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Defensive end, Michigan State, 2010–12
William Gholston
- Number
- No. 2
- Height
- 6′7″
- Weight
- 278 lb
- Hometown
- Detroit, MI
- Born
- Jul 31, 1991, in Detroit, Michigan
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William Gholston played defensive end at Michigan State (2010–12). The Tampa Bay Buccaneers took Gholston in round 4, No. 126 overall in the 2013 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Honors
Team titles: Big Ten champions, 2010
The teams
No defensive lines in our box scores: before 2016 they record only interceptions for defenders. His defense from other sources is below.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | PBU | FF | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 2011 | 13 | 36 | 34 | 70 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2012 | 13 | 23 | 36 | 59 | 13 | 4.5 | 10 | 1 | 5 |
| On file | 62 | 80 | 142 | 30 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 13 | |
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 | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Michigan State | 2 | DE | ||
| 2011 | Michigan State | 2 | DE | ||
| 2012 | Michigan State | 2 | DE | 6′7″ | 278 |
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.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2013 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′6¼″ |
| Weight | 281 lb |
| Arm length | 34″ |
| Hand size | 10⅜″ |
| 40-yard dash | 4.96 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.75 sW |
| Vertical jump | 28½″ |
| Broad jump | 9′2″ |
| Bench press | 23 reps |
| 3-cone drill | 7.20 s |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.59 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
12 seasons, 158 games with a stat; latest team: Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 11 | 29 | 2 | 0 |
| 2014 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 13 | 39 | 2 | 0 |
| 2015 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 15 | 62 | 3 | 0 |
| 2016 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 13 | 42 | 3 | 0 |
| 2017 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 13 | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 15 | 38 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 16 | 41 | 3 | 0 |
| 2021 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 15 | 33 | 4.5 | 0 |
| 2022 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 16 | 46 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 12 | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 8 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| NFL career | 158 | 401 | 20.5 | 1 | |
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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