ACADEMIC HONORS
• Athletic Director’s Honor Roll, Fall 2018; Spring 2020
ATHLETIC HONORS
• 2019 All-Sun Belt Conference (2nd team)
• 2018 All-Sun Belt Conference (honorable mention)
• Two-time Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Week
• Manning Award Watch List
• Davey O’Brien Foundation Great 8 (Week 9)
AT GEORGIA STATE: Two-year starter and two-time All-Sun Belt Conference quarterback ... Talented dual-threat quarterback who set numerous records and milestones and a tremendous leader who displayed remarkable selflessness and grit in playing the final four games of his senior season with a torn ACL in his right knee. ... Joined the program in 2018 from Itawamba (Miss.) C.C.
Finished with the highest career completion percentage in GSU history (62.0 percent) while ranking second with 34 TD passes and 45 TDR ... Ranks third in GSU annals in every other career passing category behind Nick Arbuckle and Conner Manning ... Passed for 4,566 yards on 401 completions while throwing just 13 interceptions ... Collected 5,859 yards of total offense ... Also stands fourth on GSU’s career rushing list (first among quarterbacks) with 1,293 yards.
2019: Second-team All-Sun Belt Conference ... Averaged 239.6 yards of total offense while accounting for 28 touchdowns. Passed for 2,447 yards and 22 TDs while completing 64 percent ... Team’s second-leading rusher with 668 yards and six TDs ... Played the final four games with a torn ACL in his right knee, sustained late in the first half vs. ULM (Game 9). Missed the second half vs. ULM but returned to start vs. App State. Was perhaps the leading candidate for Sun Belt Player of the Year at the time of his injury.
Named Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Week for season-opening win over Tennessee. Threw two touchdown passes and ran for the game-clinching score in the fourth quarter to give GSU its first-ever win over a Power 5 opponent. Passed for 139 yards on 11 completions and rushed for 61 yards.
Threw a school-record five touchdown passes to five different receivers in 48-42 win over Furman. Set then-career highs with 362 yards passing, 29 completions and 448 yards of total offense to rally GSU from 20-3 deficit. Directed seven straight scoring drives, including six straight touchdown drives that averaged 77 yards.
Earned his second Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Week award after directing the most prolific offensive game in school history with 722 yards of total offense in 52-38 win over Arkansas State. Set career highs with 382 yards passing (29-for-41) and 451 yards of total offense. Rushed for 69 of GSU’s school-record 340 yards rushing.
Rushed for a career-high 128 yards on 19 carries in win at Coastal Carolina, including a 57-yard run down to the 2-yard line to set up a touchdown. One of GSU’s three 100-yard rushers in a school-record 350-yard rushing game. Also completed 16 of 24 passes for 122 yards with a 3-yard TD pass to Cornelius McCoy.
Passed for 232 yards and three touchdowns in win over Army. Tossed two TD passes to Sam Pinckney in the first half and then hit TE Aubry Payne with the winning 8-yard TD pass with 7:41 to play. On winning drive, he coverted 4th-and-1 at the GSU 28-yard line with a 4-yard run.
Despite his injury, he completed 21 of 27 passes for 208 yards and two touchdowns to lead 28-15 win over South Alabama for the Panthers’ seventh win of the season ... Rushed for 70 yards and a touchdown in the NOVA Home Loans Arizona Bowl vs. Arizona while passing for 156 yards with a 44-yard TD pass ... Had a career-long 64-yard run to set up a touchdown at Western Michigan.
2018: First-year starting quarterback who was named All-Sun Belt Conference (honorable mention) ... Ranked third in the Sun Belt in passing (192.6) and total offense (249.5 pg) while accounting for 17 TDs ... Team’s leading rusher with 625 yards, the third-highest season total in GSU history, and five touchdowns ... Completed 174-of-292 passes for 2,119 yards and 12 touchdowns ... Threw just five interceptions on the season, the fewest ever by a GSU starting quarterback. That includes a string of 149 passes without an interception, the second-longest streak in school history.
Led GSU to 24-20 win over Kennesaw State in his debut as he threw winning, 8-yard TD pass to Diondre Champaigne with 41 seconds left ... Also threw two TD passes in the final minute of the first half to Penny Hart (3 yds) and Christian Owens (6 yds). Was 20-for-28 for 187 yards while rushing for 77 yards on 18 carries ... Passed for 285 yards and scored two touchdowns on runs of 10 and three yards vs. Western Michigan.
Went 15-for-18 (.833) to set school record for completion percentage in win vs. ULM. Passed for 179 yards, 1 TD, rushed for 64 yards, 1 TD ... Season-high 331 yards of total offense vs. Troy, including a 51-yard completion to Penny Hart ... Passed for 250 yards and three touchdowns at Arkansas State ... Passed for 231 yards and one touchdown while rushing for 60 yards, including a 42-yard scoring run, vs. Coastal Carolina.
Rushed for a career-high 113 yards vs. Appalachian State, the first GSU QB with a 100-yard game since Kelton Hill in 2011 ... Added 89 yards rushing vs. Texas State ... Sat out the Louisiana game after spending the week in concussion protocol.
Signed in December 2017 and enrolled in January 2018 ... Participated in spring practice and performed well in the Blue-White Game, going 21-for-24 for 249 yards and four touchdowns in the scrimmage ... Won the starting nod in preseason camp.
JUNIOR COLLEGE/HIGH SCHOOL: NJCAA second-team All-American … Passed for 3,211 yards and 27 touchdowns in 2017 ... Ranked second in NJCAA with 356.8 passing yards per game and fifth in touchdown passes ... Completed 65 percent of his passes (230-for-353) with just seven interceptions ... Also rushed for 392 yards and eight touchdowns ... Three-star prospect by 247 Sports … Named Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges (MACJC) Offensive Player of the Week after throwing for 494 yards and two TDs against No. 1 East Mississippi Community College. Completed 41 of 59 passes while rushing for 57 yards and another touchdown on 18 carries ... Sharing time in 2016, he passed for 765 yards on just 58 completions with eight touchdowns and one interception ... Team’s second-leading rusher in 2016 with 406 yards and seven scores on 60 attempts (6.8 yards per carry) ... Played for Center Hill High School in Olive Branch, Miss., just outside Memphis.
PERSONAL: Given name is Danterious Dejuan Ellington ... Born Oct. 10, 1997 ... Son of Dante Ellington and Eureka Chapman ... Earned his degree in May 2020.
