Mike Gillislee in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Running back, Florida, 2009–⁠12

Mike Gillislee

Number
No. 23
Height
5′11″
Hometown
DeLand, FL
Born
Nov 1, 1990, in DeLand, Florida

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Mike Gillislee played running back at Florida (2009–⁠12). The Miami Dolphins took Gillislee in round 5, No. 164 overall in the 2013 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
1,152
Rushing yards, 2012 (Florida, 11–⁠2)
Drafted
No. 164
Round 5, 2013 NFL Draft (Miami Dolphins)

Career highs

148rushing yards, career highvs. Bowling Green, 20122rushing touchdowns, career highsix times; last at Florida State, 2012

Honors

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2009Florida312678.6152
2010Florida583255.6743
2011Florida563285.9260
2012Florida2441,1524.71046
Career3892,0725.32060

Receiving

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2009Florida166.016
2010Florida6172.8013
2012Florida161599.9145
Career231827.9245

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTD
2010Florida61480
2011Florida1190
2012Florida2110
Career91780

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTkl
20098156
201012437
201111134
On file61117

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2009Florida23RB
2010Florida23RB
2011Florida23RB
2012Florida23RB5′11″

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

2012 Florida 13 games, 1,152 rushing yards, 10 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 1vs.Bowling GreenW 27–⁠1424148238––
Sep 8atTexas A&MW 20–⁠17148322413
Sep 15atTennesseeW 37–⁠2018115045––
Sep 22vs.KentuckyW 38–⁠01356111111
Oct 6vs.LSUW 14–⁠634146212––
Oct 13atVanderbiltW 31–⁠171767015212
Oct 20vs.South CarolinaW 44–⁠1119370101−3
Oct 27vs.GeorgiaL 9–⁠172277016240
Nov 3vs.MissouriW 14–⁠71668023145
Nov 10vs.LouisianaW 27–⁠20144501148
Nov 17vs.Jacksonville StateW 23–⁠02012214618
Nov 24atFlorida StateW 37–⁠2624140237222
Jan 2 ✦vs.LouisvilleL 23–⁠33948017113
2011 Florida 10 games, 328 rushing yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 3vs.Florida AtlanticW 41–⁠351909––
Sep 10vs.UABW 39–⁠01179119––
Sep 24atKentuckyW 48–⁠10684160––
Oct 1vs.AlabamaL 10–⁠383403––
Oct 8atLSUL 11–⁠41956015––
Oct 15atAuburnL 6–⁠1731606––
Nov 5vs.VanderbiltW 26–⁠21939011––
Nov 19vs.FurmanW 54–⁠3221509––
Nov 26vs.Florida StateL 7–⁠213102––
Jan 2 ✦vs.Ohio StateW 24–⁠1751505––
2010 Florida 11 games, 325 rushing yards, 7 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 4vs.Miami (OH)W 34–⁠12655041––
Sep 11vs.South FloridaW 38–⁠14429111––
Sep 18atTennesseeW 31–⁠17827211––
Sep 25vs.KentuckyW 48–⁠146320111−2
Oct 2atAlabamaL 6–⁠311606––
Oct 9vs.LSUL 29–⁠3362015317
Oct 16vs.Mississippi StateL 7–⁠1063301422
Nov 6atVanderbiltW 55–⁠14957243––
Nov 13vs.South CarolinaL 14–⁠36––––––
Nov 20vs.App StateW 48–⁠10856014––
Jan 1 ✦vs.Penn StateW 37–⁠2441018––
2009 Florida 6 games, 267 rushing yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 5vs.Charleston SouthernW 62–⁠3641114––
Sep 12vs.TroyW 56–⁠6580516
Sep 26atKentuckyW 41–⁠7639020––
Oct 31vs.GeorgiaW 41–⁠17357049––
Nov 28vs.Florida StateW 37–⁠10644027––
Jan 1 ✦vs.CincinnatiW 51–⁠24578052––

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

Before the draft

Played in the 2013 Senior Bowl (South team, won 21–⁠16).

DrillCombine 2013
Height5′11⅛″
Weight208 lb
Arm length31⅛″
Hand size9⅜″
Wingspan74⅝″W
40-yard dash4.55 s
10-yard split1.62 sW
Vertical jump30½″
Broad jump9′11″
Bench press15 reps
3-cone drill7.12 s
20-yard shuttle4.40 s

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

In the NFL

5 seasons, 35 games with a stat; latest team: New Orleans Saints.

SeasonTeamGCarYdsTDRecRec yds
2013Miami Dolphins2621000
2015Buffalo Bills5472673629
2016Buffalo Bills151015778950
2017New England Patriots91043835115
2018New Orleans Saints41643019
NFL career352741,2911617103

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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