Linebacker, UConn (from UCF, Kansas), 2018–23
Eriq Gilyard
- Height
- 5′10″
- Weight
- 229 lb
- Class (2023)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Jacksonville, FL
Eriq Gilyard played linebacker at UCF (2018–21), Kansas (2022) and UConn (2023).
Career highs
12tackles, career highthree times; last vs. Temple, 2020Team titles: American champions, 2018
Defense
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
On the roster
| Season | Team | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | UCF | LB | Yr 1 | ||
| 2019 | UCF | LB | Yr 2 | ||
| 2020 | UCF | LB | Yr 3 | ||
| 2021 | UCF | LB | Yr 4 | ||
| 2022 | Kansas | LB | Yr 5 | ||
| 2023 | UConn | LB | Sr. (Yr 6) | 5′10″ | 229 |
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2023 UConn 2 games, 4 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | vs. NC State | L 14–24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 9 | at Georgia State | L 14–35 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 Kansas 12 games, 24 tackles, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | vs. Tennessee Tech | W 56–10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 10 | at West Virginia | W 55–42 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 17 | at Houston | W 48–30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 24 | vs. Duke | W 35–27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 1 | vs. Iowa State | W 14–11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 8 | vs. TCU | L 31–38 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 15 | at Oklahoma | L 42–52 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 22 | at Baylor | L 23–35 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 5 | vs. Oklahoma State | W 37–16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 12 | at Texas Tech | L 28–43 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 19 | vs. Texas | L 14–55 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 26 | at Kansas State | L 27–47 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2021 UCF 4 games, 23 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | vs. Boise State | W 36–31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 11 | vs. Bethune-Cookman | W 63–14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 17 | at Louisville | L 35–42 | 7 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 2 | at Navy | L 30–34 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2020 UCF 9 games, 59 tackles, 1 sack, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19 | at Georgia Tech | W 49–21 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 26 | at East Carolina | W 51–28 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 3 | vs. Tulsa | L 26–34 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 24 | vs. Tulane | W 51–34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 31 | atHouston | W 44–21 | 5 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nov 14 | vs. Temple | W 38–13 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 21 | vs. Cincinnati | L 33–36 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 27 | at South Florida | W 58–46 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 22 ✦ | vs. BYU | L 23–49 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2019 UCF 13 games, 77 tackles, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29 | vs. Florida A&M | W 62–0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 7 | at Florida Atlantic | W 48–14 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 14 | vs. Stanford | W 45–27 | 7 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 21 | at Pittsburgh | L 34–35 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 28 | vs. UConn | W 56–21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 4 | atCincinnati | L 24–27 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 19 | vs.East Carolina | W 41–28 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 26 | atTemple | W 63–21 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 2 | vs.Houston | W 44–29 | 8 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 8 | atTulsa | L 31–34 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 23 | atTulane | W 34–31 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 29 | vs.South Florida | W 34–7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dec 23 ✦ | vs. Marshall | W 48–25 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2018 UCF 10 games, 38 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 | atUConn | W 56–17 | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 8 | vs. South Carolina State | W 38–0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 21 | vs.Florida Atlantic | W 56–36 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 29 | vs.Pittsburgh | W 45–14 | 3 | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 6 | vs. SMU | W 48–20 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 13 | at Memphis | W 31–30 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 20 | atEast Carolina | W 37–10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 1 | vs.Temple | W 52–40 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 10 | vs.Navy | W 35–24 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 1 | vs.Memphis | W 56–41 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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