University of Maine Athletics

Roger Ellis was an All-Yankee Conference center in football in 1957 and 1958. He was the Black Bears' Most Valuable Player as a senior. Drafted by the New York Giants in the 14th round in 1959, Ellis joined the New York Titans when the AFL was founded in 1960 and played with them through 1964, when they became the New York Jets. Ellis also played for the Saskatchewan Roughriders, the Montreal Alouettes and the Portland Seahawks.