
Cornerback, South Carolina, 2009–11
Stephon Gilmore
- Number
- No. 5
- Height
- 6′1″
- Hometown
- Rock Hill, SC
- Born
- Sep 19, 1990
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Stephon Gilmore played cornerback at South Carolina (2009–11). The Buffalo Bills took Gilmore in the first round, No. 10 overall in the 2012 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Honors
All-America: AP third team 2010
Returns
| Season | Team | KR | Yds | TD | PR | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | South Carolina | – | – | – | 28 | 152 | 0 |
| 2010 | South Carolina | – | – | – | 13 | 47 | 0 |
| 2011 | South Carolina | 3 | 47 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| Career | 3 | 47 | 0 | 45 | 206 | 0 | |
Defense
| Season | Team | Int |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | South Carolina | 1 |
| 2010 | South Carolina | 3 |
| 2011 | South Carolina | 4 |
| Career | 8 | |
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
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | Int | PBU | FF | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 13 | 39 | 17 | 56 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| 2010 | 13 | 66 | 13 | 79 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 13 | 35 | 11 | 46 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 |
| On file | 140 | 41 | 181 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 4 | 5 | |
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
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Ht |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | South Carolina | 5 | CB | |
| 2010 | South Carolina | 5 | CB | |
| 2011 | South Carolina | 5 | CB | 6′1″ |
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
2011 South Carolina 8 games, 4 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | KR | Yds | PR | Yds | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs. | W 56–37 | – | – | 3 | 4 | – |
| Sep 17 | vs. | W 24–21 | 1 | 17 | – | – | – |
| Sep 24 | vs. | W 21–3 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Oct 1 | vs. | L 13–16 | 1 | 26 | – | – | – |
| Oct 8 | vs. | W 54–3 | – | – | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Oct 29 | at | W 14–3 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Nov 19 | vs. | W 41–20 | 1 | 4 | – | – | – |
| Jan 2 ✦ | vs. | W 30–13 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
2010 South Carolina 8 games, 3 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | KR | Yds | PR | Yds | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | vs. | W 41–13 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Sep 11 | vs. | W 17–6 | – | – | 3 | 24 | – |
| Sep 18 | vs. | W 38–19 | – | – | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 25 | at | L 27–35 | – | – | 1 | 0 | – |
| Oct 9 | vs. | W 35–21 | – | – | 1 | 15 | – |
| Oct 16 | at | L 28–31 | – | – | 5 | 8 | – |
| Nov 13 | at | W 36–14 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Dec 31 ✦ | vs. | L 17–26 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
2009 South Carolina 10 games, 28 returns, 152 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | KR | Yds | PR | Yds | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19 | vs. | W 38–16 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Oct 3 | vs. | W 38–14 | – | – | 3 | 42 | – |
| Oct 10 | vs. | W 28–26 | – | – | 2 | 0 | – |
| Oct 17 | at | L 6–20 | – | – | 3 | 7 | – |
| Oct 24 | vs. | W 14–10 | – | – | 2 | 32 | – |
| Oct 31 | at | L 13–31 | – | – | 4 | 37 | – |
| Nov 7 | at | L 16–33 | – | – | 3 | −1 | – |
| Nov 14 | vs. | L 14–24 | – | – | 3 | 0 | – |
| Nov 28 | vs. | W 34–17 | – | – | 5 | 31 | – |
| Jan 2 ✦ | vs. | L 7–20 | – | – | 3 | 4 | – |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2012 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′0½″ |
| Weight | 190 lb |
| Arm length | 31″ |
| Hand size | 9¼″ |
| Wingspan | 73½″W |
| 40-yard dash | 4.40 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.52 sW |
| Vertical jump | 36″ |
| Broad jump | 10′3″ |
| Bench press | 15 reps |
| 3-cone drill | 6.61 s |
| 20-yard shuttle | 3.94 s |
Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
13 seasons, 179 games with a stat; latest team: Minnesota Vikings.
Pro Bowls: 5 (2016, 2018–21) · First-team All-Pro (AP): 2 (2018–19)
All-Pro teams: AP first team 2018–19; Pro Football Writers first team 2018–19; Sporting News first team 2019.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Buffalo Bills | 16 | 58 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | Buffalo Bills | 11 | 34 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | Buffalo Bills | 14 | 38 | 0 | 3 |
| 2015 | Buffalo Bills | 12 | 34 | 0 | 3 |
| 2016 | Buffalo Bills | 15 | 43 | 0 | 5 |
| 2017 | New England Patriots | 13 | 47 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | New England Patriots | 16 | 44 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | New England Patriots | 16 | 49 | 0 | 6 |
| 2020 | New England Patriots | 11 | 34 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | Carolina Panthers | 7 | 13 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022 | Indianapolis Colts | 16 | 59 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | Dallas Cowboys | 17 | 64 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024 | Minnesota Vikings | 15 | 55 | 0 | 1 |
| NFL career | 179 | 572 | 1 | 32 | |
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. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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