Jonathan Kay, USCFootball.com

When Sedrick Ellis tells it, his story seems so perfectly accidental: No organized sports until high school, when he joined the football team because all his friends were doing it. No major athletic bloodlines, just a father who played linebacker at Dorsey High. A projected first-round draft pick, Ellis remains unfamiliar with most of the names on the back of NFL jerseys. His rottweiler takes precedence over football broadcasts. His television screen glimmers with the Discovery and History channels, rather than the nightly highlight shows… continue