At Monday night's football banquet, special teams coach John Baxter struck an emotional chord when he announced that the Trojan Way Leadership award would be renamed the Rhett Ellison "The Machine" Leadership Award going forward.
While Ellison is known as one of the most stoic players on the team, he is the ultimate grinder. He shows up early for every meeting and stays late after every practice.
He raised the work ethic bar for his teammates, which explains how the Trojans were able to accomplish so much this season despite diminished scholarship numbers and no bowl game.
In the photo below, Ellison is holding a picture of what the award will look like.
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