2015 Football Roster
Roster
Phillip Ely
- Position:
- Quarterback
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 202
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Tampa, FL
- High School:
- Plant
2015
Listed at co-No. 1 at quarterback in preseason depth chart.Expected to compete for starting quarterback role...Limited action during the spring as he recovered from off-season surgery...Expected to be ready to go by pre-season camp.
2014
Missed most of the season following a knee injury in the second week of the season...Completed 24-of-34 passes with four TDs and no interceptions in Rocket debut vs. New Hampshire...Led Toledo to seven consecutive touchdowns midway through the game...Completed 17-of-34 passes for 204 yards vs. Missouri before going down with a knee injury.
2013
Sat out season after transferring from Alabama.
2012 (Alabama)
Played backup quarterback in six games, completing 3-of-4 passes for 42 yards and a touchdown...Connected on two of his three attempts for 15 yards vs. Arkansas...Threw his first career touchdown on a 27-yard pass, his only attempt of the game, vs. Mississippi State.
2011 (Alabama)
Redshirted during his first year with the Crimson Tide.
High School
U.S. Army All-American ... Ranked as the No. 20 pro-style quarterback prospect by Rivals.com and the No. 48 player in the state of Florida ... No. 40 quarterback by ESPNU and the No. 41 QB by Scout.com ... Ranked as the 69th player in Florida by SuperPrep Magazine ... No. 107 on the Mobile Press-Register's Super Southeast 120 ... No. 77 on The Orlando Sentinel Top 100 players in Florida ... Threw for 2,731 yards and 26 touchdowns in 2010 for Plant High School while completing 64.3 percent of his passes and leading his team to the state championship game ... As a junior in 2010, he led Plant to the Florida 5A State title while throwing for 1,860 yards and 20 touchdowns, earning 5A honorable mention All-State honors ... Also led his team to a state championship as a sophomore in 2008.
