Ellis Hobbs was born on May 16, 1983 in Niagara Falls, New York. He is an American football cornerback for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League. He was drafted by the New England Patriots in the third round of the 2005 NFL Draft. He played college football at Iowa State.
Ellis Hobbs holds the NFL record for the longest kickoff return (108 yards), a feat he accomplished on September 9, 2007 in a game against the New York Jets.
On the second day of the 2009 NFL Draft, the Patriots traded Hobbs to the Philadelphia Eagles for two fifth-round selections, which the Patriots traded for fourth and sixth-round selections; the Patriots ultimately drafted guard Rich Ohrnberger and long snapper Jake Ingram with the picks they received for Hobbs. Ellis Hobbs won the starting kick returner job over rookie wide receiver Jeremy Maclin for the 2009 season. On November 11, Ellis Hobbs was placed on injured reserve with a neck injury.
Ellis Hobbs was re-signed to a one-year contract on March 30, 2010. On April 2, the Eagles traded starting cornerback Sheldon Brown to the Cleveland Browns, with Ellis Hobbs now favored to start alongside former Patriots teammate Asante Samuel.
In the early third quarter of the Eagles' November 21, 2010 game against the Giants, Ellis Hobbs took a blow to the head from the Giants' Dave Tollefson while returning a kick, and had to be carted off the field. He is reported to have sustained a neck injury, but retained full movement of extremities.
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