Editing Shaun Ellis (section)

==College career==
Ellis enrolled in the [[University of Tennessee]], where he was a stand-out [[defensive end]] for the [[Tennessee Volunteers football]] team under head coach [[Phillip Fulmer]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Calhoun |first=Caleb |date=June 24, 2020 |title=Tennessee football's top 10 NFL DEs ever |url=https://allfortennessee.com/2020/06/24/tennessee-football-top-10-des-nfl/8/ |access-date=June 14, 2023 |website=All for Tennessee |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Adams |first=John |date=June 3, 2009 |title=Ellis ready to say goodbye to UT to help his mom |url=https://www.theledger.com/story/news/1999/12/30/ellis-ready-to-say-goodbye/8058959007/ |access-date=June 14, 2023 |website=The Ledger |language=en-US}}</ref> In the [[1998 Tennessee Volunteers football team|1998 season]], he was part of the undefeated Volunteers team that won the National Championship over [[1998 Florida State Seminoles football team|Florida State]] in the [[1999 Fiesta Bowl|Fiesta Bowl]] in [[Tempe, Arizona]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harralson |first=Dan |date=August 8, 2021 |title=Tennessee defeats Florida State to win 1998 national championship |url=https://volswire.usatoday.com/gallery/photos-tennessee-vols-football-and-phillip-fulmer-defeats-florida-state-seminoles-and-bobby-bowden-to-win-1998-national-championship/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102043302/https://volswire.usatoday.com/gallery/photos-tennessee-vols-football-and-phillip-fulmer-defeats-florida-state-seminoles-and-bobby-bowden-to-win-1998-national-championship/ |archive-date=January 2, 2023 |access-date=June 14, 2023 |website=Vols Wire |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Layden |first=Tim |date=January 11, 1999 |title=Rocky Top Resilient and unselfish Tennessee completed an unbeaten season and claimed the national title by beating Florida State in a raggedly played Fiesta Bowl |url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1999/01/11/rocky-top-resilient-and-unselfish-tennessee-completed-an-unbeaten-season-and-claimed-the-national-title-by-beating-florida-state-in-a-raggedly-played-fiesta-bowl |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210801114057/https://vault.si.com/vault/1999/01/11/rocky-top-resilient-and-unselfish-tennessee-completed-an-unbeaten-season-and-claimed-the-national-title-by-beating-florida-state-in-a-raggedly-played-fiesta-bowl |archive-date=August 1, 2021 |access-date=June 14, 2023 |website=Sports Illustrated Vault |language=en-us}}</ref> At the end of his collegiate career, he had 105 tackles, 12.5 sacks, three forced fumbles, a fumble recovery, and one interception which he returned for 90 yards to score a touchdown.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 5, 2008 |title=Shaun Ellis |url=http://www.newyorkjets.com/team/player/238-shaun-ellis |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080229075003/http://www.newyorkjets.com/team/player/238-shaun-ellis |archive-date=February 29, 2008 |access-date=March 5, 2008 |website=New York Jets}}</ref>