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Ellis played college basketball at Kansas from the 2012–13 season through 2015–16, completing four years for the Jayhawks under head coach Bill Self.

Perry Ellis played for four years of college basketball for the Kansas Jayhawks.

Playing for coach Bill Self, Ellis averaged 12.5 points and 5.8 rebounds over 144 college games, leading the Jayhawks to a 116-30 record that included 4 trips to the NCAA Tournament, including a trip to the Elite Eight during the 2015-2016 season.

As a freshman in 2012–13, Ellis appeared in 37 games and made three starts while averaging 5.8 points and 3.9 rebounds in 13.6 minutes per game, shooting 47.5% from the field and 73.8% at the line, as Kansas went 31–6 overall and 14–4 in Big 12 play to finish first in the conference standings.

Ellis’ 2012–13 season included a late surge during the Big 12 Championship, where he was named to the Big 12 Championship All-Tournament Team and produced 23 points against Iowa State before adding 12 points, six rebounds, and two assists in the title game win over Kansas State.

In 2013–14, Ellis moved into a primary role, starting 34 of 35 games and finishing as Kansas’ second-leading scorer at 13.6 points per game while averaging 6.7 rebounds in 27.8 minutes, with a 54.9% field goal mark and 76.3% free-throw shooting, as the Jayhawks went 25–10 overall and 14–4 in Big 12 play to again finish first in the league standings.

During that sophomore season, he was an All-Big 12 Third Team selection and produced several signature performances, including 24 points and nine rebounds against Duke on November 12, 2013, a career-high 32 points against TCU on February 15, 2014 (13-for-15 shooting), and a career-high 14 rebounds against TCU on January 25, 2014, while also recording a Big 12 Tournament single-game field-goal percentage record by going 11-for-12 (91.7%) against Iowa State on March 14, 2014.

Ellis’ sophomore campaign also included five double-doubles and eight 20-point games, and in the 2014 NCAA Tournament he logged a double-double against Eastern Kentucky on March 21 with 14 points and 13 rebounds.

As a junior in 2014–15, Ellis started 34 games and led Kansas in both scoring and rebounding at 13.8 points and 6.9 rebounds per game in 28.8 minutes, with shooting splits of 45.7% from the field, 39.1% from three, and 73.0% from the free-throw line, as Kansas finished 27–9 overall and 13–5 in Big 12 play to again place first in conference standings and earn a No. 2 seed in the Midwest Region of the NCAA Tournament.

Ellis’ 2014–15 season included All-Big 12 First Team recognition, Associated Press honorable mention All-America honors, and Academic All-Big 12 First Team selection, and he was named the 2015 Big 12 Men’s Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year while also earning three Big 12 Player of the Week awards, recording seven double-doubles, and posting 17 games with seven or more rebounds.

In the 2015 NCAA Tournament, Kansas advanced past New Mexico State in the second round before being eliminated by Wichita State in the third round, concluding a season in which Ellis ranked among Big 12 leaders in scoring and rebounding while also placing among conference leaders in field-goal percentage and free-throw percentage.

As a senior in 2015–16, Ellis started all 38 games and produced his best scoring season at 16.9 points per game, adding 5.8 rebounds and 1.3 assists in 30.3 minutes, while shooting 53.1% from the field, 43.8% from three, and 78.5% at the line, as Kansas went 33–5 overall and 15–3 in Big 12 play to finish first in the conference and end the season ranked No. 1 in the final AP poll.

Ellis’ senior year included consensus second-team All-America honors, placement on the 35-man midseason Naismith Trophy watchlist on February 11, 2016, and a repeat selection as Big 12 Men’s Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year in 2016, along with being named the Danny Manning Mr. Jayhawk Award winner at Kansas’ annual banquet on April 13, 2016.

In 2015–16 he led Kansas in scoring 17 times and in rebounding 15 times, scored 20-plus points 16 times, had 12 games shooting 60% or better from the field, averaged 17.7 points and 5.8 rebounds during Big 12 play, and closed the regular season with notable outings including 20 points on 9-for-11 shooting at Texas on February 29 and 22 points on Senior Night against Iowa State on March 5.

Across the 2016 NCAA Tournament run to the Elite Eight, Ellis averaged 18.3 points per game over four tournament contests, highlighted by Kansas’ Sweet 16 win over Maryland in which he delivered a key second-half scoring burst as the Jayhawks advanced to the regional final.

Over his full Kansas career (2012–2016), Ellis totaled 1,798 points and 834 rebounds across 144 games (109 starts), with career shooting splits of 50.8% from the field, 43.1% from three, and 75.7% at the free-throw line, finishing as a four-year contributor on Kansas teams that consistently won the Big 12 regular season and reached the NCAA Tournament each year of his college tenure.

AWARDS

- McDonald's All-American (2012)