PLAYERS • Scout: 3-star (No. 26 overall tight end) • ESPN: 3-star (No. 32 overall tight end) • Earned All-Region honors as both a senior in 2010 and junior in 2009 • Named All-Conference as a senior • As a senior, had team-high 34 receptions for 470 yards and four touchdowns • As a junior, tallied eight receptions for 204 yards • 2010 Team Captain and part of 2009 Conference Championship • Holds Viking Football power clean record • Also a standout track and basketball athlete, earning AllConference honors in both as a junior • Averaged 6.1 points and 4.5 rebounds per game as a junior for the Vikings basketball team • Coach at Tennessee High: Greg Stubbs
PERSONAL
• Full Name: Clyde Brendan Downs • Born: May 5, 1993 in Richmond, Virginia • Son of Erin and Butch Downs • Majoring in Business
CAREER STATISTICS Receiving 2011
GP/GS 8/1
No Yds 3 34
Avg Per/G TD 11.3 4.2 0
Long High Yd 21 32-UC
CAREER HIGHS Receptions Receiving Yards
2 vs. Cincinnati, 9/10/11 32 vs. Cincinnati, 9/10/11
CAREER GAME-BY-GAME 2011 Opp. Montana Cincinnati at Florida Buffalo Georgia LSU
Rec-Yards-TD, Lg 0-0-0 2-32-0, 21 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-2-0, 2 0-0-0
2011 Opp. Rec-Yards-TD, Lg at Alabama 0-0-0 South Carolina DNP MTSU 0-0-0 at Arkansas DNP Vanderbilt DNP at Kentucky DNP
TYLER DRUMMER 3
WIDE RECEIVER
JUNIOR • SQ • 6-1 • 172 POWELL, TENN. • POWELL H.S. • UNIV. OF THE CUMBERLANDS (KY) 2011 - R-SOPHOMORE
HIGH SCHOOL
2010 - SOPHOMORE • Redshirted
• Started two years at wide receiver • Earned All-Region and All-District honors as a senior • Also played basketball for four years • Coach at Powell: Matt Lowe
2009 - FRESHMAN
PERSONAL
• Squad member
• Played at University of the Cumberlands in Kentucky
• Full name: Joshua Tyler Drummer • Born: January 1, 1991 • Son of Jo Wilson • Majoring in English
ALEX ELLIS 87
TIGHT END SOPHOMORE • SQ • 6-4 • 222 DEL MAR, DEL. • DEL MAR H.S. 2011 - FRESHMAN • Squad member
HIGH SCHOOL
• Played at Del Mar High School in Delaware
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TENNESSEE FOOTBALL // 2012 RECORD BOOK
PERSONAL
• Full name: Alexander Colby Ellis • Born: February 10, 1993 • Son of Shea Ellis and Mackenzie Hay • Majoring in Biomedical Engineering