NDSU

* 2020 East-West Shrine Bowl
* 2019 NFF William V. Campbell Trophy Semifinalist
* 2019 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team
* 2019 AFCA FCS All-America Second Team
* 2019 STATS FCS All-America Third Team
* 2019 HERO Sports FCS All-America Third Team
* 2019 Phil Steele FCS All-America Fourth Team
* 2019 All-MVFC First Team
* 2018 All-MVFC Second Team
* 2018 NCAA Elite 90 Award
* 2018, 2019 MVFC All-Academic First Team
* 2019 MVFC President's Council Academic Award
* 2017, 2018, 2019 MVFC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award
* 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 MVFC Honor Roll
* 2020 NFF Hampshire Honor Society

Second team All-America tight end in 2019...Part of five conference championships and four FCS national championships with Bison teams that went 70-5 in his career including his redshirt season in 2015...His 16 career touchdown receptions were the most by a tight end in NDSU history and ninth on the school's all-time career list...Made 35 catches for 463 yards over 59 career games including 30 starts at tight end...Key blocker for NDSU teams that set school records for rushing yards three straight seasons from 2017 through 2019...Played in 15 career NCAA playoff games with eight starts...Made eight catches for 111 yards and two TDs in the postseason.

2019 SEASON (SENIOR): Second team All-America pick by the American Football Coaches Association...Earned third team All-America honors from STATS and HERO Sports and fourth team by Phil Steele...All-Missouri Valley Football Conference first team...Started 14 of 15 games played...NDSU's fifth leading receiver with 15 receptions for 199 yards and five touchdowns...Part of a dynamic tight end group with sophomores Josh Babicz and Noah Gindorff that combined for 37 catches including 16 TDs...Blocked for a rushing offense that ranked fourth nationally with 287.6 yards per game and set a school record with 4,601 rushing yards...Played in the East-West Shrine Game...Selected to the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team...Semifinalist for the National Football Foundation's William V. Campbell Trophy...Repeat selection to the MVFC All-Academic first team...Named to the MVFC Honor Roll for the fifth straight year...Earned the MVFC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award and MVFC President's Council Academic Award...National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society member.

2018 SEASON (JUNIOR): All-Missouri Valley Football Conference second team...Made 14 starts and played all 15 games at tight end...NDSU's fourth leading receiver with 14 catches for 194 yards...His eight touchdown catches ranked sixth among FCS tight ends...Career-high 34 yards in the win at Missouri State, where both of his receptions went for touchdowns on plays of 5 yards and a career-long 29 yards...Also caught a pair of TDs in the win at South Dakota...Named to the MVFC Honor Roll for the fourth straight year and earned the MVFC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award for the second time...Voted to the MVFC All-Academic first team...Recipient of the NCAA Elite 90 award in recognition of the highest cumulative GPA at the national championship game.

2017 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): Played in all 15 games at tight end...Made six receptions for 70 yards and three touchdowns...Caught his first career touchdown in the season-opener against Mississippi Valley State...Also scored against Indiana State...Had two catches for 32 yards and one TD in the national semifinal win over Sam Houston State...Earned the MVFC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award and was named to the MVFC Honor Roll.

2016 SEASON (FRESHMAN): Key blocker for NDSU out of the tight end position...Played in all 14 contests but did not catch a pass...Named to the MVFC Honor Roll.

2015 SEASON (REDSHIRT): Sat out the season as a redshirt in the Bison program...Named to the MVFC Honor Roll.

HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterman and three-year starter helping the Hawley Nuggets to a 41-6 record and three state tournaments in four seasons under coach Peder Naatz...AP all-state first team...Minnesota Vikings all-state team...Academic all-state with a 3.948 GPA...Heart O' Lakes Conference Most Valuable Receiver his final three seasons...Three-time all-conference and all-section honoree...Made 100 catches for 1,872 yards and 28 touchdowns in his prep career...Also rushed 107 times for 884 yards and 17 TDs...Also named Hawley's Defensive MVP...Had 128 tackles his senior year including 13 tackles for loss and 4.5 sacks...Four-year starter on the basketball court and Hawley's all-time scoring leader...Three-time conference leader in rebounding.

PERSONAL: Earned a bachelor's degree in sport management from NDSU in August 2019...Member of the NDSU Student-Athlete Advisory Council...Son of Randy and Kara Ellefson of Hawley, Minn...Has a younger sister, Mira.