon Gilmore and Jadaveon Clowney so those are 2 pretty good feathers in his cap.
You made a very good hire in Ellis.

They both were at miss state together

You guys will be happy with him. He is a great DC

Nothing. He left for the HC job at So. Miss and went 0-12.

Great hire. Congrats.

He's decent. Won't put an elite defense on the field, but won't put a bad one on the field either.

And personally, I don't give him much credit for Clowney. Clowney wanted to play at home.

HC'ing, apparently not his forte' ..

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