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