Football Ellis Brooks foregoing Outback Bowl, will enter 2022 NFL Draft

[Richie O]

Happy Valley Insider - Penn State LB Ellis Brooks to forego Outback Bowl, entering NFL Draft

Penn State Football linebacker Ellis Brooks has announced he will forego the Outback Bowl and enter the NFL Draft.

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[KC-KS-Lion]

We will miss you. Good luck. He gave his all...will be interesting to see what he does with two good hands...his best may be yet to come. The bowl game will be an early chance to get some work for next year's starting linebacker candidates.

 

[psualt]

Ellis played pretty well early in the year. I feel the loss of Mustipher impacted his production as much as anyone.

 

[Cpeplion]

So now they declare early to be a 6th round pick.

 

[19333lion]

Best of luck to the young man. I don't blame any kid for skipping a minor bowl game.

 

[bdroc]

Best of luck to the young man. I don't blame any kid for skipping a minor bowl game.

All juniors and seniors should opt out of the bowls unless it's a playoff game?

 

[Rip_E_2_Joe_PA]

So now they declare early to be a 6th round pick.

Whats it like to be one more than a last round fan?

 

[RickinDayton]

Happy Valley Insider - Penn State LB Ellis Brooks to forego Outback Bowl, entering NFL Draft

Penn State Football linebacker Ellis Brooks has announced he will forego the Outback Bowl and enter the NFL Draft.

pennstate.rivals.com

He had a ver good year, showed alot of improvement. Hope he gets drafted. I think he would have helped his status by playing in the bowl game against Arkansas.

 

[LMTLION]

He makes more sense than Smith, but still needs some more visibility. These guys think they are Parsons and they are not.

 

[KC-KS-Lion]

Ellis played pretty well early in the year. I feel the loss of Mustipher impacted his production as much as anyone.

Like Luketa, he sucked it up, probably had to be willing make up for the depth and experience at DT (and injuries) and the abilities/performance of some of his LB mates...all with an injured hand...again, I think his trajectory is much on the upswing, may not get recognized for it in the draft, but I wish him the best and will be watching with interest.

 

[NoBareFeet]

Boooooooooooooooooo

 

[BBrown]

Best of luck to the young man. I don't blame any kid for skipping a minor bowl game.

I don't blame him because his hand has been in a cast for the last 3 games and it looked like he re-injured it in the MSU game.

 

[BBrown]

Ellis played pretty well early in the year. I feel the loss of Mustipher impacted his production as much as anyone.

I think you are correct about the loss of Mustipher.
I thought Brooks was the most improved player on the defense this year.

 

[BBG65]

All juniors and seniors should opt out of the bowls unless it's a playoff game?

Then, they might as well cancel the bowls. You would lose a lot of fan interest for a JV game.

 

[RickinDayton]

I don't blame him because his hand has been in a cast for the last 3 games and it looked like he re-injured it in the MSU game.

I forgot about the cast. I can now understand this opt out.

 

[BBrown]

I forgot about the cast. I can now understand this opt out.

the same with Brisker. I think that guy has been hurt and or playing hurt before the Wiscy game.

 

[NoBareFeet]

I am amazed at how this has not only become an accepted phenomenon, but is actually being applauded by most in the sports media. This is quitting on your team, plain and simple. This is not living up to your end of the bargain for your scholarship.

Where does it end? Lose one game in a season, and then hang it up because you can't go undefeated? Or wait until that second loss when it is obvious you won't be in the playoff? Disgraceful. I was hoping that Penn State was above this sort of thing, but obviously that is not the case.

 

[psu skp]

I think priority #1 in terms of picking up guys in the portal for next season should be at least one linebacker who is a solid, sure tackler. We are going to need 1-2 of those type guys next year, especially in Diaz's high-risk, high-reward pressure defense.

 

[CbusLion10]

Not ideal, we don’t have great LB depth to begin with.

Injury concerns aside, I thought players would want to play in a bowl game because, you know, it is fun to play in football games.