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Octavius Ellis
No. 2 – Uralmash Yekaterinburg
Position	Center
League	VTB United League
Personal information
Born	March 10, 1993 (age 31); Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight	235 lb (107 kg)
Career information
High school	Whitehaven; (Memphis, Tennessee)
College	Cincinnati (2011–2012); Trinity Valley CC (2012–2014); Cincinnati (2014–2016);
NBA draft	2016: undrafted
Playing career	2016–present
Career history
2016–2017	Mornar Bar
2017	Enisey
2017–2020	Promitheas Patras
2020–2021	Olympiacos
2021–2022	Türk Telekom
2022–2023	Guangdong Southern Tigers
2023	Treviso
2023	Henan Golden Elephants
2023–present	Uralmash Yekaterinburg
Career highlights and awards
	Greek All Star Game Slam Dunk Champion (2019); Second-team All-AAC (2015);

Octavius Ellis (born March 10, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for Uralmash Yekaterinburg of the VTB United League. Standing at 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in), he plays the power forward and center positions.

High school career

Ellis played high school basketball at Whitehaven High School, in Memphis, Tennessee.

College career

Ellis began his collegiate career at the University of Cincinnati during the 2011–12 season. He was dismissed from the team that off season for an altercation at a nightclub.^[1] He then played two seasons at Trinity Valley Community College in Athens, Texas. There, he averaged 14.8 points, 9.7 rebounds and 3.2 blocked shots as a red-shirt sophomore during the 2013–14 season, while being named First Team All-America by the National Junior College Athletic Association. Ellis helped lead the Cardinals to their first NJCAA Tournament appearance since 1999, while posting a 29–7 record.

After two years at Trinity Valley, he returned to UC with two years of eligibility remaining. For that 2014–15 season, he started all 31 of the Bearcats' games, and led UC in scoring (with 10.0 points per game), in rebounding (with 7.3 per game), and in blocked shots (with 66 overall).^[2] He was named to the 2014–15 All-American Athletic Conference Second Team. The next season, he again helped lead the Bearcats to the 2016 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, where Cincinnati faced Saint Joseph's, and received a first-round elimination, in a controversial fashion, as Ellis' game-tying dunk was waved off for being 0.1 second too late.^[3]

Professional career

After failing to be drafted in the 2016 NBA draft, Ellis signed his first professional contract with the Montenegrin team Mornar Bar, of the Adriatic League.^[4] On March 9, 2017, he signed with the Alaska Aces, as their import for the 2017 PBA Commissioner's Cup.^[5] However, on March 18, three days before the team's first game, he left the Philippines to attend to an "important family matter".^[6]

On July 24, 2017, Ellis signed with Russian club Enisey.^[7] On December 29, 2017, Ellis left Enisey and joined Promitheas Patras, of the Greek Basket League.^[8] On June 21, 2018, Ellis renewed his contract for another year with Promitheas.^[9] On May 26, 2019, Ellis agreed to a new contract with the Greek club.

On January 27, 2020, Ellis officially signed with Greek club Olympiacos of the EuroLeague.^[10] He averaged 10.2 points and 6.9 rebounds per game.

On June 27, 2021, Ellis signed with Türk Telekom of the Turkish league.^[11]

On January 18, 2023, he signed with Treviso Basket of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).^[12]

Career statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	PIR	Performance Index Rating
Bold	Career high

EuroLeague

*	Led the league


Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG	PIR
2019–20	Olympiacos	7	3	21.4	.767	—	.786	5.9	.6	1.0	.7	21.4	12.6
2020–21	Olympiacos	33	23	14.3	.726*	—	.792	4.1	.4	.4	.7	5.9	8.1
Career		40	26	15.6	.735	—	.791	4.4	.4	.5	.7	6.3	8.9