Greg Ellis

Football
Inducted: 2025

Wendell, North Carolina native
Consensus first-team All-American in 1997 as a senior at the University of North Carolina
Tar Heels’ all-time sack leader (32.5)
Selected in the first round of the NFL draft (No. 8 overall by Dallas)
Played 11 seasons for the Cowboys and one for the Oakland Raiders, making 84 sacks
Played in the 2007 Pro Bowl when he was named the NFL’s Comeback Player of the Year after an Achilles injury had ended his previous season prematurely
One of only four Tar Heels to earn first-team All-ACC honors three times
All-State football player at East Wake High School
1993 NCSHAA Male Athlete of the Year