High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Ellis Hobbs III (born May 16, 1983) is a former American football cornerback who played for six seasons in the National Football League. He played college football for Iowa State. He was drafted by the New England Patriots in the third round of the 2005 NFL Draft and played for them from 2005–2008. He was traded to the Philadelphia Eagles in April 2009 and played for them from 2009–2010 before a neck injury ended his career. Hobbs shares the NFL record for the longest kickoff return (108 yards) with Randall Cobb, a feat he accomplished on September 9, 2007 in a game against the New York Jets.