Junior college transfer who started the past two seasons. Senior totals included 99/14.5/5 after 67/10.5/4 as a junior, when he won All-Conference honors.
BeaverFootball.com Scouting Report:
Equally adapt at stopping the run or covering receivers. Reacts well to the ball and solid at pulling down the ball carrier.
Riley says:
"Keith is very smart and athletic with great instincts. He has the total package and he brings us stability at a position that is huge in our defensive philosophy."
OSU: In two years he established himself as one of the premier
linebackers in the Pac-10 Conference...2005 First team All-Pac-10 after earning
Honorable Mention honors in 2004...transferred to OSU after one year at El Camino
College...began his career at San Diego State, where he played in 2002...finished
fourth in the Pac-10 in 2005 with a 9.0 tackles per game average...one of three
team captains in 2005...finished second on the team in 1999 with 99 tackles and
led the team for tackles-for-loss with 15 (4th best at OSU for a single season)...he
started all 23 games of his Beaver career...his 25.5. tackles-for-loss for his
career ranks ninth all-time at OSU.
EL CAMINO: Keith was a second team All-American selection
by JC Grid-Wire...in his one season he made 115 tackles and six interceptions...an
All-Mission Conference and all-state JC selection...he played for head coach
John Featherstone...former Beavers DeLawrence Grant, LaDairis Jackson and Tevita
Moala all attended El Camino.
SAN DIEGO STATE: Keith signed a letter of intent after his
prep career to attend San Diego State...while with the Aztecs his position coach
was former OSU linebackers coach Charlie Camp...played in 11 of the team’s
13 games as a true-freshman and recorded 34 tackles, the 13th-highest total
on the team...he transferred to El Camino after Camp left to join Mike Riley
at OSU.
REDONDO: Keith played quarterback, linebacker and safety during
his prep career...he started two seasons and as a senior produced 1,300-plus
yards passing and another 900-plus yards rushing...played for head coach Gene
Simon... named the Bay League’s Defensive Player of the Year as a senior
after making 103 tackles and three interceptions...All-Bay League and All-CIF
as a senior...also started four years in basketball as the team’s point
guard.
PERSONAL: Born in Los Angeles...son of Charles Ellison and
Judy Reisner...has two brothers, Chris and Kevin, and one sister, Camille...Chris
played football at BYU for two seasons...his cousin Dominic Ellison played basketball
at Washington State and New Mexico State...favorite athlete is Jerry Rice...majored
in history.
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