Christian Elliss

Elliss, 24, originally entered the NFL as a rookie free agent with Minnesota out of Idaho in 2021. The 6-foot-3, 231-pounder, spent the majority of his rookie season on the Philadelphia practice squad, with a brief stint on the San Francisco practice squad. He began the 2022 season on the Philadelphia practice squad before being signed to the 53-man roster and playing in six games in the regular season and three games in the postseason, including Super Bowl LVII. Ellis played in 12 games with one start and accumulated 16 total tackles for Philadelphia in 2023 before being released on Dec. 6. Overall, he has played in 19 regular season games with one start and has 26 total tackles and has played in three postseason games.

CAREER TRANSACTIONS

Christian Elliss was claimed off waivers and awarded to the New England Patriots from Philadelphia on December 8, 2023 ... Originally signed by Minnesota as a rookie free agent (5/5/21) ... Released by Minnesota (8/23/21) ... Signed by Philadelphia to the practice squad (9/9/21) ... Released by Philadelphia from the practice squad (10/6/21) ... Signed by Philadelphia to the practice squad (10/11/21) ... Released by Philadelphia from the practice squad (10/18/21) ... Signed by San Francisco to the practice squad (11/3/21) ... Released by San Francisco from the practice squad (11/10/21) ... Signed by Philadelphia to the practice squad (11/24/21) ... Elevated by Philadelphia to the active roster from the practice squad (1/8/22) ... Reverted back to the Philadelphia practice squad (1/10/22) ... Signed by Philadelphia (1/18/22) ... Released by Philadelphia (8/30/22) ... Signed by Philadelphia to the practice squad (8/31/22) ... Elevated by Philadelphia to the active roster from the practice squad (12/3/22) ... Reverted back to the Philadelphia practice squad (12/5/22) ... Elevated by Philadelphia to the active roster from the practice squad (12/10/22) ... Reverted back to the Philadelphia practice squad (12/12/22) ... Elevated by Philadelphia to the active roster from the practice squad (12/17/22) ... Reverted back to the Philadelphia practice squad (12/19/22) ... Signed by Philadelphia to the 53-man roster from the practice squad (12/23/22) ... Released by Philadelphia (12/6/23).

SEASONAL REVIEWS

2023 (4/0)

• Started the season with Philadelphia before being claimed and awarded to New England off waivers. He played in four games and finished with 2 tackles on special teams.
• Made his debut with New England on special teams vs. Kansas City (12/17). He had one special teams tackle in the fourth quarter on the punt coverage team.

2023 (12/1 - Philadelphia)

• Played in 12 total games as a reserve linebacker and on special teams.
• Collected 16 tackles on defense and 5 tackles on special teams.
• Had 6 Tackles vs. Buffalo (11/26) in an overtime win. Which was his career-high for single game tackles.

2022 (6/0, 3/0 – Philadelphia)

• Saw action in six games after being elevated to the active roster for three games and then signed to the 53-man roster.
• Collected 4 special teams tackles in 106 total special teams snaps and logged 7 total tackles (5 solo, 2 assists) on defense as a reserve linebacker.
• Played in all three postseason games including the Super Bowl. 

2021 (1/0, 0/0 – Philadelphia)

• Spent the year on the practice squad. Was elevated and made his NFL debut vs. Dallas (1/8/22) and collected 3 tackles before reverting back to the practice squad.

COLLEGE

• First Team All-Big Sky as a senior in 2020.
• Started all four games for the Rams and earned honorable mention All-Mountain West Conference honors during a shortened 2020 season.
• Set career highs with 54 tackles and 5.0 sacks, including a 3-sack performance at Wyoming in 2019.
• Was a two-time all-conference and all district honoree and finished his career with 266 tackles, the 18th most in program history.
• Appeared in 38 games and racked up 266 tackles, 1 interception, 2 forced fumbles and 1 fumble recovery.

PERSONAL

• He is the oldest of 12 children and has two brothers (Kaden and Noah) that are in the NFL.
• His father, Luther, was a 1st-round pick by Detroit in the 1995 draft, was a two-time Pro Bowl DL and spent nine seasons in the NFL playing for Detroit and Denver.
• Christian was selected to play in the 2017 Polynesian Bowl.