title: Percy Ellsworth
text: # Percy Ellsworth
  
  Percy Daniel Ellsworth III (born October 19, 1974 in Drewryville, Virginia) is a retired former American football safety in the National Football League for the New York Giants and the Cleveland Browns. Ellsworth joined the Giants as an undrafted free agent in 1996 after playing college football at the University of Virginia. He was teammates with Tiki Barber at both Virginia and with the Giants. Ellsworth attended Southampton High School in Courtland, Virginia, where he was a Super Prep All-American as a senior. He was the NFC Defensive Player of the Week for week 16 of the 1998 NFL season.
  
  