[3] At age seven he began playing with the under 10s side at West Coburg, winning the best-and-fairest award despite being many years younger than most of his teammates.

[3] Ellis quit football temporarily in year 10 in the aftermath of his father's terminal cancer diagnoses.

[9] Ellis attended high school at Princes Hill Secondary College in the Melbourne suburb of North Carlton.

[10] He was nominated for the 2012 AFL Rising Star award in Round 17 after recording 21 disposals and 5 marks in Richmond's close loss to North Melbourne.

[19] He played his 100th AFL game in Round 12, 2016, against the Gold Coast Suns at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

[21] After 111 consecutive matches played at AFL level, Ellis was omitted from the Richmond side to face Collingwood in round 6, 2018.

[22] He returned to senior football in round 10, after spending four weeks with the club's reserves side at VFL level.

[24] Ellis played in 16 of a possible 17 games in his COVID-19 pandemic affected first season at Gold Coast, placing fifth in the club's best and fairest award.