What is Kevin Ellison (American football)?
[[File:2008-1018-003-KevinEllison.jpg|right|200px]] '''Kevin Marcus Ellison''' (January 8, 1987 – {{circa|October 6}}, 2018) was an [[American football]] [[Safety (American football position)|safety]]. He was born in [[Inglewood, California]]. He last played for the [[Seattle Seahawks]] of the [[National Football League]]. He was drafted by the [[San Diego Chargers]] in the sixth round of the [[2009 NFL Draft]]. He played [[college football]] at [[USC Trojans football|Southern California]]. Ellison died in October 2018, according to the [[University of Southern California]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/USC_Athletics/status/1048715795830689793?s=20|title=USC Trojans on Twitter|publisher=[[Twitter]]|access-date=7 October 2018}}</ref> at the age of 31.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://reignoftroy.com/2018/10/06/former-usc-football-safety-kevin-ellison-dies/|title=Former USC football safety Kevin Ellison dies at 31|date=6 October 2018|website=Reignoftroy.com|access-date=7 October 2018}}</ref> After his death, an autopsy revealed that Ellison had been suffering from Stage 2 [[chronic traumatic encephalopathy]] (CTE).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/b4/0e/f89442744c40bbee781e72f6923b/k-0623-boston-university.pdf|accessdate=September 21, 2024|title=CTE Center Neuropathology Report|publisher=[[Boston University]]}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.chargers.com/team/roster/Kevin-Ellison/39a18449-3b33-48b5-9e90-433655c38c80 San Diego Chargers bio] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100411011557/http://www.chargers.com/team/roster/kevin-ellison/39a18449-3b33-48b5-9e90-433655c38c80/ |date=2010-04-11 }} *[http://usctrojans.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/ellison_kevin00.html USC Trojans football bio] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090526030126/http://usctrojans.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/ellison_kevin00.html |date=2009-05-26 }} *[http://www.PhantomFootball.com Cathedral High School Phantom Football] {{DEFAULTSORT:Ellison, Kevin}} [[Cat