35  Ellix Wilson Class: Senior Hometown: Memphis High School: Melrose Height / Weight: 5-10 / 225 Position: LB

CAREER GAMES/STARTS - 40/1

2007 - Games/Starts: 14/1 ... Served as Tennessee's first reserve linebacker throughout season before getting start in Outback Bowl ... Second on team with three sacks and tied for squad honors in yards lost from sacks with 19 ... Blocked punt against Georgia to set up one of four first-half Tennessee touchdowns ... Four tackles, including sack, against Arkansas State ... Had two tackles against Georgia in addition to PUB and punt block ... Three solo stops against South Carolina ... Had six tackles versus Louisiana-Lafayette and four against Arkansas ... Contributed one of team's six sacks at Kentucky ... Finished with two tackles and quarterback hurry in SEC Championship Game ... In Outback Bowl start, tied season high with six tackles.

2006 - Games/Starts: 13/0 ... One tackle and one quarterback hurry against California...Made one tackle at Memphis...Finished with a career-high five tackles versus LSU...Had two tackles at Vanderbilt...Registered four tackles versus Kentucky.

2005 - Games/Starts: 1/0 ... Appeared in only UAB game...Redshirted season after not fully recovering from spring knee injury.

2004 - Games/Starts: 12/0 ... Made collegiate playing debut against UNLV in season opener ... Finished season with seven total tackles, including six solo ... Career-best three special-teams stops vs. Kentucky ... Suffered hamstring injury in SEC Championship Game and did not play in Cotton Bowl.

HIGH SCHOOL - Selected to both Associated Press and Tennessee sportswriters All-State teams in 2003 ... PrepStar All-Southeast Region ... Standout game against Hillsboro in state semifinal, recording 12 tackles, forcing three fumbles and returning one fumble for TD ... Four-year starter in defensive backfield ... Selected to Class 4A All-Metro team as junior in 2002 ... Ran 100M on track and field squad.

COACH AT MELROSE HIGH SCHOOL - Kenny Ingram.

BORN - July 9, 1985.