Career Overview: Immediate impact player who has appeared in 20 games with 14 starts at offensive guard in his two seasons on campus ... Played in nine games (five starts) as a true freshman offensive lineman in 2021.

Sophomore Year (2022): Played in 11 games with nine starts at left guard ... According to Pro Football Focus, allowed just one sack and nine total pressures in 267 pass blocking snaps on the season ... Started the first nine games of the season before having to miss the Pittsburgh (11/5), and Wake Forest (11/19) games due to injury. Also did not start and played limited snaps vs. Florida State (11/12) ... He and the offensive line helped pave the way for Sean Tucker to rush to another 1,000-yard season and become the first player in program history to post back-to-back seasons with 1,000+ rushing yards and 250+ receiving yards ... Key piece of a unit that saw significant improvements in 2022. Syracuse’s passing efficiency rating upgrade from 108th in the FBS in 2021, to 45th nationally and fourth in the ACC this year. The Orange also improved to eighth in the ACC in total offense (from 10th), seventh in passing offense (from 14th), second in red zone offense (from 13th) and seventh in scoring offense (from 10th).

Freshman Year (2021): Played in nine games with five starts ... He and the rest of the offensive line paved the way for the fifth-highest rushing total in program history (2,562) and All-American running back Sean Tucker to break the program’s single-season rushing record ... Made his collegiate debut at Ohio (9/4) ... Made his first collegiate start against Wake Forest (10/9) ... Played at both left and right guard.

High School: Played offensive line for head coach Cal Lee … Rated as the No. 7 prospect in Hawaii by 247Sports.com … Polynesian Bowl selection … Four-time HHSAA Division I Open State Champions … First-team All-ILH … Three-sport athlete, also competing in basketball and track.

Personal: Kalan Kaeleu Okamanao Mekekino Ellis … Born December 3, 2002 in Hawaii … Son of Gilbert and Penny Ellis … One brother … Majoring in sociology in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.

Kalan Ellis