Justin Gilbert in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Cornerback, Oklahoma State, 2010–⁠13

Justin Gilbert

Number
No. 4
Height
6′0″
Hometown
Huntsville, TX
Born
Nov 7, 1991

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Justin Gilbert played cornerback at Oklahoma State (2010–⁠13). He was a consensus All‑American in 2013. The Cleveland Browns took Gilbert in the first round, No. 8 overall in the 2014 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
2013
Consensus All-American and First-team All-Big 12
Drafted
No. 8
Overall, 2014 NFL Draft (Cleveland Browns)

Career highs

2interceptions, career highat Texas, 2013

Honors

Team titles: Big 12 champions, 2011

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTDPRYdsTD
2010Oklahoma State26698212550
2011Oklahoma State267032–––
2012Oklahoma State328271–––
2013Oklahoma State184531–––
Career1022,681612550

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2011Oklahoma State5
2013Oklahoma State7
Career12

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.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLIntPBUFF
201011162180011
20111348115915100
2012135310632.5091
2013N13366420770
On file153291823.512272

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2010Oklahoma State4CB
2011Oklahoma State4CB
2012Oklahoma State4CB
2013Oklahoma State4CB6′0″

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

2013 Oklahoma State 11 games, 7 INT
DateOpponentResultKRYdsPRYdsInt
Aug 31vs.Mississippi StateW 21–⁠3245––1
Sep 7atUTSAW 56–⁠35486–––
Sep 14vs.LamarW 59–⁠3121–––
Sep 28atWest VirginiaL 21–⁠30120––1
Oct 5vs.Kansas StateW 33–⁠29121–––
Oct 19vs.TCUW 24–⁠10244––1
Oct 26atIowa StateW 58–⁠27117––1
Nov 9vs.KansasW 42–⁠61100–––
Nov 16atTexasW 38–⁠13141––2
Dec 7vs.OklahomaL 24–⁠33230–––
Jan 3 ✦vs.MissouriL 31–⁠41228––1
2012 Oklahoma State 13 games, 32 returns, 827 yards
DateOpponentResultKRYdsPRYdsInt
Sep 1vs.Savannah StateW 84–⁠0161–––
Sep 8atArizonaL 38–⁠595122–––
Sep 15vs.LouisianaW 65–⁠24378–––
Sep 29vs.TexasL 36–⁠41143–––
Oct 13atKansasW 20–⁠14121–––
Oct 20vs.Iowa StateW 31–⁠10233–––
Oct 27vs.TCUW 36–⁠14264–––
Nov 3atKansas StateL 30–⁠44480–––
Nov 10vs.West VirginiaW 55–⁠342127–––
Nov 17vs.Texas TechW 59–⁠21129–––
Nov 24atOklahomaL 48–⁠51357–––
Dec 1atBaylorL 34–⁠41577–––
Jan 1 ✦vs.PurdueW 58–⁠14235–––
2011 Oklahoma State 10 games, 26 returns, 703 yards
DateOpponentResultKRYdsPRYdsInt
Sep 3vs.LouisianaW 61–⁠34365–––
Sep 8vs.ArizonaW 37–⁠14368–––
Sep 17atTulsaW 59–⁠33295––1
Sep 24atTexas A&MW 30–⁠29458––1
Oct 15atTexasW 38–⁠261100–––
Oct 22atMissouriW 45–⁠24375–––
Oct 29vs.BaylorW 59–⁠24242––1
Nov 5vs.Kansas StateW 52–⁠45362–––
Dec 3vs.OklahomaW 44–⁠1012––1
Jan 2 ✦vs.StanfordW 41–⁠384136––1
2010 Oklahoma State 11 games, 38 returns, 753 yards
DateOpponentResultKRYdsPRYdsInt
Sep 4vs.Washington StateW 65–⁠171184−10–
Sep 11vs.TroyW 41–⁠38––150–
Sep 18vs.TulsaW 65–⁠28357315–
Sep 30vs.Texas A&MW 38–⁠3538330–
Oct 8atLouisianaW 54–⁠28266–––
Oct 16atTexas TechW 34–⁠1711410–
Nov 6vs.BaylorW 55–⁠28296–––
Nov 13atTexasW 33–⁠16234–––
Nov 20atKansasW 48–⁠14381–––
Nov 27vs.OklahomaL 41–⁠476195–––
Dec 29 ✦vs.ArizonaW 36–⁠10354–––

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2014
Height6′0⅛″
Weight202 lb
Arm length33⅛″
Hand size8⅝″
40-yard dash4.37 s
10-yard split1.54 sW
Vertical jump35½″
Broad jump10′6″
Bench press20 reps
3-cone drill6.92 s
20-yard shuttle4.39 sW

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

3 seasons, 22 games with a stat; latest team: Pittsburgh Steelers.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2014Cleveland Browns102901
2015Cleveland Browns71000
2016Pittsburgh Steelers5300
NFL career224201

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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