University of North Carolina Athletics
2010 Football Roster
Jersey Number 74
Sam Ellis
- Position:
- Offensive Guard
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 285
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Carrboro, N.C.
- High School:
- Chapel Hill
Joined the team as a walk-on prior to the 2007 season • Exercise and sports science major • Earned all-conference and all-area honors in 2006 as a lineman at Chapel Hill High School • Coached by Isaac Marsh • Served as team captain and named the squad's 2006 lineman of the year • Also participated in track and field • Has earned Eagle Scout badge • Father is Jeff Garnica, who lettered at UNC from 1985-88 and was a first-team All-ACC center and third-team All-America • His father is the last Tar Heel to win the Jacobs Blocking Trophy as the league's top offensive lineman • Son of Debbie Ellis and Jeff Garnica • Began playing football at the age of five • Favorite NFL team is the Carolina Panthers • Born Samuel Wiley Ellis on Feb. 7, 1989.
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