Ellington is scared to get hit, that is why he went out of bounds. That is why he gives up on runs when there is a ton of traffic. This is why I never understood why they try to run him up the middle. He needs to be used on screens, sweeps, free releases, running side to side... that was always the knock on him is he didn't run it north and south and part of it is he just isnt that kind of runner the other part is he doesn't like contact which is why he always bails on going downhill.